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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-04-20

Cad. Wilfredl" ne went Ga b d
/ spairing tones. Think what I've loatl'
| YES" agreed. Dash 1t all! ]
thought we had you all fixed for for
tune, Archl"
But he didn't appear to hear me, for
he dropped despondently into an arm
chair, repeating as II to himself
Think what I've lost!"
There was momentary silence In
the room, broken only by the dry
clearing of Mr.. Barnes legal throat.
Then went over and put my hand on
Arch's shoulder. l felt sorry for him
and couldn't bear to see all my
bright plans for his future end so.
wouldn't have 1t, in fact. Come
comet" / expostulated, Don't give up!
You must make another tryl Surely
you're not going to throw away your
only chance of inheriting a property
that win make you rich for life and
which should be yours by right of your
aunt's promise, for the lack of little
spirit! Or If you do, it's not like you,
that's ALL"
But my words did not succeed in
arousing him.
ooh, as to that" he said, speaking
from the depths Of his misery and the
arm chair. "as to having another try,
look at the clockl" l looked. 1t was
half after twelve.
Times up at one, isn't 1t. BarnesH
he asked taking notice of that worthy
barrister for the first time.
Il believe it is, Mr.. Terhune," re-
piled Mr.. Barnes, as indifferently as If
it were only question Of boiling
breakfast eggs.
You see" said Arch, looking at me
despairingly, there's no use talking Of
urging her again. could do nothing
at all with her in that short time, even
If I were inclined to. It's a pity, Of
course. rather fancied that property
of my aunt's. An income Of $4,000 a
year is a good deal to lose at one blow.
when the blow is unexpect.
ed! BY Jove, you know, she did half
way promise to marry me, after all!
Can't think why she changed her
mind" But of course l could think,
and didn't quite see how Terhunq
could call the blow unexpected.
you know / warned you that you
were paying far too much attention to
Agatha First" said, "but you would
indulge your fondness for Irritation and
you see the result-an upset kettle Of
1sh!" 1t was all the reference to the
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-04-20
Working With God.

Man can only work successfully on
Gods lines. In every successful
achievement there Is always more of
God than of man. To win we must
find out his way and let him work
for us. In physical things we have
learned to let God in Natures forces
carry our messages, turn our wheels
and pull our coaches. Not less So
in the spiritual world, we shall only
reach good works by joining ourselves
to his power. There is no high good
ness outside of divine grace. Yet even
God cannot reach his end without us
His path to his highest purpose flows
through mans will and needs man
for its full accomplishment. Neither
faith nor works is Gods final goal,
but faith that forms character and
works that spring from character.
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appeared again l asked him where
Mr.. Terhune was, realizing at the
same time that 1t was just as much
'Arch's duty to entertain old Barnes,
since the solicitor had come upon his
business after all.
Don't know, your lordship. VIII
try to find him." said William, leaving
the room just in time to escape col
liding with Terhune. who burst in up
on us in a manner so unceremenious
and excitable as to be quite unlike
himself
Upon my word, Vincent" he ex-
claimed, quite ignoring Solicitor
Barnes, I'm glad I've found youl
thought I never shouldl / say, where
have you been?"
Riding" replied, 'for an hour or
two, and talking to Mr.. Barnes, which
you should have been doing also.
don't think you've spoken to him yet,
have your" But far from attending
to my hint, he hardly let me finish
before he grasped my shoulder and
was shaking it nervously.
I've made mess of 1t, Vincentf"
he said, and his voice stirred me to
real feeling, it was so genuinely dis
tressed. Upon my word / have!
wouldn't have believed 1t if you'd told
me yesterday, but she's refused mel"
by Joye!" l expostulated, for of
course | knew that Agatha Sixth was
the "she" referred to. You don't say
sol" And somehow l felt just as sur
prised and disappointed as If / had
not known of my friends rash es-
capade Of the night before. l had felt
so sure that 1t would all come right.
Refused mel" he went on distract
eddy. Just as If I'd been the dirt
under her feet, my dear boy! AS if l
were insulting her by asking her!
Me-a Terhune! AS if were insult
ing her!" His face flushed again at
the thought and he ran an agitated
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-04-20

