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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-01-23

The following resolution has been
unanimously passed by the city council;
Whereas many dogs are being allow.
cd to run at large in the town without
being muzzled in violation of the ordi-
nances Of the town, and
Whereas dogs affected with rabies
are believed to be among those so run
ming at large,
1t is ordered that the policemen of
the town are hereby directed aud or.
dered to keep strict watch on all
streets Of the town and to shoot or 9TH
erwise kill any dog found so running
at large "a hours after this resolution is
passed, and to shoot or otherwise kill al
any time any dog acting In a suspicious
manner, and any citizen of the town,
in case Of a dog acting in a suspicious
manner, is appointed a special police
man for that purpose.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-01-23

Why should Patterson be denied .
second termP What crimes has he
committed that he should be forced TO
give way to another2 He has preform.
ed the duties Of the Office in an accep.
table manner. He has plumbed the
platform laid down by the convention
which nominated him. Despite the
ISLANDERS of the opposition, he has been
sober, energetic and far-seeing in the
management Of the States affairs.
There is, in short, no shadow upon his
administration, except that cast by his
enemies, Then, why should he be as
sailed, and the almost time-honored
custom of his party, Of two terms for o
Governor elected by the people, be
broken? Is it merely to give another
the place and the salary? Because an
other may be brilliant and popular and
capable, is no reason why injustice
should be done a faithful public ser.
vant.-American.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-01-23
Stomach Cure for Cold.

1t may seem queer to you, that most
colds begin in your stomach; but it's
true. Many weak stomach. chronic
indigestion, obstinate constipation, etc
weaken you all over, and make you an
easy prey to any disease that may be
stalking around, To cure a cold, take
a good dose of DR.. Caldwell's (laxative)
Syrup Pepsin, hot bath, and . good
nights rest. To prevent colds, keep
your digestion In good order with DR..
Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup Pepsin
Quick relief for constipation, bilious
ness, etc Try it. Sold by all drug.
gists at 500 and 81. Money back if it
fails.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-01-23
Some (,OmmOn Phrases Explained.

"P1TY is akin to love-" Anda nigh
ty poor relation.
ga complication Of disease" What
a man dies Of when the doctors don't
know.
"Riches have wings" But the mil
lionaires' sons usually open the cage
doors.
Ignorance is bliss" It must be,
Judging from the happy expressions Of
the majority.
Glove laughs ct locksmiths." With
q milliner, grocer, and ice-msn, how
ever, he is usually serious.
'"rruth is stranger than fiction" Or
does it only seem so because We have
less change to get we'll acquainted with
it.-January Lippineott's.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-01-23

There is one singular thing about
Ham Patterson. He has never had q
chance for any office that he has ever
been q candidate for. He had no
chance for encouragement. He had
no chance for governor. And, Of
course, he has no chance now. But all
the same he was elected attorney
general, congressman and governor,
and if we are any prophet he ia going
to be elected again as governor. A
man like that simply can't be beaten.
Commercial Appeal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-01-23

When the Knoxville Sentinel and
Chattanooga Times publish a corrected
statement about the expenditures dur.
ing Governor Patterson's first year in
Office, we are going to eat real fire and
liquid air as an appetizer for q warm
meal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-01-23

The Johnson City Comet says: ave
are for Hon. Benton McMillin for Con-
gress in the Fourth district, first, last
and all the time if he enters the race. "
With that handicap, it is inconceivable
that Benton will enter. Chattanooga
News.
We can not be more serious
"Jonah" to McMillin than the News
was to John I. Cox, or to Frierson.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-01-23
CAFARRH CANNOT RE CURED

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can
not reach the seat OF the disease. Catarrah is
blood or constitutional disease, and in order
TO cure 1t you must take internal remedies
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces, Halls Catarrh Cure is not quack
medicine II was prescribed by one OF the
best physicians In this country for years and
Is regular prescription II is composed OF
the best tonics known, combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mu-
cous surfaces. The perfect combination of the
two INGREDIENTS is what produces such Won
derful results In curing catarrh. Send for tes-
timonials free.
F: j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo O.
Sold by druggists, 75c
Take Halls Family pills for constipation,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-01-23

