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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-19
NEW OFFICIALS FOR
COMMERCIAL CLUB

The following new officials were Sc
lected at meeting of the Commercial
Club: President, J. A. Summers; vice
president, G. L. Marshall; treasurer, j.
M. Cant. To pay accounts and carry
on the work of the club over 1000 has
been raised. AT the request of the city
council the club appointed S. G. Will
liams and J. M. Cant and J. A. Sum-
mers to inspect the books of the city.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-19
PURCHASE LARGE BLOCK
FOR LUMBER YARD

Grading & Marshall, the lumber
dealers, have closed deal for a large
block of land lying ON the Southern
railway and extending east from West
Market street to the old Peoples prop
erty and running back to Commerce
street. The purchase includes about
an acre lot on the opposite side of Com
merce street and lying just in the rear
of the Johnson City Steam Laundry's
new plant. All the old buildings along
The railroad will be torn away and a
new and modern home will be erected
suitable for the immense lumber bust
ness this firm is now enjoying and for
the future. This means the expendi-
ture of $25, coo or $4,000, and the end
is not yet.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-19
NEW IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT CREATED

AT a called meeting of the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen Thursday night
Improvement District No. was Great
ed for the purpose of paving the street,
putting in sewers and laying sidewalks.
The district covers Holston avenue from
Roam to New streets and will add an
other half mile to the paved portions of
the city. Let Others get busy and
johnson City will soon be the best paw
ed city of its size in the south.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-19
FIRST ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION.

Last Tuesday evening the Baraca
class of the Roam street Sunday school
celebrated their first anniversary at the
the church. The program consisted of
solo by Arthur Earnest, reading by
Miss Eleanor Brading and an address
by Hon. S. G. Williams on 1.-THE joy of
serving" Mr.. Williams is a good
talker, his address was very interesting
and listened to with marked attention.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-19
POULTRY SHIPMENTS.

The poultry train made up at points
between Knoxville and Bristol will be
composed of twenty-four cars of turkeys
and two cars of chickens. The latter
will be filled by Stevens Bros, of this
city. The cars taken on at different
points will converge at Morristown,
where the train will be made up
Twenty-six cars of poultry will be the
shipment from East Tennessee this
week.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-19
A LITERARY TREAT

Major L. H. Cooper delivered an in
teresting lecture before the pupils at the
Martha Wilder school at a. m. Thurs
day. His subject was "American His
tory and Strange Corners of the U. S. /"
Major cooper is fluent talker, is well
Versed IN American history and his
word painting of various places visited
during his travels were interesting and
realistic.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-19
STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO, 90
HnryZyuU D'

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is senior
partner of the firm of F. j. Cheney & Co., doing
business in the City OF Toledo, county and state
aforesaid and that said firm will pay the sum
of ONE HUI NERD DOLLARS for each and eve
ry case of Catarrah that cannot be cured by
the uSe OF Halls Catarrh Cure. FRANK ]
CHENEY.
Sworn to before me md subscribed in my pres
ence, this 9th day of December, A. D. 1885
lcp.,A A. w. GLEASON
HN"' NTARY PUBLIC
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surface
of the system. Send for testimonials free
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that peculiar wobble or shuttle with which
he makes his way. The broad base which the
foot of the bear forms. however, gives it a
steady and secure footing, no matter what
the appearance is to the contrary.
The peculiar location of the ankle-joint at
the hind feet is what enables the bear to get
up on these feet SO readily, and maintain a
secure position while he uses his fore paws in
grasping or striking with his well-known ia
cility and effectiveness. 1t is the absence of
clavicles in his shoulders that gives the bear
the great hugging power of his fore-legs, which
is not only of the greatest service to him in
climbing, but in dealing with his enemies
In fact, if he had the usual clavices, he
couldn't climb a tree at all, and the bear dog
would not need to stand in fear of that ter
Dogs are th&natural enemies of bears. A
dogs yelp behind him is a signal to Bruin
for fight. Few experienced dogs are foolish
enough to go beyond the opening of a cave
or hole where bear has been scented, or to
pitch into bear that has turned for fight.
A full-grown bear with his dander up can
ward off half dozen good dogs, if he can
protect his rear A fair blow. from a bears
fore-paw will place any dog in a position that
will rob the subsequent proceedings of all in
terest to him.
At sight of a man, though, bear will make
every effort to get away. As rule, he will
never fight man unless forced to- and then
it will be war to the death.
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FAST INDIAN ANECDOTES

