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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-24

presented with handsome pair OF
custom made trousers, valued at $12.
Guessing closes at noon, October q.
118-47t
Webb Bros. Central Meat Market.
We are the peoples butchers, and
keep constantly on hand all kinds of
fresh meats and produce.
Hart & McNees are the only dealers
in the city who keep their meats and
butter on ice. soft
Gents furnishings of the finest quail
ties now on hand Come and see
hem at Wares. 114-tf
Go to Hart & McNeese, Model Meat
Market for fresh meats, eggs and veg
etables. S9-tf
A new stock of clothing just re
ceived at Cnas. 7. Wares, and will be
sold at the lowest prices. 114-tf
Go to Hart & McNeos for fresh but
ter on ice. 98-tf
Leave your measure and have suit
made to order from best foreign or
American suitings at Chas. T. Wares.
114-tf
All kinds of building and repairing
contracted for and executed in sub
stantial manner by ]. D. Weaver. 88-tf
We sell meats and butter from off
the ice. WEBB Bros.
All the latest styles Of mems hats at
all prices just opened at Wares.
lift
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-09

The old superstition that the number
IS is unluckv is supposed to have It's
origin as far back Us the last supper
when Judas betrayed his LORD and at
terward hung himself. There are
however, Instances where 13 has been
a lucky number, as in bakers dozen,
where one loaf is added to the dozen
for luck.
There is also an account of British
soldier in the reign of William and
Mary who was court -martlaled foz
having fallen asleep a. midnight when
on sentry guard upon the terrace at
Windsor. He most solemnly declared
that he was innocent Of the offense,
aud to prove it swore that he heard the
clock Tom of Westminster strike -
when il should have struck u.
The court refused to believe that ne
conld hear the clork at that great DIS
lance, and sentenced him to death, but
when q number OF people came forward
and made affidavit that the clock did
actually strike Il on the same night he
was hardened. D3tTott Free Press.
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THE GERMAN A HERO.
But the Italians Wore Spiritless and
CoWardly Wretches.

