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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-04-19

Marriage increases the papa-latlOn
of the country.
Something that should never helost,
yet seldom kept-a bad temper.
1t has been asserted that Coke is the
best legal authority on cremation.
No matter how hilarious mans
life may be, it generally has a grave
close.
Glove fighting is called manly sport,
probably because women do their
fighting without gloves.
Burglars entered the house of New
Jersey editor, the other night. Even
burglars will sometimes make mis-
takes.
The swells of London have what
they call Crush hat Club, though
for that matter any club is good
enough to crush a hat with.
1t is sir-prize that girls are after
this year. But the men are growing
cautious and are not to be mistaken
thus easily,
A poet sends contribution entitled,
"Why do live?" 1t is because he
sends his contributions to this office
instead of bringing them in person.
A clumsy man, in getting out of a
street car, stopped so heavily ON pref
ty girls toes that her Shrek made the
horses run away. This is decidedly
stupid way OF making a mash.
"A preacher having married a couple
in the church the other day, unfortu-
nately gave out as the very next hymn,
"Mistaken souls that dream of Heay-
en-"
"What can do to dude who stares
at me on the street?' asked young
lady in Chicago paper. You might
hit him with your glove and kill him,
if you can spare moments time.
/ A Philadelphia man cQmpels his
daughter to eat onions every night
for supper, and thus assure himself
that he can shut the house at 10
o'clock without locking in strange
young man.
Unto the hilt of loves blilhe meas
/ ure there has crepta curious jar and
; halt" sings Ella Wheeler. Itappears
: that Elias pa, too, comes down to the
| gate sometimes III his largest pair OF
. boots.
The man who kicks his daughters
: lover down three flights Of stairs, sends
her to bed with a scolding, then slacks
the parlor fire and turns off the gas,
y should be sent to prison for contempt
, of court.
r No Norwegian girl is permitted to
q have beau until she can bake bread,
= and the consequence is that she is an
. adept in this culinary art long ere she
T, masters the arts of dancing, painting
( frightful looking objects on plaques,
and spelling brass by hammering it.
= There are some Norwegian customs
Q worth copying in this country.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-09
Paper i'm Japan.

Paper is an article of great utility to
our sisters in Japan. Not only do they
use paper fans, pouches and lanterns,
but also paper pocket handkerchiefs,
umbrellas, waterproof coats, walls,
windows and strings The Japanese
obtain it from different source from
our own. Instead of old rags being
converted into clean paper, they make
use of the bark of the broussonetia
papyfera, stripped. dried, and then
stepped in water till the outer green
layer comes off. 1t is cheap; four
sheets of the ordinary quality being
worth about one farthing. 1t is pa
per that does not tear evenly; some
kinds are tough-more like cloth.
When required for a string it deity
twisted into strong Irvine, which in
some cases is made of part of the pa
per forming the wrapper. When oiled,
it is made into waterproof clothing, or
stretched on neatly constructed bam-
boo frame and used as an umbrella.
One kind is manufactured to assume
the appearance of leather, and is made
into tobacco pouches, pipe and fan
cases. The conjurors use a kind of
white tissue paper in the famous but
terfiy trick, when scrap, artistically
twisted, hovers over paper fan with
all the huttering movements of the
living insect.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-09
How Swiss Babies Live.

l fancy that an English baby, if he
could express his thoughts. would de-
cidedly object to be placed in the small
narrow box in which babies are carried
in Switzerland, and would rebel
against the bands of ribbons which
are tightly wound around it and him.
The Swiss baby has, of course, no such
refractory feelings. Probably he
knows that there is good reason for
being wedged in so closely, and bound
SO firmly, and submits without MUIR
muir. The origin of the custom is
this; In the spring of the year the
inhabitants Of the villages and ham,
lets shut up their cottages, and driv-
ing their cattle before them, ascend
the mountains and live in their chalets
during tire summer months. They do
not stay in one chalet all the time, but
when the pasturage becomes poor. as
cend to another, and still another,
changing their abode perhaps eight or
nine times in the course of the season.
The scanty furniture of the different
chalets remains in them from year to
year, as they have but to bring the i'm
plements they require for the making
of their butter and cheese. These the
father carries, the elder children help
ing him; the little children run by his
side, and the mother lifts the cradle
with the baby in it, on her head, fas-
tens the milk pail and the family UNI
brella on her shoulders, and taking
her knitting in her hand, works away
industriously at pair of coarse worst
ed CATERS for Seppi, or neekerchief
for Kathi. as she ascends the noun
tain. What would the poor mother
do if she had to hoist an English era
die on her head, and ascend the steep
mountain with it?
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-09
How to Treat Greenhouse Plants an
Vegetables III Frozen.

