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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-08-17
+. q. REEVES,
A. b. BOWMAN

Commissioners of Election for Wash
ington County, Tennessee.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-08-17
Deafness Can Not Be Cured

by local applications. as they can not reach the
diseased portion of the car. There is only one
way to cure Deafness and that is by cobStitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition OF the mucous lining of the
eustachian tube. When this tube is inflamed
you have a rumbling found or imperfect hear
the result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh.
which is nothing but an infiamed condition of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of deafness (cauSed by catarrh) that can
circulars free. F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo o
Sold by druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-08-17
sL>O>C>A>L.,

Robert Kilby made business trip t.
Bristol today.
John L. Davis has returned from {
/ trip TO Wise, Va.
Mrs. w. p. Cooper has returned from
a visit TO Whitesburg.
Miss Isabelle Wade is visiting Mrs,
John Hobson In Bristol.
Mrs. /. N. Beckner has returned from
q visit to Bristol relatives.
Mrs. Henry Burbage has returned
from a visit to Rogersville.
JAS. A. Summers and family are Wis.
iting relatives at MooresbuTg.
Miss Blanche Beard, of Knoxville, is
a guest of Miss Mary Hardin.
Mrs. Mamie Fountain and children
are visiting hOmefolks in this city.
G. L. Marshall is enjoying a visit
from his father, of Hickory, n. Z.
Miss Hilda Fields and Miss Moore,
are visitor at C. l.. Marshall's on Boone
street.
Miss Hattie Hunt is spending week
with Miss Amy Ward at her summer
home at Unaka Springs.
Mrs. A. T. Dosser and daughter, Miss
Antoinette, of Knoxville, are visiting
the family of r. NJ. Dosser.
Judge Baxter Taylor, wife and son,
of Atoka, Oklahoma, is spending few
weeks with homefolks at Chuckey.
Capt. and Mrs. Jas. Harden and
children, of Kenova, w. Va, are visit
ing Geo. w. Harden and family on
Watauga Avenue.
Bank Examiner Armstrong, an old
Jonesboro boy and one of the cleverest
men in the world, examined the two
national banks here this week.
Miss Kate Dosser, of Jonesboro, is
visiting Miss Katheryn Wilson at
Wildwood the summer cottage of Rev.
John T. Wilds in Unicoi county.
Ike Faw, who has been with Henry
Valley in Louisiana for several months
locating boundary of timber, has
been visiting homefolks this week.
Rev. Buchanan, of the Christian
church, was called to Marion, Ind, this
week to preach the funeral of one of
1ne of his old parishonors. He will
return Saturday.
Misses Mona and Annie Okard have
returned to Weatherford, Texas, after
! pleasant visit to relatives in this city. |
They stopped at Knoxville for a short |
visit enroute home.
Alfred g. Gaunt, lately appointed
pecial agent for Interstate Life Insur-
lnce Co., entered upon his duties Tues
lay morning, and left for Elizabethton,
Mountain City, Newport and other
POINTS
Dr. James Taylor, of Bedford county,
nd Phil Taylor, of Chuckey, were in
he city last week to visit their sister,
IRIS. James Pouder. DIR. Taylor was
ccompanied by Holmes, Bedford
Ounty democrat.
Geo. P. Crouch, the optician, will be
e in his office, 232 Main street, Friday
nd Saturday, August Is and 49, Come
nd give me your order for the invisi-
lie Kryptok hi Focals, the most COM t
,rtable glass worn.
Miss Sue Hill, who has been the {
harming guest of her sister Mrs.
larry Cease, for some time, left for
er home at LewiSburg, Wednesday.
he was accompanied by Mrs Cease
nd baby who will be the guests of her
er parents Capt. and Mrs Ika Hill.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-08-17
GENERAL REGISTRATION

The books for the general registation
of legally qualified voters for the Ninth
and Fifteenth civil districts of
Washington county, Tenn, will be
opened for registration on Monday, the
18th day Of August, 1911, and remain
open for ten days. j. G. Akin and
John S. Cochran are appointed registra-
RS for the Fifteenth civil district, and
for the Ninth civil district the registrars
appointed are w. H. Fulton and G.. w.
Swingle from the First ward of Johnson
City, and Geo. H. Berry and J. L.
Strain are appointed registrars fir ON the
Second ward.
The supplemental registration here
tofore called for the corporation of
Jonesboro for the 9th, 10th and 18th of
August, 1911, will be held by the
registrars above named for the 10Th
district, on those days.
f. q. REEVES,
A. b. BOWMAN,
Commissioners of Election for Wash
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-08-17