the plain below. Every one turned out onto
the hillside, from which it was easy to see
what was going on. About four hundred
yards below, two big elephants tuskers, rs
they are called-were engaged in fierce COM
bat The one somewhat nearer US, burly,
stout built beast, with short, powerful tusks,
was evidently getting much the worst of the
combat, and the white and red burrows in
his sides and rear, plainly indicated seams
run by his antag onist's tusks. Blood could
be seen tricllling down his head and shout
ders. On the rise Of the hill was the rival,
still larger animal, possessing the advantage
of longer cleaning tusks In a few minutes
the victor with a quick rush at the other,
made thrust at the side and though there
was a severe struggle, the tusk went its full
length into the now beaten elephant, and
using all his weight, the victor pressed
him down the hill, where they disengaged
themselves and prepared for another bout.
The wounded tusker's roars of pain and
rage were pitiful to hear, and though he
would have escaped if he could, the other
kept close behind, and administered thrust
after thrust, but not in any vital part. Pres
entity wheeling round, they raced and came
together with a mighty smash. This was
about the only stand made, and was quickly
decided by the more powerful and fresher
victor The thrusts now put behind the
shoulder and into the body quickly disabled
the poor brute, and, in fact, in few min
utes the combat was ended, the conqueror,
with one rush, completely rolling his enemy
over, and by repeated thrusts into the pros
trate form finishing the fight amid meanings
and trumpeting Then he galloped away in
triumph through the jungle"
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Al UDspoakable Peril