On the plantations as soon as one
boat is gone they begin cutting for
the next boat, the cutting being by
4 punches.
Other odd fruits could be exported
from here but the demand is estab-
lished for the one sort, so why bother
Still there are coming the number
less trains Of bananas Still are the
men unloading. On the dock six or
eight braziers have been set up, side
by side, and on these some of the
leaders are cooking supper. They,
| too, eat of the bananas, and they
| claim these are best when the outside
skin is black Otherwise the food is
hard to digest. Many of the leaders
have the habit of eating these just
before going to bed.
An awning is stretched over the
lower deck, and there the work goes
on-almost without noise. All night,
all next morning, all next evening 1t
will continue. A man on the deck
keeps count of the punches by an au-
tomato counter in his hand. How
many individual bananas there may
be no soul can estimate. BY and by
the men start singing at their work,
keeping this up throughout the night.
time.
By noon next day they are tired,
but some still sing. Only when they
finally leave the vessel do they show
signs Of exhaustion. And even then
away down here in Panama, "Old
Kentucky Home" breaks from their
threats in farewell
The public market of the city of
Panama is a private enterprise, and
the building is one of the best to be
found in all Central America, being
built of steel and covering a floor
space of nearly $4,000 square feet
AS 1t stands on the busiest portion of
the bay shore and is supplied with
wharves, cargoes from neighboring
coast towns are unloaded directly at |
this central distributing point, which |
will increase in Importance with the |
completion of the Panama canal.
FELIX j. KOCH.
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SYNOPSIS.


Archibald Terhune. a popular and in-
Sole6t young bachelor OF London, re-
calves news that he has been made heir
to the estate of his Aunt Georgiana, with
an Income OF 10000 a year, on condition
that he become engaged to be married
within ten days. Failing to do so the
legacy will go to a third cousin in Amer
lea The story opens at Castle Wyckoff,
where Lord Vincent and his wife, friends
of TerhuBe. are discussing plans to ind
him wife within the prescribed time. 1t
seems thai Lady Vincent Is one OF seven
parsons named Agatha, all close gtrlhood
chums. She decides to invite two Of them
TO the castle and have Archie there as
one of the guests Agatha Sixth strikes
Archie as a handDainted beauty. Agatha
First Is breezy American girl. Lady
Vincent tells her husband that Agatha
Sixth already cares for Archie. He gains
from Agatha Sixth the admission that
she cares for him but will require q
months time fully to make up her mind.
Agatha First, neglected by Terhune, re-
selves attentions from Leslie Freer. -Four
says of the precious time have passed
when Terhune is called to London on
business. Agatha First, on the plea OF
sickness, excuses herself from motor
trip planned by the ,Yincents. Later they
strange man. The Vineents discuss
Agatha's seeming duplicity. The follow
Ing day the party visits the ruins of an
old convent. Terhune continues his at
tentlons to Agatha Sixth. rhen suddenly
he transfers hts attentions to Agatha
First Virtent scores him for his appar-
ent hckleness. The last evening of the
time allotted In which to become engaged
arrives. The following day Solicitor Burns
viii arrive from London, and the Vim
cents aro anxious to consummate the en-
Ragement. Vincent discovers Agatha
First and a man with his arm around
her waist Vincent decides that The man
must be Terhune. The next morning Ter
aune and Agatha First are very friendly
at the breakfast table, while Agatha
Sixth seems somewhat displeased. Solicit
tor Burns arrives. The Vincents are
anxious. In an interview of Vincent and
his wife the latter cries in desperation
over the puzzling condition OF affairs.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-04-20
NOW PRISONERS CAN'T SING
Philadelphia officer Uses Snuff and
Gets His Regular Amount OF
Sleep on Duty.

Sometimes the members of the po-
lice force in the various station houses
are rudely awakened in the night by
the warbling Of intoxicated individ.
uals who occupy apartments behind
the iron bars in the cell room. Up un.
til few days ago the hose was very
effective means Of preventing encores,
but now a new one has been devised.
A sergeant. asleep in his chair, was
awakened. Finally, an idea struck
him. Going to his closet he took out
a small package and started for the
cell room. He broke the string on the
package, parted the wrapper and took
out pinch of powder He blew the
powder between the bars and returned
to his chair This Is what happened.
The warbling individual started his
song: "All that I-chew-ask is
chew-a-chew--is love. all that-a-
w-a-chew--chew." Then
there was a pause, followed by
chorus of "a-chews," and finally all
became quiet. That was all-except
that the sergeant went to sleep again.
He has since been getting his regular
amount of sleep on duty.-PhiladeE
phia Times.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-04-20