But the Italians Wore Spiritless and
Cowardly vvretches.
The recent experience of the steam
ship Sophie, Captain Won Hugo, shows
of what contemplate stuff most of the
Italians who come to America are
made. The Sophie had just weathered
heavy gale, and her officers were still
keering anxious watch when the
morning light disclosed bark near by
in desperate peril, her masts gone, her
decks awash, and her crew dashed to
the taffrail Despite the unfavorable
conditions, Captain Hugo determined
to attempt rescue. To the call for
volunteers his four officers responded
with will; but not single one of his
crew of cowardly Italians could be in
duced to aid in saving the unfortunate
mariners from certain death. Appeals,
expostula tons, threats, and promised
rewards were alike futile; the miser-
able whelps would not stir. Not dar-
ing to leave his ship without an officer
in the hands of the Italians, the brave
Captain had determined to stand by
and render such aid as further time
might make possible, when up from the
COOK . galley. Will IlIS W1IO6 cap duSt
apron on and his arms covered
with -four to the elbow, came Henry
Schmit and cody said he was willing
to try his hand at an oar. The boat
was manned, and in two trips between
the little steamer and the sinking
bark fourteen lives were saved.
The ancient rhyme has made every
body familiar with the cook:
And "a red cook was he,
Who care more for his kettles and pots
Than he did for the depths of the sea.
But the cook of song and tradition is
not the hen of this shipwreck on the
edge of the Grand Banks. That brave
fellow may or may not be able to
impart the flavor of Ambrosia to plum
duff and put soul into lobscouse; but
he has shown the whole world that he
has big heart and cool head, and
that both are at the service of his
fellow-men. Hats off to Henry Schmit,
cook of the steamer, Sophie in fair
weat her, able seaman in an emergency !!
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known children of larger growth to
be startled at it when the weazen,
monkey-like looking face is suddenly
shown them.
A handkerchief, two black braided
hat-pins such as ladies use and your
hand are all the materials that are
needed to juggle with.
Double up one hand, with the middle
joints of the fingers protruding. Be-
tween the second and third fingers on
either side of the joints place q hat
pin, with just the black head protrud-
ing, for eyes. Shoe buttons will do
quite as well if you can hold them be-
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old trees, about which memories cluster
like the trailing vines. In the shadows
Of the dark forest, in the light of the
lofty hills, in the warmth and beauty OF
the broad plains of the great globe, they
stand in matchIcsS dignity. But they
are few They are patriarchs in the So
ciety of he vegetable kingdom, receiV-
ing the homage Of myriads OF children
With what mute eloquence do they ad-
dress us? With what moving pathos do
the trees of Olivet discourse Of Jesus,
his beautiful life and sublime death?
How the cedars of Lebanon talk of Solo
mon and Hiram, and the great temple OF
Jerusalcm? In our own country ana
oslr own time there have been and still
are ancient trees intimately connected
with our history as colonists and as q
nation. and which command the reVer-
ence of every American heart.
# Probably the most ancient OF these
living links, connecting the present and
the past, was the Big Trco that stood on
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sode When James II. assembled the
English throne he took measures to sup
press the growth of free government in
America. and sent over Edmund Andross
to take away the charters from the differ
ent Colonies and rule over them as Gov
ernOr General. Connecticut refused to
give up her charter, and when Andross
attempted to seize it during a night ses-
sion of the Assembly, Capt. Wadsworth
bore the charter away and secrcted it in
a hollow of the old oak. When James
II. was deposed and Andross banished
from New England, the charter was taken
from it's hiding place and the govern
ment re-established under it. In this
connection an interesting fact may be
mentioned. Charles II. granted the
charter that was concealed in the old
oak and he himself hid in the hollow of
an old oak in England after the battle
of Worcester.
In the Kensington precinct, Phlladel-
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Near the dividing line between North
and South Carolina stood famous tulip
tree, marking the spot where the Amer
leans in October, 1880, defeated portion
of Lord Corvallis army. After the
battle ten Tories were suspended from
it's branches and the tree was afterward
called the Tory Tulip Tree.
Until about 1852 a majestic pine tree
stood by the highway between the vii
lagos of Fort Edward and Sandy Hill, on
the upper Hudson. Upon it's trunk was
carved "Jane McCrea, 1777." The story
of Jane McCrea is a sad one. She was
New Jersey clergyman's daughter and
on his death removed to her brothers
place near Fort Edward. RI neighbor's
son became her lover, and being loyal
ist entered the army of Burgoyne. In
1777 Jane was captured by Indians.
Pursuit was given and bullet intended
for the savages pierced her heart, kill
ing her instantly. Her lover purchased
the locks of his beloved, deserted the
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willow to plant in his American grounds.
The twig was presented to Mr.. CustiS,
Washington's stepson, and was planted,
at Abingdon, Virginia. In 1890 General
Gates planted shoot from it on his farm
on Manhattan Island, and it became in
time beautiful willow, the granGchild
of Popes willow al Twickenham.
When the battle Of Bunker Hill was
fought the great conflict for American
independence was begun. Washington
was appointed COMMANDMENTS chief of
the continental forces, and on July 2,
1875, he took up his headquarters at
Cambridge, Mass. On the following
morning he proceeded to a great elm
tree at the north end of Cambridge
common, and, drawing his sword, form
ally took command of the army of Boston.
The old elm tree was known afterward
as Washington'S elm.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-09
School Luncheon.

