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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-03-23
MRS. MILLER DIED
MONDAY MORNING

Mrs. Gilbert S. Miller, Jr.. died at
her home in this city Sunday night at
o'clock. Mrs. Miller had been an in
valid for several years and although
more than once she had been so near
the brink that her ears had caught the
echo of the final call, yet the purity OF
her life, the sadly sweet influence rad
lated from soul lowering so long
near the great eternal, the sad touch
of fate that kept her auffering husband
from her in the last moments, the long
list of relatives standing in the highest
of high esteem, causes the cloud of sor
row to cast darker shadow across us
ALL
Mrs. Miller was Mics Adelaide Mil
Ter, daughter of DR.. Ebert S. Miller
ST., before her marriage with DR.. Mil
Ter. She was ffty-four years Of age.
and leaves three sons, daughter and
her husband, who, as is general!
known, has Eeen in a critical con
dition for several months. The funeral
services wer held Tuesday at the Nun
sey Memorial church, and interment
will be in Oak Hill cemetery.
Endless expressions of sympathy
and sorrow have been showered upon
the bereaved family, and The Comet
sincerely adds its own in the fullest
measure.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-03-23
MIR. HOUK TALKS.

Washington, March 20.-The
attitude of the administration to.
ward the republicans in Tennes-
see, which has been one of sym
pathy and interest in the Sanders
Hale faction, does not merit the
admiration of John c. Houk, who
represented the Knoxville district
in the Fifty-second and Fifty
third congresses. Speaking Of
the republican party in Tennessee
the senator from Knoxville said:
eff this administration does
not change its attitude in national
politics so far as Tennessee is
concerted, it will need another
steam roller of much larger de-
sign and pattern than the one it
employed at Chicago at the ma
tional convention that meets next
year, There is just one man who
can bring about harmony among
Tennessee republicans" continu-
ed Mr.. Houk, "and that man is
William Howard Taft. He can
accomplish such result only by
giving all elements of the party
in the state that much-t alked-of
square deal of which we have
heard so much. Let him make
the officeholders in the state at
tend to their official duties, anG
quit packing political conven-
tons"
The ease and facility with
which Congressman-elect Sells has
railroaded appointees into Office
even before he has been sworn il;
as a congressman has been much
discussed by Tennesseans here. 1t
is not only charged that Sells has
made so much Roadway this early
in the game as the result of the
support of Postmaster-General
Hitchcock, but it is even asserted
that he has had helping hand
from Senator-elect Lea.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-03-23
SKIN AFFECTIONS.
Whether on Infant or Grown Person, Cured
by ZemO and zemO Soap.-An
Unusual Offer.

The City Drug Co. says to every person,
be it man, woman or child, who has an ir-
ritated, tender or itching skin to come to
our store and procure bottle of Zemo and
a cake of Zemo soap, and if you are not en-
tirely satisfied with results, come back and
get your money. So confident are we OF the
efficacy of this clean, simple treatment that
we make you this unusual offer.
Zemo is clear liquid for external use
that has cured so many cases Of eczema,
pimples, dandruf and other forms of skin
eruption. Zemo and Zemo soap are the
most economical as well as the ceanest and
most effective treatment for affections of the
skin or scalp, whether on infant or grown
person, NV
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-03-23
REMAINS REMOVED
TO. JOHNSON CITY

The body of Geo. Sells, father OF Con-
gresham Sam II. Sells, of the First
Tennessee district, was exhumed in
Beuhler cemetery Friday afternoon,
and from here it was taken to Johnson
City for burial beside the grave of Mrs.
Sells, who died recently. Mr.. Sellsdi
in Bristol thirteen years ago. The cask-
ct in which the remains slept had gone
TO decay, SO that it fell apart when ex-
posed TO the air 1t was necessary TO
provide new casket.
The monument which marked the
grave was also taken down and sent to
johnson City.-Bristol Herald Courier.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-03-23
Midnieht in the 0ZarkS

and yet sleepless Hiram Scranton, of Clay
City, ILL.,, coughed and coughed. He was
in the mountains on the advice of five doc
tors, who said he had consumption, but
found no help in the climate, and started
home. Hearing of Dr. Kings New Dis
covery, he began to use it. II believe it
saved my life" he writes, " for it made a
new man of me, so that can now do good
work again" For all lung diseases, coughs
colds, la grippe, asthma, Group, whooping-
cough, hay fever hemorrhages, hoarseness
or uunsy it's the best known remedy, Price
soc and 81 Trial bottle free. Guaranteed
by y. c. Miller.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-03-23
RUSSIAN MINISTER
TO CHINA KILLED.