Cuts and bruises may be healed in about
one-third the time required by the usual
treatment by applying Chamberlain Lini-
ment. 1t is an antiseptic and causes such
injuries to heal without maturation. This
liniment also relieves soreness of the muscles
and rheumatic pains For sale by dealers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-08-17

An ordinary case of diarrhoe a, as a rule,
be,cured by single dose of Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
This remedy has no superior for bowel COM
plant. For sale by all dealers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-08-17
NONRESIDENT Notice. !,
In the Chancery Court at Johnson City,
Washington County, Tenn.
Lula Burbage Thomas
John Taylor Thomas.

VS..
John Taylor Thomas.
In this case it appearing from the bill,
which Is sworn to, that the defendant,
John Taylor Thomas, is u nonresident
of the state of Tennessee. 1t is ordered
by me that publication be made for four
successive weeks, as required by law, in
The Comet, a newspaper published In
johnson City, In said county. notifying
said nonresident defendant to appear
before our said hancery court AT
court to be holden at the court house In
johnson City on the second Monday of
September, 1911, and make defense to
said ill, or the allegations thereof will
be taken for confessed and the cause set
for hearing eX parte as to him.
This August II, 1911.
J. w. CASS.
Clerk aud Master.
5. L. Miller, Solicitor. lil5.4t
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-30

lage the missionary, passing through
had left few pages Of the gospel in
the Indian tongue. Our Indian read
and rejoiced. Measuring the mission
ary's footprint, he fitted it with mag
niflcent moccasins, and travelled 200
miles to give them to the missionary
as an expression of his gratitude.
Thus the missionary was enriched by
the present, but the Indian was en-
riched by the thanksgiving.
The best Thanksgiving is happy
heart. Blossoms mean nothing on a
dead stick. Once when the car Wis
tied Paris the ingenious French, it
being winter, fastened to the bare
boughs of the trees innumerabe paper
flowers. very pretty as a spectacle, but
very unworthy as a symbol, since they
were false. Our praise will be quite
valueless unless It is rooted in the
daily life.
Train yourself to be grateful for the
common blessings. There had been a
great cotton famine in Lancashire,
England For lack of material to
work upon, the mills had been idle
for months, and there was great dis
tress among the operatives. At last
came the first wagonload OF cotton
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-30

the earnest of returning opportunity
to labor. With what new eyes did
the people look upon that common.
place material! They met the wagon
in an exultant procession. They
Rugged the bales. At last, moved by
a common impulse, they broke out in
the noble hymn, Praise God, from
whom all blessings flow" There are
in every life thousand blessings,
now little noticed at all, Of which il
we were deprived, their return would
be welcomed with equal transports.
But the going does not excuse US
from the sending any more than send
ing excuses us from going. If giving
still went by the rule Of the tenth, as
in the scripturai days, then ten av-
erage Christians could anywhere CON
stitute themselves into a church and
support pastor; and twenty could
support both pastor and a mission
airy.
No work is done at its best until it
is done in an atmosphere of thanks
giving. Beethoven understood this.
He had his piano placed in the mid
die of a field, and there, under the
smiling sky, with birds singing around
him, flowers shining and grain glisten-
ing In the sun, the musician COM
posed some of his great oratories.
Few OF us can take our work into the
fields, though all Of us would carry
lighter hearts il We would live more
ont of doors; but we can all of us sur
round our work with CHEEKY atmos-
pNere which our Father has breathed
into all his works.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-30
GUMPTION ON THE FARM.