Not unfrequently during the cold sea-
son the most careful people are liable TO
have their plants and vegetables touched
by the frost on some sharp. cold night
But little consideration of the manner
in which the frost affects them may result
in the best means of remedying the evil.
The following very sensible remarks on
the subject are worthy of perusal:-
1t is not the freezing that does the in
jury. This really renders the thing frozen
warmer, by developing the latent heat of
its watery parts. The thawing of the
frozen water is what we have to guard
against. In all thawing the solid sub
stance, as ice, takes up from surrounding
bodies, or from the air, the heat necessary
to render it liquid. and as soon as the
process is commenced, by the suns rays
or otherwise, it is continued by obtaining
part or whole of the required heat from
neighboring bodies; this loss of that hea J
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-09
Ine worlds Great Bells.

Russia is in the lead in the line of bells,
some of her manufacture being the most
famous of the world. 1t iSeaid that in
Moscow alone, before the great fire, there
were no fewer than /, FOG large bells.
One called the Giant, which was cast in
the sixteenth century and broken by fall
ing from its support, and recast in 1864,
was so large that it required twenty-four
men to ring it, its weight was estimated
at 29S, 900 pounds. 1t was suspended
from an immense beam at the foot of a
bell-tower, but it again fell during the
fire of June 10, 1906, and was a second
time broken to fragments, which were
used with additional materials in 1882 in
casting the King of Bells, still to be seen
In Moscow. Some falling timbers in the
fire of 1877 broke a piece from its side,
which has never been replaced. This
bell is estimated to weigh 443, 732 pounds !;
it is nineteen feet three inches high, and
measures around the margin sixty feet
nine inches. It's value in metal alone is
estimated to amount to upward of $500, :
900. st. Ivan's, also in Moscow, is forty
feet nine incys Pin circumference, sixteen
and one-halh ,nSles thick, and weighs
1877, $50 pouia9.. The bells of China rank
next to those of Russia in size. In Pekin
there are seven bells, each of which, ac-
cording to Father LIE Compt, weighs 1870, :
600 pounds. The weight of the leading
great bells of the world may be seen in
the following:
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-09

causes the bad effect. If we freeze the
ear, no harm is necessarily done. II we
60 near a fire, or in any other way pro-
duce a rapid thawing, we are liable to
lose the whole or part of the organ, be-
cause the heat of the flesh is rapidly alb
stracted. If, on the contrary, we apply
snow to it, we render the process SO grad
ual that the flesh is not injured by the
loss of heat Many other instances of
similar character might be given were it
necessary. The same rule also holds good
in the case of plants. When their leaves
or fruit are frozen, all that is necessary is
10 apply snow, cold water, etc, or in
some other way TO prevent the rapid
thawing of the ice. BY attention to this
point many valuable plants may be saved
from the ravages of frost. In cold cli-
mates, delicate trees or vines may be
planted on the northwest slopes of hills;
tempering of the heat of the morning
sun will prevent them from being injured
by the rapid extraction of their frost.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-09
MOnOtOnOus.

How glad am to see you, my dearr'
exclaimed Mrs. ID. to the bride of year.
And how do you like married lifegn
II am very happy, but after all mar
ried life is awfully monotonous.
Indeedl never found it so.
mo, perhaps not; but then your hus-
band is country bred, you came from a
city; he is blonde, you are brunette
he is Christian and you are Jewess. !"
Really, my dear, ] do not under
stand"
Not understand? Cannot you see how
differently am situated9"
"Well, no."
why, my husband and both came
from the same town; our parents were as
much alike as two families can be; we
are both of the same temperament, both
think the same way, both belong to the
same church, and there is absolutely
nothing for us to quarrel about"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-09

be sufficient. If the rogues are very
bad have more than one trap. Boys
viii not like the idea of being caught
like bear or wolf. The nights that
you set 1t put up your pet dogs, and
in the orchard, take up any stock tina
may be there. 1t is great fun to go to
your melon patch early in the morning
to find your favorite melon pulled and
a man or boy sitting by, keeping. as |
were, watch over it.-Cou1atry Gentle
man
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-09
An Odd Advertisement.

