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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-10-12
HoUsEBoAT is INEXPENSIVE
Whole Family May Be Given Cruise
of Couple Weeks in Summer
Around Some Lake or River.

But few people can afford the house
boats one sees illustrated in the maya
zines, yet many would greatly like the
chance to take the whole family and
spend a couple of weeks, or more,
cruising about some lake or river. A
houseboat is figured in the accompany
ing illustration that Is comparatively
inexpensive, and still large enough and
convenient enough to make family
outing very pleasant. In many places
f1at-bottomed ''scow" can be found.
hauled up on shore In idleness, which
can be purchased for trifling sum. A
plain little house and awning can be
built upon this, of single thickness
OF sheathing, similar to that shown in
the Illustration, writes Dwight Wood
bridge in the Hearthstone This little
house has two rooms, one for cook
ing room and one for living" room,
which can also be used for sleeping
room at night, though the men folks"
will very likely make their beds out
on deck under the awning.
A more inexpensive plan still is
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-10-12
THE
CHILDREN
6N So dkNIC "A
TX &A1A
AN ALICE ALPHABET.

A is for Alice. who wrote to her feet.
is the Bandersnatch, frumious and
fleet.
C is he Cheshire Cat, who slowly appears.
ID is the Duchess who boxed the Queens
ears.
is the Eaglet, who barred out long
words.
F, the Flamingo. the queerest of birds.
G Is the Gryphon, loquacious and gay.
Fl, Humpty-Dumpty. in gorgeous array.
1 for the Insects, with curious names,
J is the Jabberwock, breathing forth
flames,
K is the King who was whizzed through
the air.
l. is the Lobster who sugared his hair.
M, the Mock Turtle, whose tears freely
flowed
n is for Nobody, seen on the road.
o is for oysters, with shoes on their legs
p is for Pigeon who guarded its eggs.
. is for Queen who breathlessly ran.
r is the Rabbit who hunted his fan.
S is the Sheep, with her knitting intent.
I, Tweedledum, with his noisy lament.
y is the Unicorn, valiant In feud.
is the Violet, saucy and rude.
w S the Walrus with appetite keen.
x the Executioner employed by the
Queen.
Is the Youth Father William surveyed.
2 is the Zgzag the Mouse's tale made.
Carolyn Wells, in st. Nicholas.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-10-12
A Househoat.

shown in the second cut. If one can
buy an old flat-bottomed scow, well
and good. If not, he will doubtless be
able to hire one for couple of weeks,
and on this he can erect tent, nail
ing and bracing the frame to the deck.
A cloth awning can be put up over
the unoccupied part Of the deck, as in
dictated by the dotted lines, when the
improvised houseboat, or rather, tent
boat, will be complete. 1t may not be
very handsome, but lots of comfort
and very jolly time can be had, and
all at small expense. =.
Such a boat can be moved from
point to point by towing with a row.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-10-12
Prof. Hawk, Director. of Department
Of Physiological Chemistry, Gives
Results Of Interesting lnves-
tiuation. '''N

Champaign, 1li.-Dr. P. b. Hawk
finds that by an extensive series of In
vestigation of nutrition problemsp the
University of Illinois leads all the col
ieses in the United States. Hawk is
director Of the department of physio-
logical chemistry Of that Institution.
lie has made a thorough investigation.
and feels that the series of expert
nents on drinking water at meal
times. and on fasting, have not been
eoualed by any rival institution. The
tests conducted here were to deter
mine the influence of water on the d.
eestive systems Of animals, end to de-
termine the influence Of a complete
withdrawal OF food from the animal
organisms for periods Of various
lengths. The fastieg experiments were
conducted both with animals and men.
Sixteen series of experiments were
conducted. Some Of the results fol.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-10-12
cbemIcaI Prints in Darkness.

Here is the way to take a picture in
the dark: Draw a picture on a piece
OF paper, using sulphate of quinine In
making the outlines. Expose the paper
to the sun for few minutes; then
place the paper face down on a piece
of sensitive paper, like that used by
photographers, and place the two
sheets between the leaves of book. II
the sheets are removed from the book
few hours later you will find that an
exact reproduction of the drawing will
have been impressed on the sensitive
paper Designs of any sort can be
copied in this way, or you may trace
over printed picture or design with
sulphate of quinine and by the same
process produce faithful copy Of the
print Try 1t.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-10-12
A Paper Fish.

opening should be made ca. Place
the fish in tub or pail Of water side
down, and drop into the head of the
channel (A) few Drops Of sewing
machine oil. At once the fish will be-
gin to swim in the most remarkable
way, the motion being caused by tho
spreading of the CT through the chan
mel OBJ. If the channel be slightly bent
Co, the fish will swim in a circle
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-10-12
GOAT HAS A GLORIOUS TIME
Animal With Ravenous Appetite Eats
Rric-a-Brac and Its Master
Settles Claim for $50.