him, as they few from the place, was an in
coherent gibberish, as if he were talking either
TO Leo or himself
"They had scarcely arrived home, all breath
less as they were, when number Of men
from the asylum came to our house, inquir-
ing for the escaped lunatic. Upon going down
into the large field. they found him still
in charge of his faithful ,captor, and with his
frenzy considerably subdued. 1t seemed as
if the dog had both astonished and terrified
him, but there was not the slightest mark of
injury upon his body.
"Ieo yielded up his prisoner to those who
had the right to take him, and then quietly
returned to the house, casting sober glances
down the read in the direction taken by the
wagon which bore poor Jacob away to the
asylum, as it had done once before.
at was affecting to see the concern Leo
showed for the two girls, licking their flushed
faces and seeming to know perfectly well
how greatly they must have suffered have
thought that perhaps that he knew how the
case stood, and that what was done was from
necessity"
AS Mrs. Easton concluded her story, look
Oh with renewed interest upon the great
fawncolored mastiff at my side, and thought
how much nobler he was than many human
being | had known.
Blanche was jumping rope in the yard, Isa-
bel flinging crumbs to a flock of white pigeons,
and it was difficult for me to realize that
they had SO lately been participants in a
scene of such frightful peril as their mother
had described to me.
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A she bear with cubs, when closely follow
ed, will keep her young ones ahead of her,
bringing up the rear to protect them. If she
is pushed closely. she will try to brighten
off her pursuers by making a great show of
fight.
She viii growl. show her teeth, tear bark
from trees and scatter it about with much
fuss and noise, and make herself as fierce as
possible in many ways. If the enemy presses,
and there is no help for it. the mother bear
will fight as long as there is a drop of blood
to shed in defense of her young.
The cubs, meanwhile, will huddle together
short distance off. whining and crying pite-
ously.
In chasing bear. experienced and intelli-
gent dogs greatly aid the hunter, and do much
toward checking the flight of the bear. It is
no hard matter to kill bear if the dogs I'M
derstand their business after he is brought
to bay, for he will give all his attention to
the dogs, that are yelping around him, while
the hunter stands off and fills him with lead.
But there are times when bear will brace
himself for fight from the word CO. and
then if the hunter doesn't kill at the first
fire. he is apt to have as lively time on his
hands as he ever dreamed of. No story of a
bear-fght that was ever told can be much
ahead of the incidents that go with real good
fight.
To be equipped properly for going out after
bears, the hunter should have at least two
dogs trained for the game. and good bear
dogs are scarce. His main weapon should he
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=, double.barreled shotgun that will carry
charge of buck shot to kill at a distance of
thirty yards.
II the hunter is an expert, he may carry his
rifle. He should wear heavy boots, thick
trowsers and shirt, a light huntingaxe. in a
belt, good revolver, and a long-bfaded knife
for emergencies.
A man rugged up in that way ought not
to let the biggest bear that ever shambled
through the forest get away with him. But
the trapper is the man who gets the most
bears.
There is no better trap than the old-time
heavy steel-trap, properly anchored. When
bear finds himself fast by the leg in one of
these traps, he will make every effort to get
to some rock, against which he will pound
the trap in efforts to smash it to pieces and
free himself.
THESE traps are sometimes fastened by a
long chain to a small log and sometimes to
iron grapples. These are designed to catch
in obstacles as the bear drags them along,
and thus hamper and tire him in his attempts
to get out of the way of tine trapper who will
follow in due time. The intelligence bears
have has more than once been exhibited by a
trapped bear picking up the log or iron drag
and carrying it, thus enabling him to break
the trail.
There are more bears in the woods today
than there were forty years ago. The cutting
away of timber increases the facilities OF
Bruin for obtaining his most coveted food
berries and other wild fruit and succulent
roots.
At the same time the dense swamps in the
confines of which the bears rear their young,
and the rocky lodges, with their ravines and
caverns, still remain as of old, and there the
bears find winter lairs as secure and comfort
able as they were when the forest grew above
them. Nobody living in the Pennsylvania or
New York backwoods today will ever see
the time when the black bear is extinct among
them.
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that they had been taken possession of by
wild animals. Here a tiger crouched on the
branch of tree, seemingly too much alarmed
at his perilous position to modest the half
dozen deer that crowded timidly together
right underneath his perch Up above him
the smaller branches were stocked with mon
KEYS who looked very disconsolate at their
enforced Imprisonment AS we swept past,
the tiger raised his head, gave a deep growl
and showed his teeth, then crouched down
again. as if fully aware of his helplessness,
and we had too much to think of ourselves
TO interfere with him. As the moon arose,
the mountaineers came down from their vii
lagos, and, embarking on RATS and in canoes,
went round the different hills, shooting and
spearing the animals that had swum there;
and truly the sight of such hunting scene
was an exciting one At daylight the water
had entirely gone down, and thick, muddy
deposit covered all the lowland, while an
immense number of snakes, scorpions and
other unpleasant creatures lay dead in all
directions, upon which, and the drowned
animals, vultures, crows and kites were feed
ing"
Peacocks and monkeys have a great hatred
of tigers and will follow his movements as
long as possible, screaming their character
istic cries in the trees overhead. In danger
Gus localities, sportsmen are frequently put
on their guard against the common enemy
by these creatures. On one occasion, as two
sportsman IN Upper India were returning to
camp, after days shooting, troop of mon
keys overhead began bounding about in great
agitation, chattering and making hideous grim
aces. "What can be the matter with the
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monkeys?" asked one of the sportsmen of
the native guide who attended them. 81
suppose they see tiger" replied the native,
with GOODNESS the sportsmen did not share.
But there was nothing to do but to walk on
as quickly as possible. Scarcely had they
proceeded fifty yards, however, when they
found themselves face to face with an enor-
nous tiger, engaged in devouring the carcass
of wild hog. The beast seemed to be taken
absck at the sudden encounter He drew
slightly to one side and glared at them with
malgant eyes, the guide meanwhile re
naming as motionless as statue, with his
while, with a low voice, he cautioned his
companions to stand -motionless and not, to
fire. After moment or two the tiger geowl-
ed, showed his teeth and erouched down, and
then, apparently confounded by the silence,
skunk away into the long grass. No sooner
was his back turned than the native clapped
his hands to his mouth and sent forth wild,
ear-piercing yell, which appeared to strike
terror to the heart of the savage animal,
whose stealthy tread was instantly changed
to a bounding gallop. Then the three men
set off toward camp at round trot, for the
short twilight of the tropics was fading rap
idly, and, though tiger might flee in a panic
in the light of day. it might not be safe to re-
peat the experiment after nightfall.
at was my good fortune" writes an Amer
lean traveller, ITO spend some months in the
Karachi district of India, where had a
chance of seeing a great deal OF elephant,
bison and other big game. Our camp was on
an isolated hill, good deal above the sur
rounding country, and one day we were
reused by the trumpeting OF an elephant on
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE FIVE

