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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-18

BRAIDwooD tIlI.l, August f7th.-A prize
fight took place five miles east of here '. ~
daylight this morning between Adam Pat.
terson. a saloon-keeper, and George Mini
vey, q miner, both from Braceville' small
town near here, for 4 purse of $500. Mulvey
knocked Patterson out after 1873 rounds
AT 2 O'Clock this morning the sports began
to leave for the scene of battle. Every
available conveyance was put in use. The
crowd assembled at the corners of viii
Grundy and Kankallee counties. Stakes
were driven just across the line in Kanka-
kee county. At $40 about 500 people had
assembled when time was called. The
men fought according TO the London prize
ring rules, with fiye-ounce gloves Each of
the men weighed about 1s5 pounds, Patter-
son being slightly fatter than his opponent.
At tie commencement odds were given IN
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-18
Floods in China and Japan.

LONDON, August 17th. = Letters from
China and japan report that there have
been disastrous floods in those countries
which have spoiled the crops and caused
great distress
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-18

New YORK, August 1Stll-A. M.-The
SIMS Scranton special says Much excite
ment was caused in mining circles here
to-day by the disappearance of Samuel n.
teller, resident of the Union Coal Com
pany, with $4,000 of the company's funds.
The mines of the Union Coal Company
are in the upper part of the city. When
the minors went to their Wort this
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-18

4 Seminal Emissions
Sthe consequence ofself
:abuse. This solitary
syica or deprayed sex-
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-18

GALVESTON, August 17th.-A special to
the Neps from Austin says: DR.. Swearen-
gen, State Health Officer left this morning
for FL Paso, to esta oli-h a quarantine there
against the yellow fever infected points in
Mexico
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-01-10
JOHNSON eIY, TENN. SATURDAY, JANUARY TO- 1855.
q The Battle Of MArabla.
[WIth HIoks PashA il tke Soudan. ]


"Zuish}" fly couple of rockets fol-
lowed by the sharp bang of section OF
howitzers. Eagerly We watch the effect,
but the rockets burst upon their own
men, and, though the shells had been
nicely timed, they seemed to make but
little impression. Breaking from cover,
the enemy sweeps with an inward curve
right and left, his extreme TANKS con
verging toward the opposing angles of
our square. Now file firing commences
from the front directly assailed, the men
having been cautioned TO aim. Nearer
they swept, horse and foot closing on
either flank, but as they come within
our zone of FIRE they butted forward,
hit to death The Nordenfeldts have
now got to work, and within a. few min
ltes the leading mob, for it was but
that, foil implies.
But fanaticiSm knows no check The
chosen chiefs of the mahdi were there,
followed by their own chosen henchmen.
And what gallant men were
theyl Right up to the oannon's mouth,
right up to the rife muzzle, dauntless
they rode, encouraging their followers
with the promise Of paradise to break
our square. Shiek after shiek
went down with his banner, although
the mahdi had assured each that hc was
mvulnerable, and their faithful but mis-
guided followers fell in circles around
their chiefs they blindly followed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-01-10
The Best of blood Purifiers.
t IHaIl's Journal of Health

1t is we'll known fact that men who
camp out, sleeping on the ground at
all seasons of the year, seldom have
pneumonia, and that rheumatism, with
them, comes, as rule, only from un.
warrantable imprudences. There are
two facts that should be learned by
every person capable of approaching
them, and should never be lost sight Of
for moment.
One is that exhalations from thr
lungs the breath-are a deadly poison
containing the products of combustion in
the form of oarbonic acid gas, and if a
person was compelled to roinhale it up
mixed with "the oxygen of the air, il
would prove as destructive to life as ths
fumes of charcoal. t
This is an enemy that is always pres
ent, in force, in assemblies of people
and only a constant and free infusion 0.
fresh air prevents it from doing M
chief that would be Immediately appar
ent. The other fact is that pure air-i
the antidote to this poison. t.a
! The oxygen of the air is the greateS
lot all purifiers. Rapid streams o
water that pass through large cities, re-
ceiving the sewage, become pure aga
through the action of the air after rur
ming few miles. Air is the best of
blood purifiers" Combined with vi
orous exercise to make it elective, it wl
cure any durable case of consumption
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-01-10
srnOkersl ia the white ETeuse