Youngstown, Ohio.--A goat with a
ravenous appetite was responsible for
lawsuit In Squire KILLINGS court.
Mrs. John Stanach of Brier Hill
vent to visit a neighbor and forgot to
shut the kitchen door. Antonio Tani-
tinos billy goat went visiting about
the same time. When Mrs. Stanach
returned curtains had been pulled
from their fastenings, tablecloths
yanked from the tables and bric-a-
hrac trampled upon and several rugs
eaten.
Then Mrs. Stanach confronted the
goat. which showed battle.
When the case was called the owner
Of the goat settled for $50. which Is
said to be s5S more than billy is.worth
in the open market.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-10-12

there was return to the natural con.
dition the fourth day after the fast.
In breaking the fast, the men took the
maximum quantity of food the second
day after the fast. procedure that
had never been tried before.
A study of the fasting modes indi-
Gates that there Is most efficient
functional activity Of the animal that
is subjected to repeated fasting; that
the animal organism is in better ply.
steal condition after fasting than be-
fore being subjected to the complete
withdrawal OF food.
When water is taken at meal time.
there Is less intestinal putrefaction.
Copious water drinking between meals
was found to bring about an increased
flow in the gastric juice, and conse-
quent better digestion.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-10-12

the lay mind to realize what these fig.
ures mean, attempts have been made
to place value on the timber, the
figure which is generally accepted by
competent authorities being roughly
$4,000, 100000.
The present lumber cut amounts to
$4,000, 100000 feet, and Is increasing
at truly remarkable pace. The rapid
growth of population would, Of course,
prepare one for an increase in the
timber consumption year by year, but
the actual rate of increase has been
very much in excess of what might
reasonably be looked for on that
basis.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-10-12
4 Joke on Father.

Johnnie Papa, you'll let me cut a
lock Of your hair, won't you?
Father-Certalnly my boy! am de-
lighted to see that you have so much
affection for your parents as to ask for
a lock of hair by way Of remembrance
Johnnie-You see, papa, my rocking
horse has lost its tail, and / wanted to
make It new ons.-The Continent.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-10-12
Work of Church
Is the
Saving of Souls

eAs9M I is the business of the
! ENM church to win the world
| W fS@M for Christ. AS an aid OF
~ IA means to that end a great
q Sh deal of machinery has been
60 J devised and "set in mo,
tion," as conditions and needs, from
time to time, have suggested or de.
handed Perhaps some unnecessary
things have been thrust. into the field,
springing from misguided zeal rather
than from need or knowledge. Ma
chinery. without power and wisdom
and persistent effort to run it. is worse
than useless.
The most perfect and thorough or
gaDization of the forces is of no avail
except the individual recognizes his
personal responsibility and engages
his energies in the prosecution of the
work, as though everything depended
upon his personal fidelity to God and
the immediate task at hand.
The First Duty.
The office and calling of every en-
bassador of Christ make soul-saving
his specific business. That is one
thing that his calling of God in Christ
Jesus requires of him. To succeed in
that respect he must earnestly strive
for it. The result does not come as
matter of course" from a perfume
tory observance of routine work. A
man must not think that his first bust
ness is simply to preach certain
number Of sermons and to manage
this and that organization or enter
prise. The sermon is not an end in it.
self. II is only means to what should
be the real end of everything that
preacher does in his ministerial ca
pacity. Indifferent effort will accom-
plish but little. This is especially
true in Christian work. Where there
Is not enough zeal and earnestness to
bring mans efforts up to the point
of striving to achieve a treasured re-
suit, there VIII be no such achieve
ment. 1t Is a pressing earnestness
that counts. The soul-winner's striv-
ing must be expectant. hopeful and
persistent.
Duty of the Laity.
1t is just as necessary for the lay
member to strive to save souls as it
Is for the pastor or the evangelist to
do SO. If the laity would take hold of
the work with some earnestness as
they expect of their pastors there
would be far greater results achieved
in winning souls for Christ. The pew
depends altogether too much on the
pulpit during the revival campaign.
We do not mean to say that too much
confidence can be placed In the preach
er and his efforts. But experience
and observation teach that many pas
tors do not get the help they need In
their special evangelistic meetings
from the members of the church. In
many instances the pastor must begin
and carry on his revival efforts with
a mere fraction of his membership In
attendance at the services. Often
those upon whom he should be able to
count for best support in his meet
ings divide their time between dis
tracing social functions and attend
ance at the revival which the preach
er to striving to realize. How can the
Lord give the increase except the peo-
pie with the preacher strive to save
souls ?-Evangelical Messenger.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-10-12
Father Was the Animal.