Up in Kentucky the fool distillers
air offering large reward fer a bottle
that can't be reflled. 1t is this kind
of thing that is slowly but surely max
ing a prohibitionist out of us; fer what
does any gentleman want with bottle
that can't be retilled? Blue Goose
Banner. Commercial Appeal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-01-23

"I'll never forget the first jackpot 1
ever won" said the veteran at the
game.
"What did you hold?" asked the
youngster.
my breath, fer one thing;I don't
remember what else. "-Philadelphia
Press.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-01-23

If it is true that Patterson dumped
over the heads Of the Railroad Commits
sion," as Carmack states, he made a
mistake. He should have landed on
their heads.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-01-23

We are not advised whether the Rail
road Commission has taken a sober,
second thought or taken the second
thought sober, but it is evidently one
or the other.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-01-23

Small Boy-Say mister, dere's a sign
in yore winder readin' "Boy Wanted. 4"
Wot kind Of boy does youse wantP
Merchant-A nice, quiet boy, that
does not use naughty words, smoke
cigarettes, whistle around the Office,
play tricks or get into mischief
Small Boy-G'wanl Youse don't
want no boy, youse wants q girl.
Seer
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-01-23

It's forerunner of certain defeat for
a candidate for political office, local or
state, to have Rice thrown at him by
the Chattanooga News.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-01-23

If the Railroad Commission was not
playing politics it made curiour move
from q diplomatic or business stand
mint.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-01-23

Stops earache in two min utes; tooth
ache or pain Of burn or scald in Ave
minutes, hoarseness, one hour; mus
cleache, two hours; sore throat, twelve
hours-Dr. Thomas Electric Oil mon
oroh ouor raina
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-01-23

Had dyspepsia or indigestion for
years. No appetite, and what 1 did
eat distressed me terribly. BurdoCk
Blood Bitters cured me. u. H. Walk
err, Sunbury, Ohio.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-01-23

Shoemaking and repairing neatly
and promptly done by W. @. Pierce,
on West Market street, 8 doors from
railroad.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-01-23

The hospital question has not rallied
from the effects of the homeopathic An.
aesthetic administered ALPHABETICALLY.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-01-23

HnVn TT. the coId-cure that dses the
work in 9 hours, and viii
not make yGu Cd. Try H.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-01-23

point.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-05-08

Search tho lives of the men who have made
history, If the men who have achieved true great.
ness, who have won fame, who have acquired
wealth
The vast majority Of them were married or
these the greater part married young. Their
wiycs, instead of transforming themselves into
shapcly but heavy mstones and dangling about
the CALLED nocks of their liege lords. have, in
mine eases out Of ten, done more than all other
Influences combined to crown their husbands
lives with success. Nearly all great men who
have been married would confess they owed much
of their fame or wealth to their wives.
There are Of course. obstacles to happiness in
married life. So also are there reefs and shoals
IN the Atlantic. But the sailor does not for that
reason become a landsman lie studies the shoals
and learns to avoid them The pitfalls In matrI.
mouy can far more easily be studied and avoided
by any couple possessed of moderate degree
OF sense
My belief from observation. is that rs out of
100 marriages are happy. and that not more than
five out of that number unhappy.
Apart from love itself there is a companlonship
In married life that draws closer and more beau.
tful the years go by
During my last visit to Europe met dIstIn.
gushed man who expressed the deepest interest
In our country
'Why do you not visit us, them" l asked him,
III you have so Kindly feeling for America and
Americans"
because" he replied. simply, my wife could
not stand the voyage and | would not for any
personal or selfish reason be responsible for one
days separation from her"
The couple had been married 40 years.
Again, many man or maid pospones marriage
because In nethers heart has dawned that won.
derlul creation of the novelist known as love
at first sight"
This is 2 mistake. Propinquty is the most
powerful factor in making two hearts beat as
one.
Many women form their ideals OF a husband
on novels and plays Disilusionment is bound to
follow. They find that the localized husband
is only common mortal without even a pin.
feather on his shoulder blade. Then the wife feels
she has been deceived. So she has. But by her.
self: not by her husband.
Another grievous blow to many a wife Is that
her husband does not always remain her hover.
She forgets that he 10 toiling every day for her
welfare. no lover would toll Shs forgets also
the wide difference bstwssn masculine and femi.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-05-08
MISSOURI NEWS
Sheriffs Not lnelluIbIe,