There is nothing that gives man
such safe anchorage in life as good
wife.
File the crosscut saw yourself: you
will thus soon save enough to buy a
new saw.
Blessed be work. 1t gives us the
chance of making strong, capable men
and women of ourselves.
Let your Christmas presents be
something useful. Thousands of dol
lars are worse than wasted on useless
things every year.
Take the frost out OF your grindstone
before you grind the ak, but do it
gradually, and not by using too hot
water. That would injure the quality
of the stone.
Don't put off till spring any outside
work that can be done now. Clean up
the garden, haul out manure, and
when possible push the blowing before
snow flies.
Keep wide paths shoveled to every
out building. Help to open the roads
when heavy SHOWS drift them, whether
you are called out by the pathmaster
or not. See that the stock is sheltered
from the cold every day and every
night.
While waiting impatiently for the
town to repair that mud-hole, wash
out or other bad place in the highway,
wouldn't it be good idea to take
few hours off and fix it yourself? II
every farmer spent few hours, &C.
casionally, working on the road, the
highways would soon show an improve
ment. Let us not only talk good roads
let us work bad roads.
From December Farai Journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-30
A Fathers Vengeance.

would have fallen on any one who at
tackled the son of Peter Bondy, OF
South lockwood, Mich, but he was
pbwerless before attacks OF Kidney
trouble. doctors could not help him, y
he wrote, $50 at last we gave him
Electric Bitters and he improved won.
derfully from taking six bottles. Its
the best Kidney medicine | ever saw"
Backache, Tired feeling, Nervousness,
Loss of Appetite, warn OF Kidney
trouble that may end in dropsy, diabe-
ties or Brights disease. Beware: Take
Electric Bitters and be safe. Every
bottle guaranteed. so cents at Henry
Hinrichs'.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-30

at cannot be that earth is mans
only abiding place. 1t cannot be that
our life is bubble cast up by the
ocean of eternity to iloat moment
upon its waves and sink into nothing.
ness. Else, why is it the high and
glorious aspirations which leap like
angels from the temple of our hearts
are forever wandering unsatisiied?
Why is it that the rainbow and cloud
come over MS with a beauty that pass
off and leave US TO muse Of their lowell
ness? Why is it that the stars which
hold their festival around the midnight
throne are set above the grasp OF our
limited facilities, forever mocking us
with their unapproachable gloryp And
finally, why is it that the bright forms
OF human beauty are presented TO our
view and taken from us, leaving the
thousand streams Of our affections TO
flow back in an Alpine torrent upon
our heartsY We are born for higher
destiny than that OF earth. There is a
realm, where the rainbow never fades,
where the stars will lie sbrcad out be-
fore us like the islands that slumber
on the ocean and where the beautiful
beings which pass before us like
shadows will stay forever in our
presence" In these beautiful thoughts
we can all find much to be thankful
for, even II vacant chair is in our
home and the dark side OF life seems
turned towards US. They will place
silver lining back of any cloud. AS n
matter of fact we all have much to be
thankful for.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-30
HOME CIRCLE COLUMN.

REASONS FOR THANKFULNESS.
A good old custom is that handed
down to us from the days of John AL
den and the native Priscilla-the Gus
tom OF setting apart one day of the 1856
to give thank feast to the glory oil
Gods goodness. We are much indebt-
ed to colonial Massachusetts for a
festival so distinctively American
and so appropriately national in its
character and observance. And we
must acknowledge further indebted
ness, if of commercial nature, to
Massachusetts for the famous Cape
Cod cranberry, which seems to have
been especially created to give tart
spice to the roast turkey and dressing
so indissolubly associated with the
table traditions of Thanksgiving day.
A great day is Thanksgiving from
the standpoint of table bounty, opti-
mistic good cheer and the tender re-
union of near and dear ones. 1t is the
natural "Old Home Day." when the
scattered flock returns as to the shep-
herds fold to renew for a few fond
hours the ties of vanished years and
cherish all that memory has saved
from the wreck of time. But through
the pathos of the beautiful anniver-
sary incident to the mutability of hui
man life shines the immutable star of
hope, and the dominant note of the
day is one of cheerful thankfulness for
the many blessings vouchsafed by a
benign Providence.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-30

therefore, II kidney
trouble is permitted to
continue, serious re-
suits are most likely
to follow. Your other
organs may need at
tention, but your kid
neys most, because
they do most and
should have attention
first. Therefore, when
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-30
THANKSGIVING.