Washington Special 10 BAttlmore American,
$50 the White House is to haYe an
other smoker" said an old attache OF
that establishment, as he carefully
nufscd fragrant Havana and watch
ed the rings Of smoke ascend toward
the ircscoed ceiling, 81 see that Mr.,
Cleveland is smoker. Well, there
has, been pretty. constant smokmghere
since Grant came in There was an
interregnum,s $50 TO speak ,lunder Hayes
who did mol smoke nor did any OF his
boys, bit With that exception the
presidents since Lincoln have all been
smokers, Mr.. lincoln did not smoke
nor chew. johnson did2so did Grant
SO did Garfield, as dos Arthur, and so
will Cleyeland, y There were great
times among the. smokers whenaGrant
camein. II seemed Rs though every
body here sm kcd then, / re-
member uh in the prcsident's room at
the Capitol, when 'he used to go up
there to sign hills on. the closing days
Of the t@ssi3nlith smoke was 50 chick
that yslaEsuduld,Hntia &itha knife, ..
the saying is. Mr.. Hayes did moi
smoke, .Aeoause 5oi any objection cr
the part Of bis own wife, for think
SHE rathenarjeyed the odorof goot
cigar II remembor that islle tarne,
the cottage HtthelSchlier's Home up
sideAownf one one day looking for eiea
for me after A. 1hHd lsSen diuner witi
the family thSre. SIZE had seen. M
smoking at my desk and set out /,
find some cigars there, insisting tha
should not be deprived Of my after
dinner smoke, bnt failed, forslmt bod,
had captured all Of them.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-01-10
Ratorsn In Ralutationa.


/ wonder why IT is that intelligent
men are mere parrots in. the matter
of salutations. A man meets an &C.
QHafntance on the street and he says:
"HowdyT'
"Howdy," is the answer, and so they
rAss on. 4qgrnfa3.. .5f
Or it may be If they are not in toe
much of a hurry; f5}H
Good norning9"
Good morning; pleasant day." and
even If they stop long enough to shake
hands it is probable that they will say
nothing more. These saiutations mean
nothing and they arc not even ordi-
natily pleasant. Yet everybody uses
them, however, in spite of the fact that
they are rankly disrespeotful and use
has sanctioned very bad custom III
Would it not be better when an ac-
quaintance meets you and says, How
do you dol" instead of firing his ques-
tion back at him verbatim ct liberatim,
to reply as to any other queryf Al
present he asks q question, you ask the
same question, and this rigamarole being
gone through both pass on convinced ol
having done their individual and com
bined duties.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-01-10
Starving TO Death
[NLthaniel Etlwar / Davla.l

The symptoms of ST latiOn from
want OF food are-severe pain in the
pit of the stomach, Which is relieved on
pressure; this subsidies after day or
two, but is succeeded by % feeling of
weakness and sinking" in the same re-
gion; then an Unsuitable thirst super
yeHes, which, if water be withheld,
thenceforth becomes tho most distressing,
symptom. The countenap, becomes
pale and cadaverous, the.oyes acquire
peculiarly wild and glistoning stare, and
general omaeiation son mani ests itself.
The body then clhales n peculiar
futor, and the skin is covered with a
brownish dirty-looking and offensive
secretion. The bodily strength rapidly
declines; the sufferer totters in walking,
his voice becomes weak, and he is in
capable of the least eSeriion. The men
tai powers exhibit similar prostration
at first there is usually state Of
stupidity, which gradually increases TO
imbecility, so that it is difficult to in
duce the sufferer to make any effort for
his own benefit, and on this state Of
maniaeal delirium frequently super
venes.
Before death takes place the body ap-
pears to be undergoing putrifaction, 50
that, though it seems to waste in one
way. the power of the system to elimi-
nate the efete products is paralyzed,
and these Instead of being burned of,
as they are when the proper nourish-
ment of the tissues is going on, remain
and decompose; in no other way can thu
fptor during life be accounted for and
the rapid decomposition after death,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-01-10
Finnish Folk Lore.