hand through his thick, slightly gray
hair, careless of the disorder 1t left In
| It's wake.
Poor old chap" l said pityingly. l
felt thunderingly sorry for him, for 1t
was uncommonly hard lines, but some
how couldn't think of a thing to say
that made matters any better.
Where was it?" l asked him with a
Aatural curiosity to learn the scene Of
the disaster. :.
"In the west garden" he replied.
'T'd been sticking in the house all
morning waiting for her to come down
stairs. You know she went up right
after breakfast, but hadn't succeeded
in seeing her. So thought I'd take q
turn in the garden to brace me up,
and there she was herself!"
"Fine!" l calculated, as interested
in his recital of the catastrophe as
II I were at play or watching the
races. We had both of us forgotten
Solicitor Barnes, who had retired dis
creetly to the hearthrug and was
pacing II with mathematical precision.
mot SO fine!" went on Terhune,
because she made as IL to escape me
directly, which of course wasn't very
encouraging!"
Decidedly mott" l exclaimed. But
you asked herr"
II did. | blocked her way as she
started up the path, put my cane right
across in front of her, and asked her
why she wanted to run away from me
when all wanted in the world was to
stay by her all the rest of my life!"
'Bravo!" ! cried played, indeed!
And them"
And them" he said, polishing his
eyeglass furiously as he spoke, "and
then If she didn't go and pretend to
misunderstood mel But didn't let
that hinder me. | simply said 1t again
as plain as man can put 1t, viii you
marry meT" He stopped and could
see that pain and anger, resentment
and humiliation for the moment had
mastered his power of speech. And
Them" prompted him again.
Why then she refused mel" he said.
"She told me II were the last man on
earth she wouldn't marry me! 1t was
very cruel ana can't imagine why she
should speak so harshlyi" l thought |
could. / fancied understood Agatha |
Sixth's reasons for behaving as she did |
perfectly well, in the light of her suit
or's performance the previous evening
But of course Terhune was still IL the
dark az 10 orr knowledge Of that cpl.
sode.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-04-20
Possibilities Of a Pancake.

The pancake is distinctively Amer.
lean institution. It is eaten only in
secret in our best families. 1t would
be eaten openly and above board were
it not that folk Of the upper circle
have to maintain their dignity before
the servants.
Properly made, the pancake Is a
thing of beauty aud Joy for the time
being. Improperly made, as 1t usually
it, it is a blight upon life and a har.
assment to the stomach. A wrongly
prepared pancake can stay with you
longer than the after effects of pneu
monia-
If our girls were taught how to make
pancakes, civilization would go for.
ward SO rapidly that those who are
now trying to reform our social struc-
ture would be back numbers by day
after tomorrow.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-04-20
Life With Power.

Read the gospels sympathetically
and study the revelation of Jesus in
regard to the deeper Issues of life
his thought Of God, of mans duty to
God, of mans obligations to his fell
low man. Is there anything like 1t to
be found elsewhere? The mere read
ing of his words carries conviction Of
their sincerity and truth. Jesus lived
the truth he taught, and did we all
follow him in this regard. we should
both know and show the power of his
word. In the matter of making the
best OF life in both worlds. never
mar spake like this man"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-04-20
Hannx Workers Do Best Work.

Every master knows how much
more work can be got out Of servant
who works with CHEEKY heart than
out OF one that is driven reluctantly
to his task. You remember our Lords
parable where he traces idleness to
fear: II knew thee that thou vast an
austere man, gathering where thor
didst not strew, and was afraid, and
I went and hid my talent" No worf
was got out Of that servant because
there was no Joy In him. The oppo
site state OF diligence in right
eous work, inspired by gladness, which
in it's turn is inspired by the remem
brance of Gods ways--is the mark O.
a true servant Of God.--Alexandei
Maclaren.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-04-20

- you ever had an idea that an in
dividual banana might be worth
anything at all in the land OF iti
origin, where, nevertheless, 1t IL
vegetable, fruit and staff Of life
together for its raisers, that notion
fees forever and always once you
drop anchor off the great docks Of the
banana shippers on the American
isthmus.
You may have found the place In
spring If you came in at times when
banana loading was not on; but. ar
rive here with the steamer that comes
for the bananas, and you will never
quite forget what transpires.
Typical of such point Ia Almirante,
up the river from Bocas del Toro, a
province capital of the baby republic.
The wharf here belongs to the fruit
company. So does the four miles of
railway running inland and so do the
plantations out there The vista is
pretty one as one makes landing at
the edge OF a tropical forest, with lit
tie thatch homes such as are met
with near Colon.
Already car upon car OF bananas
are arriving. One sees the green
fruit inside, leaves tightly packed be-
tween. There are eight cars in this
first train, these OF the stock car"
sort, and gray painted save for the
sign announcing this as the Chiriqui
railway, or again. 1t may be the Chan
guinola. Another great train with
more fruit is entering in the distance
On the dock officers Of Almirante In
white duck are assuming charge A
negress, too, is selling yams. Some
hardy tourists are crossing bridge
over an inlet OF sea to where there Is
another great warehouse. Stacks of
supplies lie all about, for the fruit
company has here commissary, from
which 1t supplies its dependents over
miles Of banana land. Outside there
stand huge tanks for catching the
drinking water. Above slopes the roof
of corrugated iron.
The loneliness of this little station,
at the heart Of the swamps, is almost
appalling. Behind leads the track to
the plantation, far off across that
swamp. Over 1t lies a series OF one
room huts, tenanted by the negro
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-04-20
sllaht MISUNDERSTANDING.