The toll of the summer IS over, the
crops have been garnered and it is
right and proper now, that we should
stop for few moments and turn over
thoughts, and tender our thanks to the
great giver of every good and perfect
gift, for the bounties we enjoy and the
general prosperity of the country.
We would be very indignant should
any one accuse us of being ungrateful
for the favors accorded us; but there is
law of nature that DEGREES, that if a
man will not use a faculty or power,
he shall not retain it, and the spirit of
thankfulness is not exercised as much
as it should be. In this excited and
feverish race of life, we simply snatch
its many blessings without stopping to
think of the source from whence they
came, and we are slowly, but surely,
losing this principle of gratitude, and
as the general prosperity increases, we
are Withdrawing more and more into
the little circle of self. AS we become
more and more independent of each
other; we become more and more
selfish, exacting and ungrateful, not
only toward the Lord but toward each
other But let Thanksgiving day re-
mind US that we should be grateful;
and gratitude, like every other human
principle, comes to us by cultivation;
cultivation either from pressure of
circumstances or from self-imposed
discipline. But in these prosperous
times few of us take the trouble to
impose much self discipline, or to Guilt
vate the noble principle of thankful
ness, but give full rein to all the
selfish instincts of the animal nature,
and especially to the greed for money
getting; and out of this state of affairs
grow all the strifes of the home and
country; all the strikes and commissions
arising from the contentious between
capital and labor, and all the anarchy,
which attempts to extort that which
is not freely given, and the only
remedy that we see for this fostering
state of affairs is some awful calamity,
which shall wiring from us the frag-
rance of human sympathy, or some
tremendous impulse that will cause
the people to put a check upon the
selfish propensities and compel us to
acknowledge our mutual dependence
upon each other as well as upon the
Lord of Heaven. So, welcome to
Thanksgiving Day, and let us learn n
lesson of gratitude which shall bring
us, instead of curse, blessing from
our universal prosperity.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-30
QJYUxWuF YOU are grateful

lOO are STdteIul,
say so. Thanks
giving is only half
thanksgiving till it
blossoms into eX-
preston. Learn a
lesson from the
noble-hearted Indi-
an, in whose vii
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-30

The nation as whole has abundant
reason to feel gratitude to the God of
Nations for the undoubted prosperity
that has been visited upon the Amer
lean people. The year whose length
ening shadows will now soon fade
forever has been fraught with manifold
blessings and material fairness.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-30
Absentminded,

AT the Box ONCE: Ticket Seller
How many" Absent.Minded Stu.
dent--Two standing rooru--tngether.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-30

your kidneys are weak or out of order,
you can understand how quickly your en-
tire body is affected and how every organ
seems to fail to do its duty.
If you are sick or feel badly" begin
taking the great kidney remedy, DIR.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root. A trial will con-
vince you Of its great merit.
The mild and immediate effect of
Swamp-RoOt, the great kidney and
bladder remedy, is soon realized. 1t
stands the highest because its remarkable
health restoring properties have been
proven in thousands of the most distress
ing cases. IF you need medicine you
should have the best.
Sold by druggists In nsE1LE111S
fifty-cent and one-dol- :::II1s:s :...xE:..5
lar sizes. You may :: ::::::::::::I :--==::::::3
have a sample bottle ll0l0
by mail free, also
pamphlet telling you HON. o. s1s",p-lsso.
how to find out if you have kidney or
bladder trouble. Mention this paper
when writing to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y. Don't make any mis-
take, but remember the name, Swamp
Root, and don't let dealer sell You
something in place of Swamp Root-if
You do you will be disappointed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-30
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by Over Work.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

Weak and unhealthy kidneys are re-
sponsible for much sickness and suffering,
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-05-19
MANS RESPECT FOR ANIMALS
We Must Recognize That We Are
Overseers Of Other Forms Of
Life on Earth.