In filing the lunch basket, and a
pretty one should be provided for every
child, clean napkin, a small knife,
fork and spoon, with little china or
plated cup, should be placed in the
bottom The bread should be cut thin,
and buttered neatly, next O slice from
the lean part of a joint, the fat and
ragged edges trimmed away. Cakes
and pies, folded in clean white paper,
custards and jellies put in pretty cups.
We were once much amused by hear
ing a grown woman, the mother of a
family, whose fastidiousness had sur
vived her childhood, in speaking of a
former schoolmate, ooh, she was the
girl who always brought horrid chunks
of bread and meat, wrapped in brown
paper, to school for lunch. She sat
close to me, and the sight of it took my
appetite for the contents of my own
dainty basket [ do not wonder, not
withstanding her educational advan-
tages, that she grew up coarse and
unrehned" And, indeed, such indif-
ference on the part of a mother to the
preparation of food to be eaten by a
child is we'll calculated to produce such
a result
Mothers, then, who have the health
and welfare of their children at heart,
should do all that is possible to give
the school luncheon an appetlzlng and
dainty appearance to the little people
who depend SO largely on it for the
brain force and working powers of their
long, tiresome school day. Table
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tween your fingers. Let the tip Of
the thumb be thrust through the angle
between the first and second fingers,
which forms the mouth. It will APP
pear like a tongue.
And there you have the whole face.
The first finger forms the chin, the
second the nose, and the third the
forehead. Tow fold handkerchief
and draw it over and around the hand,
thus arranged to resemble cap, and
the transformation is completed.
By moving the first finger and thumb
a very ludicrous expression, like a
mumbling pantomime, is attained
Try it on the baby, and see if the
little one does not crow with delight
and insist on its reluent repetition.
Ne,U York Herald.
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phia, there stood until 1910 an old elm,
known as PENIS Treaty Tree, because
under it the renowned Quaker made his
compact with the Indians. 81 will not
call you Children" said Penn, addressing
the Indians, "for parents sometimes
chide their children too severely; nor
brothers only, for brothers differ. The
friendship between you and me | will
not compare to chain, for that the
rains might rust or the falling tree
might break. We are the same as if one
mans body were to be divided into two
parts: we are all one flesh and blood. )"
Would that that sentiment had been
preached and practiced elsewhere!
Until 1860 there stood in New York a
venerable willow tree that has an inter
eSting history. When the English poet,
Pope, built his villa at TWickenham, he
planted a small twig that q friend had
sent him from Smyrna, and the little
twig became the parent of all its kind
the saIiX Eabylonica, or Weeping Willow
in England and in the United States,
One of the British officers who went to
Boston in 1875 to crush the American re-
bclIion had with him twig from POpe's
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"They made her grave too cold and damp
For soul so warm and true;
And she's gone to the Lake of the Dismal
Swamp,
Where all night long, by her freely lamp,
She paddles her white canoe.
And her freely lamp [ soon shall see,
And her paddle soon shall hear;
Long and loving our life shall be,
And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree
When the footsteps of death are near"
At the junction of the st. Mary and
st. Joseph Rivers, where they form the
Maumee River, Indiana, is the site of
the most noted of the Miami (Indian)
villages. There Little Turtle, the IA
nous Miami chief, was born and lived
until late in life. He and his people
have long since passed away, and only a
single living thing remains with which
they were associated. 1t is venerable
apple tree, which, if not standing, was
at least bearing fruit few years ago.
1t opposite the city of Fort Wayne.
The lastin our order of historical trees
stood in the eastern part of the village
of Flushing, [ l., few miles from New
York. George Fox, the founder of the
Society of Friends preached under it in
1912, and afterward it was held in deep
regard by the Quakers. 1t was white
oak.
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n.c;xivc Battles of the World.