There are so many people willing to
advance money on ones note of hand
simply that it is a pity that something
could not be done by one of them for the
following sad case extracted from the adj
vertisements of Berlin newspaper: "A
medical student whose means are exhaust
ed would like to meet with some one who
would advance him the necessary sum to
complete his necessary studies, at a mod
crate rate of interest. If necessary, he
would as guarantee at once marry his
creditors daughter, or if he prefers it,
would give an undertaking to do so on
passing his final examination At pres
ent the law in this country is in such a
state that man cannot offer himself as
security, at least not since the decision in
Shylock versus Antonio, reported Shake
speare, Merchant of Venice act w.
Perhaps TO offer ones self as son-in-law is
the next best security; and as there are
numerous mothers-in-law seeking for
sound investments and sons, the business
might be done.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-09
Man Trans.

1 have tried large steel trap with
good effect. have one made with 4
strong spring at each end of the jaw of
the trap; of course, not strong enough
to break a mans leg or having teeth
On the jaws. secrete it in the patch
where the depredator will be most like
ly to tread upon it. If caught by the
leg he cannot release himself, as there
are two springs. Let it lie around
loose in sight of everybody. and talk
largely of what you can do with it, and
let it be known generally that you Sc
man traps in your melon patch, orchard
&c l have caught one depredator
and do not know that l was eve
troubled afterward. Any good black
smith can make one for 50 to So.
Where bears and wolves are trapped
one can probably be bought ready made
1t must be chained fast 60 the ground
Oh the thief might carry it away at
tached to his leg. If the owner viii
talk a great deal about it the appre
tension Of being caught wiz probably
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-09
A PrecocIous Musical Prodigy.

. About hundred artists and friends
had assembled in Vienna to bid Rub
instein farewell, when the pianist dis
covered among those present the young
pianist prodigy. julius Pruwer, nine
years of age. He at once introduced
the boy as his slatest friend" placed
him before the piano, and listened for
half an hour to his performance. from
memory. of pieces by Bach, Chopin,
and others, transposing several of
them into different keys at Rubmstein's
request. After one of his best pas
sages. Rubinstein exclaimed: This is,
genuine talent which has future"
List has also taken an interest in
Pruwer and presented him with his
photograph with the Inscription: ITO
the little pianist prodigy, julius Pru-
wer. who in his ninth year plays
Bach's fugues from memo9. and skill
fully transposes them" This is pre-
cisely what List did at the same age.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-09
: No woman can live witbor

---------No woman can live without some
share of physical suffering; bot many accept
as inevitable great amount of pain which
can be avoided. Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound was invented by one who
understood its need, and had the rare skill
to provide a simple, yet admirably effective
remodv
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-09

For DYsPEPsrA, INDIGESTION. depression of spir-
its and general debility In their various forms !:
also as . preventive against fever and ague and
other intermittent feyers, the 'sFerro- Phosphor-
tied Elixir OF Calisaya," made by Casweul.
9azard & Co., New York, ind sold by al Drug
ests, is the best tonic and for patients recover
ng from fever or other sickness 1t has no equal
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-09

A catalogue published by the Ger
man Pathological society enumerates
S39 kinds of apples, 912 kinds of pears,
235 kinds of cherries, 289 kinds of
plums, los kinds of peaches and thirty
live kinds of anricots.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-09

There are innumerable instances where
cures have been effected by ScoviITs Earsa-
parina, or Blood and LAYER Syrup, for al
diseases Of the blood, when the patient had
been given up by physicians. It is one Of the
best remedies ever offered to the puhIic, and
as it is prepared with the greatest care, as
specific for certain diseases, it is no wonder
that it should be more efectual than hastily
written and carelessly prepared prescriptions.
disorders arising from impure blood It i
ndorsed by al leading professional men.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-09

long, silken In texture. rich chestnut brown
reaching to the ground; such are the effects o.
the justly celebrated and widely known Car
hollnes the prince of all Hair Restorers.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-09

Unselfsh people are always polite, because
good manners are only the absence of sell
fishness.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-09
.Rourh On Courhs.,,
4 ReaufifnI Head nfHaIr.