jefferson City--Under a decision de.
livered by Chief Justice James b..
CAN'T, In the state supreme court,
county sherlffs now holding office In
Missouri are eligible TO reelection TO
the office this year. The decision was
In the test case brought by John w.
Scott, sheriff of Cole county, against
the county clerk of that county, who
declined TO Ale the declaration of
SCOTS candidacy for reelection to the
office, on the ground that he was in.
eligible to the office under the con.
stitutional amendment adopted In
1906, which extends the tenure OF Of.
fee OF the sheriff from two to four
years and makes the holder thereof
ineligible for re.electlon. Judge CAN'T
holds that the 1906 amendment applies
only to the eligibility of sheriffs elect
ed In 1908, and every four years there
after. Judges Fox, valiant, Graves,
Woodson and Burgess concur In the
opinion OF Chief Justice CAN'T. Judge
Henry Lamm filed dissenting opin'
ion.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-05-08

families as n rule than do persons better able to
aford to do So should be forced to remain single
while men and women whose marriages are Of
no advantage TO the community nor to postcrity
may wed at will
Conditions among the poor arc in many cases
such that the rearing and the keeping together
Of q family are rendered impossible On every
had the poor mans efforts to establish and
maintain the sacred relations Of matrmony are
discouraged
How for instance, can poor man take to him
golf wife when the cost of living IL so high that
be- can barely support life in himself? How can
hn ask woman TO share his lot when he knows
he may at any time be thrown out OF work and
perhaps be Obliged to watch her stnrve? How
can a man rear n family when the chances may
be all against his being able to maintain II? For
maj cannot maintain familj when he has no
work. The sight Of starving wife and children
has driven many man to desperation-even TO
crime.
Yet It is the right Of the poor to have n home.
with them that right is rs innlicnablc and per
haps precious than with the rich And
cal conditions should be so arranged as to allow
the poor to escape from the burden OF vice
through the blessed bonds Of matrmony These
conditions, which are rendering marriage among
the poor more and more impossible are every
day bringing more and more sin into the world.
maintain most strongly that there is a remedy
for vice. And that remedy consists in making
marriage possible among the poor and In provld.
Ing for such people a home.
In this country. 1t is true. there Is brighter
side TO the question than in Europe as may be
proved from statistics
In London out Of every 1000 manageable per.
SONS 100 are unmarried. More generally speaking,
less than onethird Of the manageable population
Of London tthe largest city of the world enter
the state of matrimOny. More than two-thirds
single. The conditions for marriage there are all
against the poor man and woman They may fall
in love as utterly as could any millionaire. but
the gates of the Eden of matrimony closed
against them and guarded by the flaming sword
of poverty They may sigh for marriage, but
they realize that such luxury is far and away
above their means.
In this country the marriage statistics are al.
most exactly the opposite OF London's. Here about
twothrds OF the manageable population are
married. leaving barely third unwed.
The explanation OF this difference between the
two countries U.s. of course. easy to fnd. 1t con
slsts in the better wages. the increased chances
for work the general conditions which prevail
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-05-08
Hadley to Run for Governor.