or modem battles the following were
very important in their results Its. R The
oovpa at Saratoga, 1777; the battle of
Talmy. 1892, in which an Invading
army Of Prussians, Austrians and Hes
slams. under the command of the Duke
Of brunswick, were defeated 10y the
French under Dumouriez; the battle of
Wetarloo 1916, in which the French,
under Napoleon, were defeated BY y the
sia and England, under the Duke OF
w Warrington; and the great naval battle
Of Trafalgar, on October q, 1905, when
the English under Lord Nelson defeat
e ee +ba French and Spanish. 1t de-
stro ~, the hopes of Napoleon as to o
Successful m invasion of England. Lord
Nelson was killed.
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army and retired to Canada, where he
bewaileG his betrothed's fate until the
end of his life.
In 1779 Washington sent Gen. Wayne
Mad Anthony-to storm the fort on
Stony Point, in the Hudson Highlands.
Under a black walnut tree, in the still
ness of night, Wayne gave his orders to
his little band, and stealthily as tigers
they approached the fort and surprised
it. In the early morning Wayne, who
said to Washington when asked if he
could carry the fort, "Ill storm hell if
you will only plan it," wrote to the chief,
"The fort and garrison and Col john
ston are ours" The walnut tree has
persisted
Near Seaconnet, r. T., stood a vener-
able sycamore tree, the only one left in
that section of the State by the British
when they evacuated it in October, 1879.
Seaconnet Channel was the scene of one
of the most dashing exploits Of the war
of independence. The British had blocked
it up with a floating battery, the PigOt,
armed with twelve 8-pounders and ten
swiyels. Captain SilaS Talbot under
took the capture of the PigOt. EN-
barking sixty men on the Hawk, coast
ing schooner, armed, beside small arms,
with only three 3-pounders, he sailed
down under cover OF darkness, grappled
the enemy, boarded, drove the crew be-
low, coiled the cables over the hatchway
to secure his prisoners and carried off
his prize to Stonington.
In Charleston there stood until 1S49 a
beautiful magnolia tree whose branches
spread over more than 20) S Iuare feet
1t was under this tree that Gen. Lincoln
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held a council in 1880 to determine
whether Charleston. which was then be-
sieged by Sir Henry Clinton, should be
evacuated 1t was resolved to remain.
but few weeks later the Americans
surrendered to the British army, which
had then been REINFORCED by Lord Corn
wallis.
At Drummond's Pond, in Dismal
Swamp, Virginia, is pointed out a tall
tree under which Washington is said to
have passed q night in colonial times.
When Moore, the Irish poet, visited Nor
folk in 1884. he heard the story of the
young man who on the death Of
q girl he loved, became insane.
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ISTORICAL TREES.
icy CONNECT THE PRESENT
# WITH THE PAST.

rea lures Around Which Cling Many
Tonder Memories OF Far-Of Colonial
DEMONSTRATING or Gone, Their His
tory Is Still Revered.
Tere have been no Methusalahs since
hBs food. Mans maximum of life is a
entury. Only the elephant and the
0rtoise feebly initiate the longevity Of
hesantediluVians. But there are living
hirgs that Outlive them all--things
tatelier far than the tallest man or
argcst quadruped, living things that
were companions of the gray boards be-
fore the flood and lived to bless their
Eoary- headed grandchildren. Such are
gov the only living link between us and
past. They are trees-grand
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HUMOR.
This Summon.

| MS summon.
He-Are you fond of tennis, Nellie?
She (brightening up)-Oh, yes
! L Ga long silence) are you fond Of
rowing, Jack?
He--Oh! yes. think rowing aw-
| fully Jolly Don't you?
She-I can't say. / don't know how
| to row.
He-Oh! don't you? (Another pain
full silence.)
She-I think the woods and the lake
| just lovely, Jack. 1t reminds me Of
Wordsworths poetry. Doesn't it make
| you think of it?
Hell never read Wordsworth
| Nellie. Have you? Recite me some.
She-Oh, Jack, l Couldn't But
don't you like poetry?
He--I dun know.
(Another silence that renders them
| both nervous.)
Both together-Don't you
He-l beg pardon.
she-I beg pardon; what were You
| going to say?
Nothing. What were you go
ing to say?
| She Nothing.
CA silence that can be felt.)
She--Oh Jack, if it wasn't for papa,
we could be so happy!
He-Well, what does he say?
She-Oh, Jack, he says-that is
he says you're blockhead
He-Oh He does, does newell,
my mother says you are an impertl-
nent little mink.
She-Oh, Jack
He--Oh, Nellie
Doth on the verge of tears).
He-But, Nellie, you know I love
| you all the same.
She-And Jack, you know love you
with all my heart.
He-Then let Us marry, and it WIFI
| be to late for them to interfere.
She (ot the frugal mind But ON
what Jack? You are in college yet
and | have nothing.
He (bravely)-l have a stout heart
and q strong right arm.
She (sotto voice)-Oh, beautiful
| (Aloud) But that won't support us.
He-If my arm can't do it then, it
may now. (Slips it around her waist),
She Oh, Jack, don't please, don't.
He-No, / won't stop; as your aff-
anced husband am now going to take
the first of many
She-What do you mean?
He kissing her)-Of these, dear
| est.
(And they were engaged.
CA year of two afterward she mar
| ried bogus Italian count, and he wed
widow.-Ne10 York Iruth.
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their village "Big Tree" 1t also gave
name to an eminent Seneca chief, who
|waS the friend of Washington and his
cause. During great flood in the Gen
lcScc valley in 1857 the Big Tree was
swept away and buried in the DO ON of
Bake Ontario. The trunk measured 26
fleet inches in circumference.
Probably next in age to the Big Tree
waS the famous Charter Oak in the City
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-09
Can Such Things Be :?