A Clevelander took his family to a
Florida winter resort, not long ago.
and made arrangements to pay the
whole bill in advance. The hotel pro
prietor figured awhile. and then an
nounced what 1t would come to. The
Cleveland man produced his check.
book. While fillins in the amount he
asked: When do you move out?"
Move out?" Yes, when can you give
possession. I've bought the place for
cash. haven't II"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-04-20
CHAPTER XII.

"The noon hour exactly" said he.
Great Scotland!" exclaimed aloud.
Then the deed, / thought, must be
done; I had been two hours riding.
Terhuno must have decided his fate
one way or the other during that
time. 1t was quite exciting. rang
Cor Eootmnn and when William had
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-04-20

Cute people out in the town where
my Cousin Jane lives. A popular girl
got married there and her rejected
suitors dubbed together and gave her
mitten shower,
Good. And what did they give the
lucky bridegroom ?"
They gave him shower OF bricks /"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-04-20
To Be Conse-
Grated to
God
3ttt;ttt;tttt.3ss;tt.t3:;t;:3::;:ttt;t

N the Old Testament. God
commands that all the first
born of both man and
beast, in fact the whole
race of Israel, should be
consecrated to God. They
also consecrated their
grain substance-the 1.-THE
of the land-holy unto the
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-04-20

Choose the life that is most useful
and habit will make 1t the most
agreeable.--Lord Bacon.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-04-20

LESSON TEXT-II Kings s. Memory
verses 13 H.
GOLDEN TEXT-''Look unto me, and
be ye saved. all the ends of the earth;
for am God and there Is none else
lisa 45:22
TIME--Most scholars place this event
IN the reign OF Jehoram. the son of Ahab.
King or Israel, who reigned B. C. 904-S94.
others argue that 1t occurred in the reign
OF Jehoahaz. B, C. S64-S4s
PLACE-Damascus the capitaI OF Sy-
rla' the oldest city in the world famed
Tor its swords. Damascus blades" ana
Tor Its silks. "damaslS" Samaria, the
capital OF Israel. about ITO miles dis
tanG
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1911-11-09

remarkable thing about this cotton
plant is the fact that it was proiuc
ed by seed almost so years old ].
the facts were not SO thoroughly
well authenticated one would b. il
clined to doubt the sermilat:n& t
seed so long after maturity, But
there is no shadow Oi dot, in this
case. Grandma HolderneSs, as she
is afIectionately called by her neigh
bors and friends, has had tie little
bunch OF cotton IN ner possession
since il was picked in 1862.
Flat River News.
Superintendent Louis Theilman,
of Bonne Terre, was elected presi-
dent Of the Southeast Missouri
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1911-11-09
T achers' Associatio which closed

7 acherS' ASSociatio which closed
nr-e days seS>o NJ Pennington
last Satu u'day. Cap Girardeau was
chosen as the la of the 1912
m .ein5. 0ctob'- 24-26. The other
officers of the Association are as fol
lows, iSt vice president, Mrs Clara
Graham, Charleston End vice preSi-
dent. ]. T. Mcdonald, Jackson; 3rd
vice president, " NJ Welker, Mar
BILE Hill, secretary Thomas Mitchell,
Bloomfield: treasurer, George H.
ReaviS, Cape Girardeau; railroad
secretary, r, S Douglas, Cape Girar-
deau, executive comnttee-for two
years, A. c, Maeill, c pc Girardeau,
for three years, C. A. Robertson, Pop
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1911-11-09

woman has been abused is nothing
less than shocking. The woman is
an epilectic, given to convulsions
several times aday at periods. She
has been there several years and
gave birth to Il baby and will soon
become a mother again,
Bloomfield Nindicator.
George Bobbitt brought to this Of
flee last Tuesday a cotton plant
grown from some seed picked out of
some cotton raised by a mother of
F. II, Holderness, in Clinton county
in 1852. and saved by her, as stated
in an article in our paper last spring
This plant is about five feet high
and has l69 hollis and squares, The
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1911-11-09
ica,h h rs Meeting al LaIma,
November ~.