St. Petersburg, March 2O.-It
is announced here that Mr.. Koros-
tovetz, the Russian minister to
China, has been murdered in Pc
kin. Neither the foreign Office
nor the war Office has been able
to confirm the report this after
noon.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-03-23

Captain and Mrs. Coy, who have
been in charge of the Salvation Army
here for some months, left Yesterday
on the Memphis special for Sill
yer City, New Mexico, he captain
goes there for his health. His many
friends here regret his departure.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-03-23
GOV. PATTERSON
BUYS A HOME

Memphis, March 20. Former
Gov. Patterson has purchased
home in Idlewiled, a fashionable
residence section OF Memphis, and is
Expected to complete arrangements
to open law Offices here next week.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-03-23

The High School Annual, :"
made up of the literary efforts of the
pupils of the city public schools, will
appear in a few weeks. We are
anxiously waiting for it, as the tai
ent displayed by the members of the
high school classes promises some
thing artistic. We will even prom
Use to read the poems.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-03-23

The Ladies Missionary society of
the First Presbyterian church, will
meet with Mrs. Frank Baxter on
Thursday, afternoon at O'Clock.
Officers will be elected for the COM
ing year.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-03-23

After man passes so he is pretty
fortunate If he doesn't find more &C.
quaintances on the tombstones in the
cemetery than he finds on the door
plates in town
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-05
MARINE news

First-class passenger fare on the
Buchanan and Watson from Taco
ma to San Francisco was cut yes
terday from SIS to SIS to stim-
ulate summer business. The Buck
man leaves tomorrow.
Captain Jenkins who recently
took a ship from Tacoma to the
United Kingdom, is to succeed
Captain Robert Dixon on the Brit
ish ship Glenesslin, according to
word received here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-05

MONTREAL, Can, April 5. -
Every side-burned pluto in Canada
is seeing red. Every great-grand-
son of a Boston tory is breathing
fire. Every "loyal subject of his
majesty" is quivering with emo
ton.
"Our Lady of the Shows" is
about to be abducted, petticoats
and all, by the savage Yankee,
ravished of her purity and beauty
| by the vandals from "the states,
despoiled and subjugated forever!
For reciprocity" means IAN
Inexation!"
You can prove that by reading
any conservative newspaper in
Canada, or by talking with any
manufacturer. But remember
that the conservatives are the
party out of power, and the man
Iufacturer MAY be selfish!
Montreal is my first stop in
Canada on a little trip to find out
what our neighbors think of reel
procity. / discovered an interest
ing and surprising thing long be-
fore the train reached here.
CANADIANS TAKE ANNEXA-
TON TALK SERIOUSLY!
1--WE can see that the Bennett
resolution in congress was simply
a slap at President Taft" said a
Montreal real estate man, in the
smoker, "but when Champ Clark,
your next speaker, talks annexa-
ton, it means business"
The Congressional Records re-
port of laughter" 81 times dur
ing Clark's brief remarks didn't
enlighten him. Canada has fnher-
tied British taste in humor. She
doesn't understand Champ Clark's
style. And besides, there's prev
alent undercurrent of jealousy,
something like that we ourselves
too often show toward visiting
Englishman-a little feeling that
expresses itself in boasts of Can
ada's greatness and superiority, in
size, intelligence, customs and
laws. Maybe we've caused that
feeling ourselves, by being too
chesty. Anyhow, suspicious and
jealous attitude combined with
much seriousness of mind has
helped to make a wild propaganda
against annexation" stick in the
minds of many eastern British
Canadians. French Canadians see
the joke and smile. They are loyal
enough, but without any ingrow-
ing love of the British crown. But
the British Canadian, even though
a liberal and an advocate of reci-
procity, takes annexation talk
with utmost seriousness.
My next discovery wasn't such
a surprise.
BIG BUSINESS is AGAINST
ANY REDUCTION IN THE TAR
IFF.
Sounds quite American, doesn't
It? Just the way Big Business
feels In New York, or Chicago, or
Denver. about our own sacred tar
If.
The Montreal Star Is a fine,
ably edited newspaper. But it has
a friendly feeling for Big Busi-
ness. When Finance Minister
Fielding introduced the reciproc-
ity agreement at Ottawa, the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-05