Knocks Cough or Cold endwise. For chill
dren or adults Troches. 15c. Liquid, Soc.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-09

4 lady resides at Morrillton, Ark,
who Is the widow Of eleven husbands.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-09
ssRourh on Corns., ,


Ask for Wells Rough on Corn -''15c Quick
complete cure. Corns, warts, bunions.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-09
"Bucha Paiba.,'

Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney,
| Bladder and Urinary Diseases. 81. Druggists
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-09

If cough disturbs your sleep, one dose OF
Piso's Cure VIII give you night 3 rest.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-02-13
DEATHS.

MARKS.-On Sunday, Feb. 8, 1884, at his
home in Freeport, Mr.. John Marks, aged ~
years.
MEALS.-On Sunday, Feb. 3, 1884, infant
cLild of A. G. Meals, of Concord township,
this county.
HER5HBERGER--In Clinton tip, this county,
on January -, 1884, Mrs. Barbara llershberg-
er, aeed about Y years
Mrs Hershberger was n sister of Mr.. Robert
NJ. HARRISON, highly respected citizen OF
Buffalo township, this county, and grand
daughter Of Mrs. Massey Harbison so celebrated
in our Indian history. She was woman great
ly esteemed by her neighbors.
SMITH.-On Jan. H., 1884, in Pittsburgh, Miss
L,dic Smith, daughter Of Mr.. $. w. and Mrs.
Nettie Smith, Of scarlet fever, aged years
and months, and Cleilie, Of the same disease,
on Jan. 20, 1881, aged years and months,
Our darlings have gone TO rest.
On returning to our home again,
We unlocked the kitchen door
But we heard no little footsteps
Pattcr round npon the floor.
Then ascending TO the bedroom,
Where our little darlings died;
There, in the corner. lay the stockings
And the shoes stood side by side.
At sight Of the half-worn garments,
Our poor hearts were almost broke
But God who hath taken our loved ones,
Will help Us to bear this worst stroke.
=. and y. s.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-02-13
MARRIED..

HEROLD-BTNSACK Feb. Z, 1884, in
Summit township, by Rev. .E. Cronenwett,
Mr.. Frank Herold and Miss Elizabeth Bin
sack, both Of this county.
BAHME-DANN.-O Jan. 80, 1884, at the
residence of Rev. p. Riiier, of Middle Lam
caster, Butler county, Pa, Mr.. Lewis Bahme
and Miss Sadie +. Damn, both of Lancaster
twp, this county.
AN-WAGNER.-On Feb. 5, 1884, by
Rev. Rifier, of Middle Lancaster, Butler coun-
ty, Pa, Mr. John Weyman and Miss Anna
B. Wagner, both of Perry twp, Lawrence
county, Pa.
SHELDON On Jan. 2S, 1884,
by Rev. j. Clark, of Pittsburgh. Mr.. Charles
A. Campbell, of Saxonburg, this county, and
Miss Cora Sheldon, Of Pittsburgh.
BARNHART-MEEDE Feb. 7, 1884,
at Henshcw parsonage, by Rev. j. May, Mr..
w. A. Blrnhlrt, of LANCASTER twp, and3 Miss
Dora Meeder, of Connoquenessing twp, this
county.
MARKEL-MAR5HALL.-On Feb. a. 1884,
by Rev. j. II. Coulter, Mr.. james Markell
and Miss Minnie Marshall, both OF Allegheny
township, this county.
HAYS-HUMES.-On Jan. 30, 1884, in Adams
twp this county, by Rev. HartuDg. Mr..
Thomas w. Hays and Miss Jamella Humes
GOULD -CHRISTIE.-O January 80. 1884,
by Rev. James A. Hume, Of North Washing
ton, Mr. John s. Gould, of McKean county,
and Miss Euphemie Christie, of Greece City,
this county.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-02-13
BEDFORD COUNTY COMMITTEE ARRANG-
ING FOR THE CAMPAIGN.

