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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
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These houses really held things There immense pictures OF
rich dark oils in the dining oo and fine unfeed epnss of water
cos the drawing There only that great table with
leaves dedicated eating but all the sitting there would
be many fine spacious solid tables which work could be done
and things could be laid
The people who could be living big houses have packed them
selves into small believe they will discover Of these days
that they have lost good deal the change They have lost than
certain number of feet they the effect the mind
and character that spacious life We all know that people living
and paes rule dignity that people who
much crowded lack What the large farm homestead does for the
counyman compared with the crowded vager the stately
town house its inhabitants especially children
people.
makes the human being feel small by comparison with his
roundngs the heavens and the make him small
The has been answered by builders and hotel keepers We have
place ourselves and small they dmnue fats with
reception that just lettering little table and nothing else
We dine table which baby almost under
test The beds little bedrooms middle
There fine pictures only quantity of photographs pelouy
edged against a slat of wood
ALL decent table which person
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
$500 BLEW INTO HER HANDS
Woman's Dislike for Litter Causes Her
to Pick Up Old Skirt Contain
Ing Money.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y.-It is the ambi-
ton OF Mrs. James Connolly of No. 7
Spruce street to keep her neighborhood
like Spotless Town. Because of her
dislike for litter in the streets she
picked up an old skirt which the wind
blew against her as she walked. She
was about to consign the skirt to an
ash heap when a roll of $500 in bills
dropped from It's folds.
The money which came to her In
such a surprising manner, Mrs. Con-
molly surmised. belonged to neigh
Dor, Mrs. Margaret Maher. who was
burned out a few days ago and whose
household belongings, including the old
skirt, were carried outdoors. Mrs. Ma
her had not missed the money, but she
eadily identified it when Mrs. Connolly
brought the roll In and dropped 1t on
the table In front of her
She is a poor woman and had been
a long time saving the $500, and
thought the skirt was safe in trunk.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
Mariner Who Is 1902 DespiseS
Steam-Going Vessel.
Captain jackson Tells of Sailing Ship
Days and of Fierce Storms That
Swept Decks of Craft He
Commanded.

London.-Nearing the close Of his
one-hundred-and-second year, Capt
Daniel Jackson gazed mournfully
across the rain-swept gardens of the
footing home for the aged as he
compared the gale then raging, with
the hundreds he experienced in the
days when men went to sea in ships
of wood. Strangely enough it was the
present storm that had brought him
his sorrow.
It's only a little capful of wind"
he said, "just enough to make good
craft swing along like a war horse.
But it's brought me more trouble than
any gale that has blown since l made
my first voyage to Archangel more
than ninety-three years ago. It's only
little capful, yet it stayed me from
performing the last service my dear
sister Maria will ask of me.
She had sent me a message from
the Wandsworth infirmary, saying that
she wanted to see me very, very
soon, because she had something to
tell me. So l buttoned up.my coat on
Wednesday afternoon and started to
walk over there, but the little capful
was too much for me and the rain
swept into my eyes. Never mind
said, I shall see her tomorrow. Next
morning they told me Maria was
dead"
Tears rolled from the tired old eyes
as Captain Jackson's thin, twisted
fingers beat upon the window pane,
and it was many minutes before an
other word escaped him. He told of
gales in many seas, fierce storms that
had swept the decks of the ship which
he had skippered when boy of nine
teen.
We'll l remember my first day Of
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
British Monarch Deliberately Has
Watch Set Ahead-F ather Addicted
to Same Habit.