Jefferson City-Attorney General
Hadley will accept the Republican
nomination for governor. He an
nounced this by making public a copy
OF a letter mailed by him to Walter
s. Dickey of Kansas City. chairman
OF the Republican state committee, In
the letter he says that II tho party
makes him It's nominee, II must be
with the understanding that his cam.
paign activity will depend ON the con-
dltion OF his health, and that he will
not neglect the duties OF his present
office for the work OF campaigning.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-05-08

nine nature Man loves. but not quite rs wa an
loves.
While a man may become wildly infatG ID
TO spend his business hours In drawing ~
pds all over his letterhends, yet love can q I,r
permanently occupy large place In his lie
as It does In womans. His life is too full. too
active, too varied in its interesta.
Concession on both sides is the sovereign RENE
dy for domestic differences.
II you were to drop two strange cats into
barrel and then clap the lid you would not
marvel at the ensuing sounds OF wrath nor at the
floating upward of errant scraps OF fur.
Yet when man and woman reared along
different lines and In separate environments, do
not agree in every particular the world stands
aghast at the tale of marital infeclty. Whereas
n little fcrbearance, careful study OF each 9TH
er's moods and failings will reduce this
strife to a minimum.
| believe that no couple who began by loving
each other and had the right consideration for
each other ever came to serious trouble. The
effort of each to please the other leads in little
while to not having to try, because Of the sym.
patty between them.
kiss and make up" is good rul.. II the
couple do not properly consider their relations
there will be a good many kisses. but q more
necessity OF making up.
Copyright sy Joseph B. Bowegf
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-05-08
BUYING PAINT BLINpLY.

Many people look upon paint buy.
ing as lottery and so 1t is, the way
they do 1t. 1t is not necessarily SO.
however. Pure White Lead and lin
seed oil are the essential elements Of
good paint. Adulterants in white lead
can be easily found by the use Of q
blowpipe. Authorizations in linseed oil
can be detected with fair degree OF
certainty. See that these two elements
are pure and properly pat on and the
paint will stay put.
National Lead Company, Wood
bridge. Building, New York City, will
send blowplpe outfit and instruc-
lions for testing both white lead and
linseed oil. on request.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-05-08
Fire at Handles.

Delta-The store building OF T. J..
Beardsley OF Randles, a station on the
Cotton Belt railroad. Ave miles south
OF here. was burned TO the ground.
The plate glass windows OF a large
mercantile building recently erected
by Beardsley, but not yet occupied,
were smashed by pieces of coal being
thrown through them. The postofflce
fixtures and the entire stock OF goods,
valued at $4,000, we're destroyed.
There wac no insurance.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-05-08
Land Office EntrIes In Missouri.

Springneld-The United States land
office report for April shows total
of &C cash entries, comprising 2,S92
acres. The land is scattered through
is Southern Missouri counties. Thir-
ty.seven final proofs OF homestead en-.
tries embracing 1895 acres were re-
ce,ved. Notice was received from the
general land office in Washington that
cancellation had been made on home
stead entries, totaling 1.0i0 acres in
the Ozark country.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-05-08

In America II is easier for tho poor to live here
than In London. but every year It is growing less
easy. In proportion with the poor mans growing
inability TO support wife, vice proves itself to
be on the increase. This advance In vice is found
even in the west and thcre well as In the
east, It is due to the growing financial dsaH fty
to marry
Durinr my recent visit TO Kansas City % al
married women applied to me for positions ,n
tho Salvation Army farms On INVESTIGATE"
learned that they had not heard from their huS-
bands for years
mndn inquiries. and in each found that
the wageearner Of the family unable to get
work had gone away, penniless, to seek a liveli'
hood elsewhere and had been forced TO leave his
wife and little ones to shift for themselves. The
stories were profoundly pathetic For they told
Of men and women whose right to wed and rear
families was inaenabe and yet who had been
forced to part from all that each held dear.
Poverty, not more merciful death, them did part
Can any situation be imagined that would be
more crushing to a man OF heart and OF pride
than to he forced thus to condemn to poverty
and loneliness the woman he loved? Could wit
nesscs to such tragedy require a stronger deter.
rent to matrimony?
There is far suffering of this kind among
the poor than the world at large hears OF
Poor people proud and most OF them have
a passionate love OF home. ! have seen whole
families resign themselves to probable da,th
sooner than to allow their homes to be brokenf d.
The great dread Of the unfortunate poor ist al
their children be taken away from them 81
committed to an institution. "Domicide" or b,
breaking up of the home, ls to the poor man c.lat
regicide IS to loyal subjects of any king.
From n sociological standpoint there many
arguments for allowing the poor to have
home and family, II is his right He is fonder
of his children, as n rule. than is his rich neigh
Dor His home is dearer to him. Home ties are
his only joys, his only recreation
When find man starving and unable to sup
port his family do not believe in tearing out
his heart by proposing the breaking up OF his
home and the commitment OF his children to an
institution. | suggest to him rather, that he go
into the country. where work Is more plentiful
and living cheaper, and | try to find the meg
for him to do
Perhaps the best maxim to solve the marn&
problem among the poor is:
place waste labor waste land by means OF
waste capital. and thereby convert the trinity
OF waste into unity Of production"
Copyright. by Joseph b. Bowles)
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-05-08