When man is troubled with night
mare he ought to get to know who it is
that plaques him by saying: Come to-
morrow and ask me for that have not; :"
then the nightmare in its natural shape
must appear to borrow or buy some
thing impossible. The nightmare al
ways haunts the cattle in tho shape of a
cat. If you see a COW suffer in that
way, which is to be known by its rest
lessness and heavy sweat in the morn
ings, then you must hasten to the cow
house early in the morning, and if you
are fortunate enough to catch the cat
you must burn it with tire around the
nose or mark it in some way on the face
while you say; Come morrow, etc
Next day woman will come (and it is
remarkable that the nightmare is very
rare ly NAM, sore around the mouth
and will ask for something wonderful,
and after this the COW will not be
troubled with nightmare, for this treat
ment is very distasteful to the poor
nightmare. The one who flies as
nightmare" does not know anything
about the business, for it is completely
unknown and inyountary. An in
fallible remedy against nightmare in
cattle is to. nail an old almanac before
the coWstall, or to bind piece of cloth
from winding-sheet fast in the collal
that is around the cows neck when it i,
! in the stall. a o -riva !9Hl a1
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-01-10
New York Tribune. !


The interesting discussion in rega
to the weight of Tourgenief's brain II
cludes an important article on the ger
oral subject Of the weight of the hum'
brain by NJ Nikiforolf, the emin
Russian scientist, according to 'wao
it is fallacy to assume that the wei
of the brain has any influence whate
on the mental faculties. 1t ought to
borne in mind, he says, that the sign
eance of the brain weight should depen
apon the proportion it bears to the d
mensions of the whole body and to ii
age of the individual 1t is also equal
important to know what was the eau
of death, for long disease and old a.
exhaust the brain; thus showing til
slight significance Of nero weight.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-01-10

Foreign Cor. San Francisco Chroncle.l
The commonness of cheap American
clocks and watches which have made
their way into all parts Of Europe,
Italy included, has suggested a curious
train Of thought. Ten years ago the
jewelers. windows in London, Paris,
Florence, Rome, ETC., were full of old
gold and silver watches, varying in
price, the former from $50 to $50, the
latter from $40 to $50. These old
watches, chiefly of Swiss manufacture
and of the cylinder escapement type,
are now much more numerous than
formerly, but their prices have greatly
declined. The gold watches are now
offered for from $40 TO $40, while the
silver ones go for S. to $40 The for
merl have deprecated about one-third,
the latter about one-half. qW
| cannot help ascribing this deprecia-
tion to the introduction of American
watches, which are not only cheaper
than the Swiss, but better. Suppose
that 5000, 900 old gold watches and
10000, 900 silver ones have thus been
lowered in value. Here is a loss to the
world of el50,OO0, 900 of value, yet
nobody sheds any tears, nobody de-
claims against the cheap American
watch, nobody claims that the orphan
has been deluded or the widow wronged.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-01-10
He Kissed for the Nation.


A lady correspondent, writing to us
from West Point, Miss, relates the fol
lowing. During the administration of
Mr.. Buchapan the daughter of senator
was married in Washington, The presi-
dent, cabinet and mSny members of CON
gress were in attendance. After the
ceremony Mr.. Buchanan stepped for
ward to present his congratulations to
the bride--a prominent feature Of which
was hearty kiss. A member standing
in close proximity inquired: IS under
stood that anu to follow suitF No,
sir, replied the president, lit is Under
stood that kiss for the nation. y" Tho
bride was daughter Of Gen, .Toombs,
of Georgia, the member of congress was
Gen. Mcqueen, Of South Carolina.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-01-10

- y 49, NSAC&c'
FUf tho Comet
NBssRs. EDroRs: Why don't you
send.usyour valuable paper uIarly?
II is the light Of our home as far as q
county paper goes,
We are RS far as farm work goes, up
with the more advanced Of our class,
and this thes3d district, VIC are the
banner district in the county in the
way OF producing all the things that
grow on the farm. and We pay more
tax than any other district in the coun-
~, except the Joncsboro and Johnson
City districts. And as far as C! !.urth S
and schools are concerned we are in
advance of all. We have hvc public
schools, averaging more than fifty pu-
pills TO each school, and then this is
the home Of Washington College, the
oldest chartered institution OF learn
ing in the Southwest This ancient
1nstitntisn is now in q nourishing
condition, ita prospects are bright, un-
der the government Of Rev. J. w. vii
loughby, assisted by ncompetcntcorps
OF teachers. Every department is be-
ing carried on harmoniously. There
are about one hundred and fifty stu
dents all doing good work. The trus-
tees and friends OF the place are eres.'
ing . new brick building Sc 40 feet
1wo stories high with q cupslo, &c
This building will be u.ed for chapel
recitation, and music rooms, The
work on the building is progressing
rapidly, and ina few more weeks will
be completed. w ~
AT the close Of the present term o
the collegiate year. April next, thi
new building will be dedicated. A
that time the friends Of the lnstitu
lion expect TO see many Of the friend
OF this old place on the grounds t.
help them be thankful for the success
that has attended ellcin their effort
to aid in the adrancEmert Of educs
ton The Editors and proprietors {
the CoMET are expected TO be present
We will notify you frols time I
tins as we can learn, Of the progres
OF matters and things hereabouts
Jan. 6, 1855. at0n ADRIAN.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-01-10
writing for Children.
THE Current.