London.-Modern human beings
have an extraordinary prediction for
fast" time.
Even the late king gave way to this
little weakness, and every timepiece,
Including the church clock, at Sand
bingham, was kept deliberately half an
hour fast. This custom, in fact, still
Is kept up by King George.
This fast" time habit Is, in the opin-
ion of well known medical man, a
form of self deception and "a praise
worthy, but often unconscious, attempt
to rectify a very common fault-un-
punctuality."
1.-THE number of clocks and watches
in England that are kept fast is ex-
traordinary," he said. "A slow watch
or clock is uncommon, and usually the
result of an accident But everywhere
fast time is 70 be seen-outside rail-
way stations, in railway refreshment
rooms, In public-h houses, and in private
residences.
in my opinion the psychology of
this habit is as follows" continued the
doctor. "a man distrusts his ability to
be punctual, and to rectify this adj
vances his watch, or allows 1t to re-
main fast, deluding himself that after
a short time he will have forgotten
that his watch is fast, and SO will I'M
Willingly be punctual.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
HATESA STEAMSHIP

command" he said-and for the first
time the droop of his lips lifted. II
ives rugged in a new suit che of the
owners had given me, with the peck
cts lined with $40 and SIS watch in
my fob We sailed in ballast from
Lynn to Sunderland, and when Mr..
Taylerson, another of the owners,
came aboard he asked me to direct
him to the captain. That was the best
day Of all, l think, for when l made
him really believe that l was the cap
tain he chuckled for hours.
Then he cracked me a hearty blow
on the back and told me l must skip
per ship for him round the Horn to
California. Thirty-eight times / sailed
Mr.. Taylerson's ships to California,
but one day, when was walking with
him up the main street in Sunderland,
he fell dead.
my connection with the service
ended soon afterward, but by that
time I'd saved close on $4,000, and
with that ! became an owner myself.
1t was sad day l bought my ship,
for at my wife's desire l let her
brother captain the vessel instead of
looking after her myself. She was
lost on the first voyage, and hadn't
a penny of insurance.
81 was a ruined man and getting on
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
Census Quiz Jars Germans

last ten years is double the rate at
which Germany is growing.
The census of Germany is not TAX.
en- by official question askers, as in
the United States, but by means of a
series of intricate blanks which every
householder in the country is obliged
to fill out. Millions of otherwise in
telligent Germans spent last week
wrestling with the mysteries of the
census forms.
These are some of the searching
questions which the kaiser's perplex-
ed subjects had to answer:
IF you don't know the exact date of
your birth, how many full years old
are your"
whats your main occupation in
life?"
Were your babies nursed on their
mothers breast or by wet nurses, or
from bottle?"
Are you subject to epileptic fits?"
How many of your house windows
look out on the street,"
What was your mother tongue
lndny DuICl, w de
lonian, Polish or Lithuanian-and
what are the names of the various
rooms in your dwellingr'
What is the religion of your ser
vants?"
How many bathrooms have your"
do you cook with gas or other
fuel?"
German economists cherish ambi.
tious hopes for the future of Ger
manys population. One authority says
there will be 100000 by 1880. An
other expert, Prof Won Schneider Of
the University Of Berlin, peers into
the distant future as far as 2135,
when he sees vision of 20S 100000
"Such Increase" he writes, should,
will and must come IL we wish to re-
main great and powerful nation, but
we must have fruitful colonies abroad
to take care of the surplus"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
Cat Ghost in Alarm Clock

ent cause. Johnson says he does not
remember having wound the clock
before these untimely capers.
The climax came Tuesday night.
Johnson was sound asleep. He had
left the clock on chiffonier in his
room. About two o'clock he was awak.
ened by something striking him in the
chest When he got his bearings he
found 1t was the alarm clock. The
thing was ripping out alarms. John.
son says that when he went to sleep
the clock was at least four feet from
the bed The clock was finally reIe-
gated to Johnson's cellars. The own
er ascribes the strange actions to the
TRANSPORTATION of the spirit of his
vengeful cat
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
Resident Of New Jersey Town Has
an Astonishing Experience
With Tlmeplece.