81 think the last armful of hay must have
interfered with him very much in that pecu-
far position, for by the time he appeared
around the stack they had got a considerable
start.
* Isabel herself might have escaped, but she
held fast TO Blanche. all the while crying
Run! runl' and pulling her by the wrist as
1Hhey flew over the ground. But Crazy jake
great six-foot giant as he was gained on them
at every stride. His wild hootings were
dreadful, and they could hear the rush of his
big. heavy feet close behind them.
at seemed as if there could be no CLEAN
Of hope; and even now Isabel always cries
when she speaks of that awful moment. But
lust then she caught sight of another shape
bounding toward them across the field.
'sBlanche' she cried See! see! Leo is
coming! Leo is comingi'
.eThe great dog rushed directly past them,
and confronted the lunatic, who almost STUN
.bled over him while attempting to stop. Then,
with all the calm decision of human being.
the intelligent creature laid hold of his for
.mer masters clothing, pulling him backward,
as much as to say, No more of that
won't hurt you; but stop where you arep
1.-THE mailman appeared to be frightened
whether or not he recognized the animal it
would be hard to say. but he ceased his loud
hooting, and all that the girls could hear from
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The Voices Of ADirDals

America has voice that can be heard for
two miles.
The giraffe and the armadillo are voiceless,
with no vocal chords. The chirp of the long.
cared bat is said to be the most acute sound
produced by any animal, and only five out Of
six persons can hear it. In reptiles the larynx
is in rudimentary condition. The crocodiles
and caymen make feeble, roaring sound
One kind of frog has sound-bag, evidently
acting as a resonance chamber, on each side
of its mouth The tortoise gives a mere snuff
fling sound.
Snakes have no vocal chords, but produce
kissing, by expulsion of air through the mar
row opening in the CLOTHS. Most fishes are
mute.
Insects such as crickets, grasshoppers and
bees, have been considered more musicians
than singers, most of their sounds being caus-
ed by friction of their wings or legs together,
or against their body, or by vibration of their
wings. A grasshopper of Brazil may be heard
half mile, which is as if a man with a big
voice could be heard over the world.
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Minister and Chicken Always