If we have any belief at all In a dit.
ference Of moral faculty between our
selves and the animals we must recog-
over nature will permit, o%verseers of
other forms OF life upon the earth, not
merely for our own advantage but for
the good Of the universe. We cannot
deny that the struggle for life exists
and that we must take part in it and
do our best to destroy those forms
OF life which are hostile to ourselves.
We cannot go SO far in respect for
life as to found a society for the pre-
vention Of cruelty to bacilli. But at
the same time our respect for life is
a sign of u triumph, however imper-
feet. over the struggle for life; and
the greater this respect becomes the
promise and significance of all life
and the less we are beasts involved in
the blind waste of nature.
Very slowly and im%perfectly this
sense Of the promise and significance
OF all life grows in us. 1t is not only
an intellectual, but rather a religious
and emotional idea. 1t appears first
In men like st. Francis with a pro-
phetic Of a nobler state Of be-
ing. From them it is communicated
by the beauty of their example rather
than by argument. to other men; and
perhaps when it has become a matter
Of course in all civilized human be-
ings We shall find hat it is of prac-
teal value and it will attain to a
scientific justification.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-05-19
SYNOPSIS.
1000

Capt. Nathaniel Plum or the sloop, Ty-
phoon. lands secretly on Beaver island,
stronghold of the Mormons. Obadiah
Price, Mormon councillor. confronts him..
tells him he Is expected, and bargains for
tho ammunition aboard the sloop. He
binds MAJ by a solemn oath to deliver a
package to Franklin Pierce. president Of
the United States. Near Prices cabin
Nat sees the frightened face of a young
leaving an odor Of lilacs. 1t develops that
Mats visit to the island is to demand set
Element OF the king, Strang. for the loot
ing Of his sloop by Mormons. Price shows
Nat the kings palace, and through a
window he sees the lady Of the lllacs,
who Price says Is the kings seventh wife.
Calling at the kings Office Nat is warned
by a young woman that his life Is in dan
ger; Strang processes indignation when
punish the guilty. Nat rescues Neil, who
is being. publicly whipped. and the king
orders the sheriff. Arbor Croche, to pur-
sue and kill the two men. Plum learns
that Marion. the girl OF the lilacs. is
Neirs sister. The two men plan to escape
on Mats sloop and take Marion and
Wtnnsome. daughter of Arbor Croche.
and sweetheart of Neil. Nat discovers
that the sloop is gone. Marion tells him
mons. She begs him to leave the island.
telling him that nothing can save her
from Strang, whom she is doomed to mar
~. Plum finds Price raving mad. Recov-
ering, he tells Nat that Strang is doomed.
that armed men are descending on the
Island. Nat learns that Marion has been
mmo to the castle by Strang. Nat
Kills Arhor Croche. and after a desperate
fight with the king. leaves him for dead.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-05-19

fighting in the water. Others were
struggling desperately to get away in
the boats. Foot by foot the Mormons
were crushing them back, their battle
cries now turned into demoniac yells
of victory. Into the rear of the strug-
Cling mass, firing as they an, charged
the handful of men behind Captain
Plum and Neil. For a little space the
kings men gave way before them and
with wild cheers the powerful fisher
men from the coast fought their ~ey
toward their comrades. Many Of them
we're armed with long knives; some
hal pistols; others used their empty
rii~>. IS clubs. A dozen more men
and they would have split like a.
wedge through the Mormon mass.
Above the din of battle N~athaniel'si
voice rose in laundering shouts to the
men in the sea, and close beside him
he heard Neil shrieking out a name
between his blows. Like demons
they fought straight ahead, slashing
with their knives. The Mormon line
was thinning. The mainlanders had
turned and were fighting their way
back, gaining foot by foot what they
had lost. Suddenly there came a ter
rife cheer from the plain and the hope
that had famed in Nathaniel's breast,
died out AZ be heard It. He knew what
1t meant-that the Mormons at st.
James had come to reinforce their
comrades. He fought now to reach
the boats, calling to Neil, whom he
could no longer see. Even in that mo-
chance was to escape with the others.
his only hare of wrestling her from the
kingdom lay in his own freedom. He
had waited too long. A crushing blow
fell upon him from behind and with q
last cry to Neil he sank under the
trampling feet 1ndistinctly there
came to him the surging shock of the
fresh body of Mormons. The din
about him became fainter and fainter
as though he was being carried rapid.
ly away from It: shouting voices came
to him in whispers, and deadened
sounds, like the quick tapping Of a
finger or hts forehead, were all that
he heard OF the steady rife fire that
pursued the defeated m~ainlanders in
their fight.
After a little he began struggling back
into consciousness. There was a split
ttag pain somewhere in his head and
he tried to reach his hand to 1t.
you won't hsve to carry him." he
heard a voice say. Give him a little
water and nAn walk"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)