Montclair, N. frederick G.. John
son, who lives at 8 Oxford street,
thinks the ghost of a pet cat which
he owned haunts his alarm clock. Up
to few weeks ago the clock behaved
as well as any good domestic alarm
clock should. On Nov. 13 the alarm
clock, which had been set inadvert-
emily for the noon hour, went of The
Johnson cat was DOING near where
the clock stood and the noise awak-
ened her. She dashed about in a
frenzy. The kitchen door was open
aud through 1t the cat ran. That
evening johnson found the cat dead
IN the yard back of his home.
The next night the alarm clock be-
gan its strange antics. The timepiece
switched suddenly into the Ananias
circuit. The hands would suddenly
Jump forward for several swings
about the face and the alarm would
go off at all hours without any appar;
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

in years; so settled down to be a
landlubber as best l could. l came to
Chaplain in 1853 and set to work as a
blindmakeT. AL went we'll fof some
twenty years, but by the time / had
come to be seventy-five, l commenced
doing odd jobs So worked on till
my rinety-ninth birthday, when came
to live in this home, where every one
is kind to me.
By now the captains pipe was
filled, and, putting vigorously at his
beloved shag, he offered his opinions
on the sailors Of today.
Mice sailors they are to call these
little squalls gales" he said. TITS the
steamboats, that have done 1t all. In
my days a sailor was happiest when
the seas swept the deck and his ship
tore before the wind. l never could
abide a steamer. l only once went to
sea in one, and that was when l came
home from Australia as passenger"
A few weeks ago the delightful old
captain met with an accident which
would have proved fatal to most men
many years his junior. Slipping, he
fell backward against piece of furnt
ture and fractured two of his ribs.
ut hurt bit at the time," he res
marked, in the most casual fashion,
but I'm quite as strong as again.
My chief failing is my sight. Till a
few months ago the hours with pipe
and paper were my happiest. Now
adays l must have the pipe only and
let some one else have the paper"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
What Impressed Him.

H. w. Child, president OF the yell
lowstone Park association, went to
Europe two or three years ago and
had for companion a man interested
In the hotel business. They travelled
over Europe, investigating hotel and
commissary problems to some extent.
and finally arrived In Rome. They
went into ST. Peters and stood be-
meath the dome. We'll" said Child,
here it is. Here's the dome" The
hotel man took one look forward.
Then he turned to Child and asked:
How much did that man In London
say he wanted for them harns?"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
Two Bad Cases In England Cured by
ResInol Ointment.

I have been using Resinol Ointment
during the last few weeks for q
varicose ulcer on leg and can bear tes-
timony to its cooling and curative quail
tiles. Have never found anything to
equal 1t. | was recommended by my
sister, Mrs. Cairus Ladykirk, Norman
on Tweed, to try it. She had been
treated IA months previously without
effect, but was entirely cured by Res
mol Ointment
Robert Davidson, Gateshead on TynA
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
Brltish-canadIan Cable.

London.-The Times says that a
proposal is under consideration for a
state-owned cable between Great Brit
ain and Canada The route was sur
veyed in 1860. 1t runs from Scotland
to the Farce islands, thence to Green
land and thence to Hamilton inlet.
Labrador.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

attended several of the great aviation
meets in France and on the continent, and
my conclusion based on study and CONVEX
sation with the foreign experts is that
there is not the remotest likelihood that
the average everyday citizen will ever
Journey through the air.
The talk of reducing aerial transit to
commonplace basis, where the generality
of the population can make safe and rapid
voyages via the aeroplane, has few sponsors
among the candid and scientific men.
The thing is simply not feasible and
nnuar will he Thero hos hoon ,oall.r M
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
Subjects of Kaiser PerpIexed by
Some Searching Questions-Total
May Be 65,ooo,o0o.