Tomorrow We'll find out WHY
Big Business in Canada is against
reciprocity.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-05

IClark's joke! They've been fran
tically waving the British Jack
ever since.
Reciprocity is a cunning trap"
of "the master-bargainers at
Washington" that must "inevita-
bly, terminate the career of Can
ada as an Independent nation" and
"debase the dominion to a string
of subject provinces. Quebec
will become the back yard and
lumber camp of New England"
Montreal will be "strangled in its
own dead railway lines" Cana
da is at the parting Of the ways"
1.-THE last hours are striking in
which the seductious OF Washing
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-05

Star was shocked. 1t grasped at
once the sinister significance-an-
'nexation? 1t sounded the wild
alarm and appealed" editorially
over the entire front page to Sir
Wilfred Laurier, as "the one man
who can save Canada!"
That page editorial was repro
duoed in every newspaper in Can
ada that would print it, at adver-
Itising rates. 1t cost somebody a
good many thousand dollars to
stir up the patriots.
Luck favored Big Business.
Hardly had this editorial appeared
when it was proved true by Ben
nets resolution and Champ
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-05

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
PHOENIX, Ariz., April 5.-A
good-sized boom is on today for
Col. William F. Cody, Buffalo
BILL" to represent the new state
OF Arizona in the United States
senate. Cody's chances have been
enhanced by his action In coming
out in favor of giving the ballot to
the fair SEX"
"If women are good enough for
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-05
BOOM BUFFALO BILL FOR
SENATOR FROM ARIZONA

argues the old scout,
they are plenty good enough to
have a say as to how this govern
ment should be run"
Col. Cody declares that he is
not to be considered in the light
of a candidate for the senatorship
but admits that he is mighty
proud of the fact that lot of his
old side partners look upon him as
the man for the job.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-05

ton can hope to avail" "Guns
may not frown over the imaginary
line that divides us, but covetous
eyes cast envious glarces which
are infinitely more perilous to our
national existence"
Reciprocity is but cloak for
tremendous and dominating
forces which count the cost of a
special congress as trivial in con-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-05

Editors Note-This is the first
of several Canadian dispatches an
swering the question, What does
Canada think of reciprocity?")
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-05
State N eWs
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

OLYMPIA, April 5.-The state
railway commission will hold a
hearing at Centralia April Is to
put a street over the Hill railway
tracks at grade.
CHEHALIS, April 5.-The Lew
| is county commissioners yesterday
decided to build mile. of rock
road under the read law, instead
of the three miles the repeal of
/ the old law contemplated.
MONTESANO, April 5.-Louis
Salasara admitted before the jury
yesterday he had murdered All
Fook, the Chinaman, saying they
|quarreled over a 75-cent wash bill
and that the Chinaman attacked
him with a hammer and that he
grabbed Ratchet and killed him.
WALLA WALLA, April 5.-A.
Ferndale, a rancher, when plant
ing his orchard put tin tube from
the top of the ground to the roots
of the trees and through this he
lpours water for irrigating the
plant. The scheme avoids evap-
Grafton and his three-year-old trees
are bigger than five-year-old trees
in adjacent orchards irrigated by
the old plan.
WALLA WALLA, April Sc.
s. Masterson. a prominent citizen,
went to Coffeyville, Kas. to be
married. On the way home he
bought his ticket with a 800 bill
of the same series as a number
stolen in a recent train robbery. A
detective grabbed him and pulled
him from his berth and nothing
but the intercession of a fellow
Odd Fellow succeeded in convinc-
ing the detective he had made a
mistake.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-05

There Is a charm IN baking IL
you use Pyramid Flour. 1t Is
pure, white, fluffy and strong. **'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-05
Extra! Savage Yanks Plot to Abduct
and Despoil "0urL adyof the Shows

British Jack Waves FuriousIy to
Stir Sleeping Patriots i'm Canada
Against ReciprOcity-and a Lot
of EN- Take Annexation Seri-
Ously.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-05
THE VOTE BY
PRECINCTS

Following is the entire vote OF
Yesterdays election by precincts:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-05

trast with the possibility Of win
ming a half-continent to be ex-
plotted by the greedy interests and
gloried in by the garrulous pa
triots of the American republic"
Wow!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-24
C Up R ESS BOXES
FOR PLUG TOBACCO
Opening for Another Big Viz
ginia MISUNDERSTANDING Lands
Full of Timber.