First small boy-"Say, Johnny, don't sling
all them old chicken heads over in our front
yard"
Second small boy-"Why not?"l
/. First small boy lin a sepnlchral whisper)-
+" Cause the minister is in the house; and il
he should see 'em he'd stay to dinner. and
there's only one piei"
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Copyright by James kivefson
I'D 10 hunt for bears means "hunt" in
every sense of the word, and if a
man intends to kill bears for profit,
RAllgSI he must trap them. In spite of
- their size, bears are not easily
found, and, when found, they are
spt always caught by any means. A bear
. mt is generally a long ard tiresome piece
work; but, with light fall of snow and
fresh track there is no sport so exciting,
: ID even the amateur hunter will find himself
Eing miles on a good, stiff trot, unmindful
fatigue or obstacles in his way SO wrapped
viii he be in the chase.
&When a bear finds that he is being track
he will pick out the most tangled and as
sarlS the most impossible places he can
aeh. A bear thinks nothing of leading the
4nter chase of twenty miles or more over
+ LIS and through valleys, where the brush
ID brlers are most harassing, and the swamps
Inost inaccessible to man. while the bear
Il shuttle along with his clumsy gait as
pldly as if he were on the best of roads.
Dfhe explanation of his awkward locomotion
very simple. In the first place, the bear
Is no clavieles in the shoulders to keep the
BOULDER bones steadily apart as is usual in
sAimals, and, consequently, when the bear
owes his fore-legs, the shoulder-blades work
4. slide loosely on the sides Then. again, the
ear has its ankle-joint in the hind-legs plumb
d the ground, or it is rather part of the
/ md foot. This structure gives the first joint
the hind legs bend in the opposite di-
Ection from that which it has in the legs
other animals.
This loose and queer rigging of the joints
the legs and shoulders gives the bear
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Copyright by James Elverson.

Copyright by James EMERSON.
IRON the heavy rain which falls
upon the high mountains of India,
- the low-lyng country is liable to
such sudden floods that every year
many beasts and even human be-
ings are drowned ere they can es-
ape to the higher grounds An English resi-
tent who lived upon a small hill, but who
kept boat for precaution, relates his re-
narkable experiences during one of these
floods. The water rose gradually at first, and
Men, with the advent of heavy thunder
ytorm, the water came tearing down on the
fowlands, bursting through the river-bank,
Sweeping down the tall grass jungle and surg
jing around the hill on which the house stood
lat the same time animals Of many kinds.
from antelope to tigers, scampered in ad-
|vanae of the food, and the Englishrnan had
Ito shoot one wild boar that charged I'D the
slope. AT last the water reached the steps
Iof the house, so pulling the boat close up,
THE Englishman and his companion stepped
'in with what they could save In few
minutes more the house toppled over and the
boat was launched upon the seething waste
81 waters.
Coward we rushed" says the narrator,
1through masses of logs, branches, the re-
mains of houses and such like wreck having
to be-Very careful that our boat did not get
S,pset or crushed. Twice we made for the
TOPS of hills that showed themselves above
water, but on approaching them we found
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ture of the larynx is like that of man, the
power and character of the sound depending
on the different degrees of development of the
vocal chords and the popularity of structure
of the vocal organs. The timbre, or quality,
of the voice is remarkably distinct in the diff
ferent classes of animals, and also varies In
those of the same class.
Lions and tigers, with their magnitude OF
chest, make roar that fills the ear with n
sense of horror, the depth of voice giving to
the mind the idea of an enormous being.
The horse neighs in a descent on the chro-
matte scale without even emitting semi
tone, being ore :. the most unsteady voiced
of animals.
The ass brays in perfect octave, and one
of its calculations has been copied by Haydn
in his seyenty-sixth quartet with great sue
cess.
The bark of dog is an instance of voice
acquired by domestication, much as the trot-
ting of horse is an acquired movement
An ape produces an exact octave Of musical
sounds, ascending and descending. the scales
by half tones, so that perhaps it alone OF
brute animals may be said, to sing.
The bowling, or preaching monkey of South
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Copyright by James kiverson

Copyright by James Eiverson
7 does not seem possible that we
shall ever be able TO comprehend
the language of-animals, but it is
interesting to note the variety OF
their voices.
TuSthe mammalia the general struc-
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