Berlin.-Germany is in the throes
of a census which will not end for
many weeks. When 1t is over the
fatherland expects to wake up and
find itself the possessor of 65,000,000
souls, or gain of 4,50O,000 since 1905.
The German population experts are
deeply impressed by this weeks an
nouncement that the United States
has over 9O,0OO,000 inhabitants. The
American rate of increase during the
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
Small
DANGER of
Aviation
Becoming
Common
By J. X. MOoREHOUSE
New York

improvement machines in months and though
reached things
that any very great development can now take place.
will tell that the
proposition fancd Of people carried
takes 5ohopowr engine lift only couple
Of men, and they must not be heavyweights.
Unless something radically the Of motor devised
single machine carry many passengers dhoned
stage coach.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
Some
People
Unable
to Show
Grief
By COL. HUGH BRAINARD
New Orleans

and saying this risk being called nhuman wretch
other complimentary terms
The inclined to mirh is twofold. First, naturally
light of heart and second there nothing unreal
influences my emotions
The fictitious grief of the stage does bit
know the portrayer of the is only feignng
often wonder if the heaters readily
everyday manifestations of sure-enough suffering?
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
Penalty for ahavIna seH.

New Tork..-rhe Italian-American
BARRIERS Of Jersey City organized
union the other day and in framing a
schedule Of prices agreed to charge
80 cents for every hair cut when the
customer shaves himself
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

sit with books and work at it. drawing room may
look prettier since the abolition from it of all sensible
tables. But it is much less habitable 1t is small
wonder that people nowadays try continually to cur
tail the time after dinner 1t is because there moth
ing one can do in drawing room. At best somebody
plays the violin SINGS at worst the panola is set
going.
The poet who wished for can hour of crowded
life" should try living On the score of crowd
edness, if not of life, he would be well content.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

From the later returns it would
seem that the common people of Eng.
land do not scare as American dol
lars much worse than the nobility
do. They cannot take them quite so
enthusiastically as the titled element,
because they get them in much small.
er amounts.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

Uncle Sam wisely believes that the
woman who can afford to spend thou.
sands abroad for jewelry and gowns
with which to dazzle the folks at
home can also afford to pay the duty
on them
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

San Francisco points with pride to
the fact that she has three suburbs
with a combined population of more
than 100000, and in that respect beats
any other American city except New
York
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
Modern
Homes
Most Rooms
Very Low and
Quite Small
By MARGARET BATESoN

of century ago it the ambition of
every prosperous citizen to build himself house. His dining
table, the altar of ceremonious hospitality gave two dozen
people ample space to dine and gesculae around its polished
spread of mahogany At expansive moments toward the end
of the feast small child deliberately dressed and curled
would be placed the table and invited to make her way
along with the decaners to the other end without upsetng
the dishes of dessert And there space for the perform
ance of the feat.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

Can you tell me why people weep at a
theater when the clever actor or actress de-
picts some phase of human woe?
1t is something I've never yet been able
to account for satisfactorily, as common
q phenomenon as it is. Are those in the
audience who do not shed tears less hui
name, less sympathetic than those who be-
dew their handkerchiefs with tears, as 1
saw score of women do the other evening
in playhouse.
Now, as a matter of fact, when l SEQ
those lachrymose matrons and maids all
about me I feel sorely inclined to laugh,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

An English bishop apologized for
violation of the speed laws by explain
ing that he did not know a policeman
was behind the hedge. The excuse
would be equally good If advanced by
a burglar.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
1H1uHto uLu OHIIuI5III anu h06 lHdC II
Signature ssass the Of Z<HazzzzT
In Use For Over 80 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
Civilization.

Missionary-You claim to be civ
flied, and yet l find you torturing
your captives.
Native-Pardon, but we do not cali
this tortuTing now We are merely
haZing him.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

1t has been demonstrated that small
children like rag dolls better than ex
pensive kinds of dolls. At their ten
der age the price tag has not goi
them bluffed
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

A Virginia man is aDable to remem
Der his own name. He ought ~ -
valuable as professional juror or
dummy director for some of the big
trusts.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

When men have succeeded perfect
ly in swimming like a fish and flying
like a bird, there will remain for
mankind to emulate the basking In
fire of salamander.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

A Long Island Judge has ruled that
$4,000 year is plenty for the educa
ton of am girl of It," Some of the
girls will regard him as a mean old
thing.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

One Of the daring aviators boasted
because he crossed the Delaware in
an aeroplane What would George
Washington say to that?
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