"I bought this broad-brimmed hat
to keep the light out of my eyes" she
said, confdingly.
Nothing can do that" he answered,
CALAMITY, and the world revolved on
it's regular Neutrality-suspicious. day sys-
tenn just as usual.
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Fred--I am disappointed in you. 1t
never occurred to me that you'd ask for
the hand of Miss Giddyhead.
Joe Why, there is a $4,000 dia-
mond ring on that hand, old fellow.
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followers planted the seeds of COM
monwealth there. On stormy night IN
August 1854, the old oak was prostrat-
ed. Connected with it is a curious cpl
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A FACE OF YOUR FINGERS.

THIS Is Simple Device With Which to
Amuse the Children.
One of the most convenient accom-
plishments is to know how to amuse
children easily. Whether we be bache
lors or benedicts the occasion always
comes, and sometimes pretty often,
when we are taxed to our wits ends to
keep the little tots good"
Here is simple little device that ]
have many times found efficacious. II
is to make an old woman's face, and sc
grotesquely comical is the likeness that
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Time to Go.

He cat II :45 p. m.)-Time waits on
no man.
She-T don't blame it. It would lose
lots of sleep if it waited on some per-
sons I know.
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solitudes and persisted. This was the
origin OF his touching ballad, com
mencing:
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The Vital Question.

Jacques-It may eem9resumptuous
for me to ask for your hand; | know
that ] am poor in money, but | am
very rich in love.
Milicent- well, where can you
hire fiat with that?
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Excellent Cause.

EXcoIIenL NAuSo.
"Why Johnny, how is this? Willie
is crying very hard, and says you've
been pinching him and pulling him all
around the yard"
well, mamma, I should think had
good cause"
@Pray, what was that?"
why, he said that he liked you a
great deal better than / did, and i
liked you two years before he was
ever thought of.
Rivals.
He-Miss Sharp has a very fine
voice.
She-No wonder. She grinds it so
much.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-18
A SERIOUS BLUNDER.
One of the Results of Blind Legislation
Producing Cause Without Providing
for the Effect.

One of the Results of Blind Legislation
Producing Cause Without Providing
for the Effect.
TOPEKA, Kas., June LIT was
learned yesterday that the passage of
eight-hour law by the Legislature last
winter will have the effect of closing
al charitable and reform institutions in
the state unless the legislature is con-
vened in extra session before next Sep
TENDER. The law is worded so that no
no employees of state or municipal in
situations will be permitted to work
more than eight hours a day, and while
this will necessitate the employment of
about 1000 more people there was no
additional appropriation made to meet
the increased expense.
The state board of trustees yesterday
asked the Encouragement his opinion
in the matter, and the result is that I'M
less an extra session is called to make
the additional appropriation, the in
mates of the institutions will be re-
turned to the counties whence they
came. This will return all the insane pa
TENTS in the two insane asylums, and
the boys and girls in both the reform
schools to their respective counties.
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dresser such as a millionaire would ex-
hibit with pride; and beyond. in merely
little shed of room, upon riclxety
kitchen table, Sevres dishes, such as
the rich put in cabinets upon the
wall; priceless porcelains, holding stale
morsels of bread which forlorn-look-
ing rooster tossed scornfully With his
beak. Even then it may be difficult to
understand how, with death SO near at
hand and poverty pressing hard-the
love of ass ociation is SO great-an offer
of one hundred and twenty-five dollars
for small writing-desk should meet
with a prompt refusal. 1t was one OF
the King Daughters whohad proffered
the money, and to whom was promised
the coveted piece on condition of as
Stunning the burial expenses. Perhaps,
after all. these evidences of gentility
We're all that made the present worth
the living; to lie down in the couch OF
ease and beauty, to see daily little
something of the elegances of the past
was more imperative than what to less
culture would be deemed the necessa.
ries of life.-Illustrated American.