The suitability of cypress for .obac-
CO boxes has been made the subject
OF tests for some months. by the Unit
ed States Department OF Agriculture
Ia cooperation with packers of plug
tobacco and manufacturers of cypress
lumber. Results have been obtained
which are announced as highly salts
factory.
The manufacturers of plug tobacco
havo been large consumers OF wood
for many years Owing to the ten
dency of tobacco to absorb taste and
stain from wood when brought In con.
,aci with 1t in the bon. much difficulty
has eften been met in procuring suit
able box material Sycamore has al
ways been considered one of the best
woods for that purpose. but it has be-
como scarce and expensive. and the
search for substitutes Is active
The tests which have recently con-
cluded were brought about through
the desire OF plug tobacco manuiac-
turers to produce satisfactory box
material. and or the part of Southern
cypress mills to dispose of large
quantities OF short lumber which ac-
SuinuIHteS at lnelT plantS because
there is small demand for it, Ia size
and grade 1t ID such lumber as to-
oacco box makers use. The mill men
furnished the cypress lumber for the
tests. and the tobacco manufacturers
made the boxes. filled them with to-
bacco and subjected 1t to conditions
that would bring out any unsuita BILE
properties the wood might have.
summary OF results shows that
plug tobacco kept four months in
cypress boxes remained sound and in
good condition and absorbed no taste
from the wood. The box itself Is not
considered quite as handsome as syca-
more. but Is lighter IN weight. an
Item worth considering when large
shipments are made. The chief econ
only. however. consists In finding plen-
tiful material for boxes which will
meet the needs of the packers and at
the same time providing a market for
class of lumber which heretofore has
been in small demand.
The swamps and the lands adjacen.
to the swamps in the Eastern section
of Virginia are filled with cypress
trees that are bringing In no revenue
to the owners of those lands, but now
that 1t has been discovered that cypress
is good timber for tobacco boxes. the
knees" and the trunks OF the trees
will find long looked for market
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-24
BUSINESS MEN
ORGANIZE ASSOCIATION
Especial to The T!mes-Dispatch. ]

7 n. ]
Altavista, Va, September 23.-The business
men OF Altavista organized n Business MEMS
Association here Thursday. The associa-
ton numbers every business man. and Arm
In the town. This business body will work
In connection with the Merchants Mercan-
tie Agency. thereby securing the credit
tory now trading with Altavista merchants
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing six months: President e A.
Smith: Vice President. .. X Mccartney:
seeretary-N sasarer, Ernest Jones.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-09
CHAPTER Vi.-Contlnued.

'The great ugly brute!" she ex-
claimed, looking at the form In the
centre OF the floor.
HE was certainly heavy enough
to have been bear, | replied,
clinching my teeth in pain. land suf-
ficiently savage"
viewed her now for the first
time clearly, and the memory will re-
main with me TIL die. How dis
tinctly that entire picture stands forth
with the mist Of all these years be-
tween! The low-ceiled room, devoid
OF all furniture save of the ru6est and
most primitive kind; the bare logs
forming the walls, unrelieved In their
rough ugliness, except as here and
there sundry unshapeiy garments
dangled from wooden pegs; the rough
deal table. with a few cheap dishes
pied upon one end of It: the dead
dog lying across the eartben floor;
and over all the leap OF rudy flame
as the newly kindled fire gathered
way, leaving weird shadows here and
there, yet steadily forcing them back,
and flooding the whole interior with
CHEEKY glow.
She had flung ''ide tho blue and
yellow cloak which. during the long
hours of cur night ride had so COM
pletely shrouded her, and stood be-
fore me dressed In some soft clinging
stuff of delicate brown color. so cut
and fashioned as to most become her
rounded, graceful form. About her
neck narrow strip Of creamy lace
was fitted, the full throat rendered
whittier by the contrast, while at her
wrists similar ornament alone
served to relieve the simple plainness
Of her attire. The flaming fire lighted
up her face. making 1t seem to flush
with the dancing glow, which sparkled
like diamonds in her eyes. Here was
young, fair face,--a face to love
and trust forever, yet with n pride In
1t, and q certain firmness also that
somehow was good to see. All this
| noted , 18th one quick upward glance.
and with sudden thrill OF the heart
such as | had never known before.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-09
Safeouarded the Bread.