A nationwide agitation Is being car.
ried on in favor of proper observance Of
the six-day working week, and every man
and woman who works six days of the week
should join in advocating complete day
of rest without any strings tied to it.
1t is not a religious matter and there
need be no differences of opinion.
Ministers of all denominations are out.
spoken in favor of a closed Sunday, and
only recently in Emporia, Kan, the minis.
tiers there declared in favor of Uncle Sans
taking the initiative by refusing TO deliver
mail at the postofice on Sunday.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

Kansas City now bars fireworks.
Next July 1t will doubtless issue
recommendation that people buy their
Christmas presents early.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

A man fell three feet last week and
broke his neck. On the same day
man fell a mile in an aeroplane and
was not injured. Pedestrians should
carry aeroplanes.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

Prof Knox of the Seattle Mental in
stitute, says that if person will think
1t strong enough, he will live forever
Wonder how soon he expects to die
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

There is said to be craze in Eu-
rope for things American, even Amer.
lean slang. But most American slang
is nothing to go crazy about.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

While it is true that an aviator has
flown from ship to shore, yet people
are not yet clamoring to be rescued
from shipwrecks by that method.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

The iconociasts are abroad In the
land. and one by one our sweet FLU
sions fall. But the fact becomes har
rowing when an expert declares that
II IL all a mistaken idea that whisky
fs good for snake bites. In a little
while there viii be no Ideals of Life
left
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

A poets union has been organized II
New York. Only poets who can write
poetry which nobody will understand
are to be eligible.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

The Panama canal gates will weigh
$4,000 tons. It will be some Hallow,
cen stunt for the International bad
boy to hang them on neighbours
fence.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

A young couple was married in an
auto running at so miles an hour. This
was marriage in haste and no doubt
a real Joy ride.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated,
easy to take as candy, regulate and invig-
crate stomach. liver and bowels. Do not
grippe.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

Pennsylvania, In consequence of q
big cabbage crop, will be in no dan.
ger of sauer kraut famine, and re-
joicing is germane to the occa.
sion.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

One way to conserve the pine fol~
ests is to adopt iron or steel as the
proper material for telegraph and cleo
trio light poles.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
At the Door.

yes, my mind is made up. Tonight
shall ask her to be my wife. B-b-y
Jove, h-hope she's out!"-Woman'
Home Companion.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

Aviation costumes will be needed
next season, and every dressmaker
knows such costumes must have elias
tic necks.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

That pastor who's going to get a
chicken shower must hope that they
won't be Rocks
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

Evidently we are not growing bet
ter as fast as We should. A new fed.
eral penitentiary 70 cost 100000.
is to be built at Atlanta.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
Six-Day
Working
Week
for All
People
By J. ]. MAHONEY
Chicago

The pooce department ready and willing please all OF
the people all of the tme possible and it please the people that
the department them Sunday and please people the
office will remain closed on Sunday.
So it the people Those who employed Sunday
and who demand their rgha right to day sevenshoud
not expect to receive their mail ON Sunday.
Very smpe Do you would be done by.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

Stop guessing! Try the best and most
certain remedy for all painful ailments
Hamlins Wizard Oil. The way it re-
lieves all soreness from sprains, cuts,
wounds burns, scalds, etc, is wonderful
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

A Chicago university professor re-
aterates that the sun is growing cold.
Must have exhausted itself last sum-
mer.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

With motion pictures in the schools.
who would not be a child again?
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
Truly Spoken,

What narrow, circumscribed life
the woman must lead to whom a wrin.
kle is tragedy!
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

A highwayman held up three De-
troit women and robbed them. Two
nail files and powder-rag constituted
his reward.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

A New York man has been de-
clared insane because he couldn't play
bridge. Oh you happy lunaticl
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

A Wellesley girl has been expelled
for getting married. That's a fine
state of affairs!
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

Horse shows will never pass away
with the consent of the dressmakeTs.