Edward E. Hale has very interesting
article in The Critic on Writing for
Children" He says; 81 do not think
sentimental writer had better write for
children. Certainly, they detest gush of
any sort, detect it Immediately, and rid.
cule it pitilessly. If wanted to amuse
your readers, could not do it more
easily than by sending you such par
odies Of goody stories as a dozen
boys and girls whom | know
would write for me. Indeed, it
would be great thing if by any such
parodies we could persuade the people
who fill the childrens hlmns in the
religious newspapers not to write about
flowers, or dying c% dead children, or
putting pennies in ggars' hats, or ris-
ing before daybroak to listen to the song
of the lark y Mr. Hale believes the chill
dren like adventure better, and advise,
a steady. course. of 'The Arabian
Nights Mr.. Hale is a clergyman, AMI
these suggestions have special interest
oA that account
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-01-10
The Disseivtng Continents.

Il
Besides the vast quantities of solid
particles which are washed from the
land into the sea-reduclng the height
Of the entire Mississippi basin at the
estimated rate Of one foot in 5000 years
much matter is dissolved by the wa
ter, and carried away in state in which
it ordinarily escapes notice. From data
furnished by the Mississippi, the La
Plata, the Amazon aud the St. Law
renee, Mr.. T. Mellard Roade, an English
geologist who has devoted much atten-
tion to NE chemical densdation of the
earth's surface, has calculated that the
whole American continent is losing in
this way an average of 100 tons per
square mile each year Similar results
have been obtained for Europe, leading
Mr. Reade to infer that the whole of the
land draining into the Atlantic ocean
from America, Africa, Europe and Asia
contributes matter in solution which, il
reduced to rock at two tons to the cubic
yard, would equal one cubic mile every
six years. xxx.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-01-10

What would my young readers thinl
if they shopld find a nest thirty feet irs
diameter, and six or eight feet high'
There are such nets in the Molacca
islands, made, too, ly bird rs small,
if not fma,ler,- chan the straw-in-tan
and called ino gnpoliaS Like the tropie
bird, too, they frequent the scrulby
jungles along the sea-shore, where the
soil is sandy, but they have remarkably
large and strong feet and long claws
Nherc there is considerable quantity
of debris, consisting Of sticks, shells,
sea weeds and lea es, the megapodius
forms immense mounds, often with COM
paratite ease, for With their long feet
they can grasp and throw backward a
lark quantity of material. In the CEN
ter of this mound, at the depth of two
or three feet, the eggs are deposited, and
are hatched by the gentle heat produced
by the fermentation of the vegetable
matter of the mound.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-01-10
The First Watch.
Is,.isntiac American |

At first the watch was about the sil
of desert plate. 1t had weights, an
was used as pocket clock" The earl
est known use of the modern name o.
ours in the record of 1852, which meu
tions that Edward vi had zone larur
or watch of iron, the case being Ii
wise of iron gilt, with two plpmmets 0
lead" upHT
The first watch may readily be SUP
posed to have been of rude execution
The first great ilnprovement--the but
st,tution of springs for weights was
1850. The earliest springs were
coiled, but only straight pieces of stec
Early watches had only one hand, an
being wound up twice day, they cou
not be expected to keep the time near.
than within fifteen or twenty minu 3
in twelve hours. The dials were of sily-
and brass; the cases had no crysta'
but opened at the back and front an
were feur or five inches in diameter
plain watch cost more than 81, 800, an
after one was ordered it took year ,
make it.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-01-10
A Word for piscontent.
IpenKer Oninlon.l

Nothing worth preserving by posterity
grew out of satisfied man or salts
fed society. All the grand characters
of the past, the noble ones of earth, the
benefaetors Of their kind, whose ideas
left their mighty impress on the ages in
which they lived, and whose deeds live
after them in the institutions we enjoy,
were animated in life by profound and
lasting discomfort, only satisfied at last
in peaceful, restfnl death.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-01-10
A Hard Life.
Boston Courier.