asked her why.
Because did not try It sooner"
And that speech OF hers frivolous It may
appear, sounded the keynote Of the marrying
question far more truly and resonantly than could
the BneeTng cpigrams OF n world full of cynCs.
bear unqualified testimony TO the fact that
the man who passes his life in what is mIscalled
single blessedness" has missed most of life's
pleasures.
Life at 2O-even at 30-may seem pleasant
enough to man without a wife to share its
triumphs and failures The world is young. There
is much to distract and amuse Home perhaps
seems "a place to go when all the other places
are closed" Friends are plentiful relatives and
immediate family about him.
But when a man reaches middle or old age?
Friends are not many nor perhaps so disin'
tcrested as at 20. Od.time pleasures lack their
zest.
Blessed thrice blessed. then. is the man who
has home wife and children to ease that last
stage of lie's long climb. Most miserable of NOR
tails Is he who must look forward to a ioveless
and lonely old age.
Annexing n wife and family in youth Is merely
a higher and wiser form of putting money in
bank No other investment yields such interest
in later years.
Let man marry just soon he sup
port wife. The youth who puts of this great
step In order that he may search through the
world for an affinity" Is foolish In the search
he is more than liable to pass by his true affinity
and to choose ut last wife whom no stretch of
Imagination could twist into an affinity for any.
one The traditional man who wandered for days
through forest looking for material for a cane.
and who at last picked up crooked stick. was
fortunate II that crooked stick did not turn out
TO be snake.
A man is Just likely to hit upon his ideal
early in life as later My advice. then.
the supposititious mans lawyer. is Don't wait"
Marriage halves ones privileges and doubles
ones troubles" is an idouc saw probably invented
10y a bachelor There is too much talk Of this
sort Men speak Of matrimony as a milestone
tied about the neck Of youth The lives of the
worlds most successful men give the lie to this
fallacy.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-05-08
Communication Asked for eiles.

Jefferson City-An application was
made TO Gov Folk for a Communication
OF the death penalty imposed upon
Arthur C. Biles. In st. Louis. TO life
Imprisonment in the penitentiary. The
application was made by Biles' aged
father, who resides in Kansas City;
Thomas Bite a Kansas City lawyer
and DR.. Jourdnn OF st. Louis. Eleven
OF the IL Jurors who convicted Biles
have signed the application. The date
for Biles' execution is June L.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-05-08
MontaomerY Plans Chautauqua.

Montgomery-The citizens of this
city held a mass meeting at the court
house and decided to have a six days
Chautauqua here In August, which
likely will take the place Of the an
nual street fair. 1t will be Montgom
ery's first Chautauqua, and an elabo'
rate program is being arranged, which
includes as speakers Gov. Taylor,
Lieut.. Hobson and other men and
also musical organizations of national
reputation.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-05-08

La Plata-With the only FIRE engine
in town rendered useless through an
accident, and high east wind blow.
ing, the entire north side of the square
burned here and the citizens stood
helpless, forced to watch the flames
creep westward towards the residence
section OF the town.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-05-08
Bridegroom Faints at Altar.

Kansas City--David w. Rider Jr.,
tainted before the chancel at mass at
the ceremony that united him TO Miss
Anna f. Green and was carried to
the vestry room by friends. The
priest continued the service. The
bridegroom recovered In time to re.
turn and walk down the aisle with
the bride.