BEDFORD COUNTY COMMITTEE ARRANG-
ING FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
BEDFORD, Pa, Feb. 5.-The Re-
publican County Committee met here
to-day, Senator Longnecker, Chairman,
stated the object of the meeting. The
committee was well represented. 1t
was determined to hold the primary
election on Saturday, April 5, and the
County Convention on the Tuesday
following. The committee ordered
that instruction be voted at the pri-
mary election for first and second choice
for President OF the twenty commit
teemen present the first choice of fifteen
were for Blaine for President, one for
Edmunds, one for Lincoln, one for Lo-
gan, two no choice.
REPUBLICAN CoU NTY COMMITTEE.
Crawford Journal, Feb. L.
The Republican County Committee
has been called to meet in Meadville,
Tuesday, Feb. 13. April seems early
to nominate a county ticket, but in
many respects it will be blessing to
have the local campaign over by that
time, and the ticket in the field. There
vet remains two months before the pri-
mary meetings, and that is ample time
for the candidates in which to announce
and make their canvass. The State
Convention is called for April 10Th.
The primaries can be held on Tuesday,
April sth, the return judges meeting
the next day. We therefore suggest
that day, Tuesday, April s. The Co.
Committee should empower the chair
man to make arrangements for the
holding of district convention for the
choice of two delegates to the National
Convention. 1t should be recollected
that if we dos-not elect delegates for
this purpose our delegates to the State
Convention will, with the delegates
from Mercer and Butler counties,
choose the two delegates to the Ma
tional Convention. A district conven-
ton would be altogether best. 1t will
be little difficult, perhaps, to get the
machinery all in motion this year, but
once in motion, it will be easily run.
This is as good time as any for the
organization of a district convention.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-02-13
The Greatest OF Floods.

The foods Of last week were more
general over the United States than
any of record. They were also more
destructive of property. Whole towns
and villages along the Ohio river were
submerged and thousands Of families
driven from their homes.
In the beginning of last week the
temperature of the weather changed
and began to melt the deep snow laying
almost over the whole country. To
this was added general rain. The
waters of all small streams began to
rise and rush to the greater ones. In
the region drained by the Allegheny
river, not much damage was done until
Pittsburgh and Allegheny were reached
There the Allegheny and Monongahela
meeting made the most destructive
food ever known. Since '32 the wa
ters there had not been 80 high, or the
loss 80 great An account Of It
will be seen in another place.
Those, and all the other streams
on both sides of the Ohio, rising and
emptying into the Ohio, made fearful
floods all along its banks. At Cincin-
natl the city was partly overfown and
the loss Of property is very great.
Railroad travel was generally impeded
over the country. Telegraphic CON-
munication also. The gas and water
works Of towns and cities were stopped
Loss Of life at various points is report
cd. In the lower Mississippi the worst
may not yet have reached us. As the
waters sbatcd above the latter rose be.
low and when all IL heard from the
damage may be still more fearful.
But it was not confined to the Yves,
or South Of US. The Susquebanns and
streams east Of the Alleghenies also
rose and all reports tell Of very high
water and great loss Of property.
Taking altogether the floods of Feb
rusry 5,6,7, 8 and 9 will belong remem
bered in the history of this county.
At Pittsburgh and Allegheny city
many Of the streets were under water
and people were conveyed by skifs ant
wagons over and along them.
At this place the Connoquenessint
was not az high as 1t was known to b.
on some former occasion, still mucl
damage is reported along its course
Several bridges in this county, W.
learn. are washed away and o,he
damage done.
AT this writing, Tuesday, the food
on the Ohio continue, not only unabatet
but rising. The waters cover many
cities ard towns in part, and the los
Of property and consequent suffering
Of many thousands of people is simply
terrible. Congress has appropriated
$500, 900 for relief, and aid is appealed
for from tbs whole country.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-02-13

HoNs. s. II. Miller, 8. r. Mason and
g. w. jackson of Mercer are announced
in Mercer Co. papers, ss candidates for
the Republican nomination for Judge
Of that county, at the Primary election
and convention OF the same, on April
18th. Candidates for all the other
county afices are also announced in the
Mercer county papers. The Advance
argus, Of Greenville, says the town OF
Mercer has twelve candidates for Re-
publican nomination at the primary of
OF April 7, among them Messrs. Miller,
Mason. Jackson and Elliott for the
'Judgeship,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-02-13

CANDIDATES for nearly all the Offices
were in town last week and this. For
County Treasurer we learn there will
upwards Of twenty for nomination, and
for the other offices in proportion.
They are all busy seeing voters. al
though not many have announced as
yet. They appear to be waiting, one
upon another, to lead of in the matter
OF announcing, thinking we suppose,
there is nothing In the old adage Of
"the early bird getting the worm"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-02-13

"THRRsHKRs union and protective
societies. is the latest. In Mercer
Co. they have fixed, for threshing wheat
5 bushels ont of 100, or cash 5 cents
per bushel; oats 2a cents; clover seed
81 DER busbel.