'Yours is a hard life" said con-
miserating philanthropist to q han
organ man, 4s
"Eet ees,' replied the musical
sadly.
''0bliged to he ont in the cold a
day, continued the philanthropist.
"Dat is not de worst of cot, was the
melancholy re. oinder.
"NoN
"No, de miseree ees dat am oblga
to listen to de music of my own instru
ment.
The philanthropist was so overcom
with this view of the matter that +,
;ate tho organ man dollar. "
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-01-10
Old AcquaintRnees Under New NRme~
l(ba,nhat.e. Ic,,rnnI


Of late years the Latin OF other sci,r
tifc equivalents for diseases have ere
into general use, with the curious resu
that in many cases they are taken
mean different things. Scarlatina, 70,
instance, not only sounds much nice.
than scarlet fever, but is often cons.d
cred to be that disease in milder form
and the identity Of pneumonia with in
ilammation Of the lungs, or Of gastrI,
with typhoid fever, or of the vario |,
terms ending it's with the innam.na
ton they are intended to'specify, Is fal
from being universally recognized
AbsaeSs is a better word than gather
ing" and though, on the other hand
''tumor seems very dreadful, we may
find consolation in remembering tina
after all it only means a swelling, what
ever the nature may be, from gum-boi
to a cancer. es
There is much in name. Dipsomanii
sounds much better than the othel
thing; and kleptomania by any othe
name would not smell so sweet, Much
in namel should think SO.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-01-10

Nine million square miles is certainly
a mighty measure, being forty-four
times bigger than France and seventy
three times larger than the combined
area of the British isles. Yet this is
said to be the measurement Of tho aex-s
panse of territory embraced in the 4
geographical basis of the Congo"
which the International African associal
ton claims 45i .E ae ,ai 81 ii
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-01-10
Improvements in Gunnsry.

Scarcely twenty-five years ago the
most powerful piece of artillery was a
sixty-eight FOUNDER, throwing its pro-
jectile with velocity of 900 feet per
second. Now the weights of guns have
been increased from five to 100 tons,
the velocities from 1900 to 1900 feet
per second, the energies from 1000 foot
tons to over $4,000, and tie projeetiles
from 6s pounds to 1000 pounda
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-01-10
[Detroit Free 1'ress.i

a tell you, this is sudden setting In
of winter..2 he exclaimed as he swung
himself aboarl Of the street car and
stamped tao snlw OF his boots.
"Oh, we'll, It's timo," replied the man
in the far cap as he smoked away at his
cigar H
It'll be hard on tho poor"
''Well, I dunno. While it will stop
some kinds OF work it will render others
necessary. 1t wasn't fifteen minutes
ago that | offered q lsboring man diane
to clean my sidewalks, and | have only
l50 feet at that
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-01-10

tTimes-Democrat.r

In the year 1894 theatrical managers
we're arbitrary. A theatrical placard
contained the decree; We hereby com
mand for the comfort Of the public that
persons occupying the first row Of seats
have to lie down, the second to kneei,
the third to sit and The fourth to stand"
More advice said ''The public is for-l
hidden to laugh, because the play isa
tragedy.n
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-01-10
A Strange Sight.

A remarkable sight is to be seen nt
MonymoSk, the residence Of Sir Francis
irant, in Aberdeenshire, In q rye
duck pond adjoining the stable sluaro
hundreds of wild ducks disport them's
selves in perfect security. They are not
tame wild ducks, but bona ado wild
ducks wild wherever they go, yet tatnc
the moment they settle III tho pcnd
They swim up to be fed within q. few,
feet of any one, evincing no fear. Gus
side the precincts Of this pond they arc
as wild as the widest wild ducks can
nOSSiblY bo. .II n4ar laG al ElA3.