The strike among the bakers, which
threatened to deprive Dublin of its
daily bread, could never have hap
pened in the past. For the old-time
authorities looked to the bread with a
wide opened eye. The public were as
sured Of both quantity and quality. A
charter OF 1907, for Instance, empow-
cred the London Bakers company to
correct offenses concerning the trade.
to make laws and ordinances. to levy
fines and penalties for non-observance
thereof; and within the city and sub
urbs and for IL miles round. to view,
search, prove and weigh all bread
sold, and in case Of finding 1t unwhole-
some, or not Of due assize, to distrib-
ute 1t to the poor of the parish where
it was found. and to impose fines, and
levy the same by distress and sale OF
offenders goods. London Chronicle.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-09
TRIUMPH OF WATER FINDING
English Expert Locates Ample Supply
Guaoino Depth Below Surface
Within Two Feet.

very remarkable achievement In
"water-finding" has been carried
through at Sicily Oak. Birmingham. 1t
was necessary to discover a supply Of
water on the land belonging to the Pa
tent Enamel works. and Mr. Chester
man was called from Hereford for the
purpose He went over the land with
his piece Of aluminium wire for about
half an hour Then he suddenly
stopped and declared that at the place
where he stood water would be found
at a depth of $50 feet A contract was
signed by which he engaged to sink an
eightinch artesian tube which should
produce not less than $1,000 gallons
of water a day. on the condition mo
water, no pay" He employed hydrau
lie boring machinery. and In fourteen
days struck water at depth OF 24S
feet, AMI test pumping for 20 hours
proved yield OF 10000 gallons per
iay That the expert should have
gagged the depth within two feet is
considered one of the greatest triumph
in water.nnding of modern times
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-09
CoHyENGz7 WHCI

| the soreness 1t would probably not
| greatly bother me-
Now you must lie back and rest"
she said commandingly. as attempted
to thank her.
"As your nurse command abso-
lutte quiet" striving to speak gaily.
See. the daylight is already here.
and | mean to discover If this lone
cabin contains anything which human
beings can eat; confess that l am
nearly famished"
"A most excellent symptom, and I
imagine your quest will not be wholly
vain. To my eye that greatly re-
sembles a slab Of bacon hanging be-
side the chimney"
1T indeed Is" she exclaimed. land
l feel as a shipwrecked seaman must
on first beholding land"
However my naturally energetic
spirit revolted at inactivity. for the
time being my faintness precluded any
thought OF doing other than obeying
her orders, and | lay there silent,
propped up against the logs. my eager
eyes following her rapid. graceful
movements with constantly increas-
ing interest AS she worked, the re-
Election OF the red flames became
mingled with the gray dawn, until the
bare and cherries interior grew more
and more visible. Her search was far
from unsuccessful. while her resource
fulness astonished me, old campaigner
as | was; for 1t was scarcely more
than full daylight before she had me
at the table. and ! was doing full
justice to such coarse food as the
larder furnished.
The eating helped me greatly; but
for some time so busy were we that
neither of US spoke. On my own part
experienced strange hesitancy in
addressing her upon terms Of equality.
Ordinarily not easily embarrassed In
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-09
Mother NecessIty's Comcnt.

Harry N. Atwood, the aviator, was
the guest of honor at a dinner In New
York on the occasion OF his recent
record flight. Mr.. Atwoods eloquent
reply to toast on aviation ter.
minated neatly with these words: The
aeroplane has come at last, but it was
a long time coming. We can imagine
necessity, the mother OF invention,
looking up at sky all criss-crossed
with flying machines, and then say
ing with a shake of her old head and
a contented smile: OF all my family.
the aeroplane has been the hardest
10 raise"