~u,h school problems IS confront
@e teachers in their or mary school
work will be discussed Ii YOU have
any topics Of interest that give YOU
roa / TO initiate in your school
mla4 them up in the meeting
.HU aeighbor has probably worked
o. The very thing that you are
auorng oa, and he will be clad to
give YOU the advantage of his ex-
'arienCe.
All these township meetings
should be well attended.
School officers ald patrons are
invited 0 attend all meeunss
Yours truly
WnBURN NJ MELkER,
County Superintendent.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1911-11-09
No. -.

the first locomotive on the old Cairo
4 Fulton railroad; now the Belmont
branch, when the road was the proI-
erty Of Thos. All He worked in
the Jack Dieeings at Mine LaMotte
before the wlr, 81 he says He stop
ped in the Democrat-News Office a
few minutes. In a.! eardncc be- is
a good Scconi Tor tie late Mike
Smith, although Mr. OShay is not
AS fleshy He will be here about a
a week He J a, a br tier. vino is
superintendent Of the Rogers Loco
motive Works
Charleston Coufinr
Silas Rob- ,On was killed by the
diScharer u a winchester Sunday
morning between the hours Of seven
and eight O'Clock. Harry Scott.
owner Of the gun. was exhibiting
same to Robertson and both ad
shot the gun at a mark a brother
OF Scott is also said To have been
present and 10 have fired the gun.
Robertson was a frequent visitor at
Scots home, aad AID gone into the
house for som tia. Scott, after
shooting the gun, passed it to his
brother and while the gun was he
Ing passed, il vas discharged the
bullet taking effect on Robertson
through window the bullet enter
Ing near his heart causing almost
instant death Robertson was about
30 years old. There being no evi-
dence To snow that a crime had been
committed, Coroner HOwle return ad
a verdict IN accordance with the
above facts The Scots were fined
| for shooting on Sunday. All are
cOlored.
Pennington Times
Last Monday morning. between
81 and seven O'Clock, lie dead body
Of Thomas }. Buckner an old and
highly respected citizen OF Marion
township vas found behind the
srnokchuu>c Of MS reSlden"p. II"
was lying stretched out on his back
with shotgun lying between his
knees and extending along his boby
TO the chest HIS fac, was shot en-
tirely away, no viStiee of his features
left and portion of the BRAIN was
spattered against the side Of he
smokehouSe and several small pieces
Of the skull were found on the low
roof of the house Coroner English
held an inquest over the body Mon
day evening and the verdict of the
jury was undecided aSto whether il
was a case Of suiSide or accidental
shooting The family cannot believe
that it was suicide, as there was no
apparent reason 10 think that he
was dissatisfied or tired of life or
that his mind was affected II it
were suicide, he left no writing or in
tination of his intention to take his
own life Mr.. Buckner was a faith
full member of the Baptist church
man Of nigh noral character and
a most excellent citizen The day
before he had attended SUNDAY
schoot and was apparently more
cheerful than usual ali iay. He
! lea wife and 5 veral children
/ all ,ro"n a. and much sympathy
lis expressed for them in their sad
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1911-11-09

b5SNtllN. y =, htilSN it'Nt' " dS St'Ntalltl
with 80.
Fredercktown Democrat News.
Mr. c. O'Shca, whom all of Il
old citizens will remem 'cr. is n,r
0iS week on a visit Con has Dr
reported dead Tor the past ten years
but he say the report is a big mi
take Con will be IS years of age
next March, he lived in Frederic
town before and during the VA
lie is a typical lriShman, with ricn
br1sue an a fund Of mother W.
and is known from the Rio Grand
to Michigan. 1t is said he ra
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1911-11-09
Dress Goods!
We didn't mean TO ovcrStock in this
line, but we did. You are
in mcM Look

Good flannclette, per yard .... Sc
lOc and He Flannelette, per yard o.
l2c l5c Zoe
Good Calicocs, per yard .... 5c
Good GinGham as low as ...... 5c
Big line Of Suitine. all prices
Big Bargain in all wool goods
Biz lot Of Remnants Of all kinds
We have the goods and must have
the business. LOOK IN ONCE.