Teacher-John. of what are your
shoes made?
Boy--Of leather, SIR
Teacher-Where does the leather
come from?
Boy-From the hide of the OK
Teacher-What animal. then, sup
plies you with shoes and gives you
meat to eat?
Boy-My father.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-10-12
PhIIsdeIphIa spenda 4z.zss.n4a.

Philadelphia. Mayor Reyburn's an.
nual report shows that the city gov
eminent spent during the municipal
year more money than 1t received.
Total receipts were SAL ,914,029 and
the expenditures $47,755,04s The as
sessed valuation of taxable property
is S1,517,s5t,sS0.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-10-12
Amerlca to Build Turkish ships.

America to Build Turkish Ships.
London. 1t was learned the other
day that the Turkish government is
reconsidering it's decision to award its
naval construction contract to Brit
lsh shipbuilders, and the matter may
be brought up in parliament. Amer.
lean builders are endeavoring to get
the work
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-10-12
AMUSING TOY EASILY MADE
Fish Made Out of Paper viii Swim In
Water II Little Machine OIL
10 Applied.

Anyone can make paper fish that
will swim. First Of all, draw on paper
the picture of fish. as shown below.
Then cut channel from the tail near
ly to the head OBJ, where round
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-10-12
Wasp in Summer The

Teacher-Now, remember. Tommy.
that wasps lie IN torpid state during
the entire winter.
Tommy-Yes, ma'am; but they
make up for II during the summer.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-10-12
Rsnresslvn Christianity.

Christianity As repressiye It does
cra;np Il does confine. 1t represscs
the anisaal, cramps tho selfishness. II
confincs tho OK to his stall REV
Station, 7 byterian, Coear D'Alene.
Idaho
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-10-12
,PontoOn scow.

likely as much pleasure will be had
upon pontoon houseboat as the mil
lionaire experiences upon his palatial
craft
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-05
MAND|N0- -NUEST CO
SET FOR MARCH IS
Carl Morris Sparring Partner
to Have Session at
Muskogee

Muskogee, Okla, Mar. 4.-Jack
Wheeler announced his return to the
local sport field when he made known
his intentions of putting on card
at convention hall March 16 on which
date All Mandino will meet Harry
Wuest. Carl Morris sparring partner
who is now training in Con Riley's
camp at Tulsa. This will OF course
be the stellar attraction, but If Jacks
other plans materialize local fight
fans will have an opportunity to witt
ness some of the classiest boxing ey-
er seen in this city. For the semi
wind-up frankie Manila mas been
matched against Kid Anderson and it
Is hoped that go can be arranged
between Alexander the idol OF the
fans in the bantamweight class, and
Charlie Seton OF Oklahoma City, VINO
Is being touted as conner by the
fight enthusiasts of thot city
Since the appearance of Mandino
In Muskogee, there has been a con-
stant clamor to see him in action and
he has made a most favorable inn
preston upon the local students OF
the game Mandino started long
rounds Of applause at the Comisky-
Burns fight the otuer evening by MAX
ing broad challenges and the crowd
demonstrated its approval OF him in
no uncertain tones Carl Morris, by
announcing that he would meet the
winner of the Mandino-Wuest fight,
gave addition interest to the meet.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-05
KNOCKOUT" BROWN
= DEFEATS lD W0LGAST
New York Lightweight Gets
Decision Over Champion
on Points

New York, Mar. 4.-Valentine
(Knoekout) Brown, the New York
lightweight, gained a popular decision
over AID Wolgast the worlds light
weight champion. in a slashing ten
round bout last night before the Ma
tlonal Sporting club OF America
Three weeks ago Brown fought Vol
CAST at Philadelphia and the crowd
Of three thousand which saw him
fight last night voted him victory
The law requires thai no decision
be rendered
Brown forced the fighting from the
start and on the whole gave more pun
ishment than he received. In the
clinches Wolgast showed sdpefior ring
manship with his mitigating. His
tactics were SO rough, however, that
they brought Kisses from the specta-
tors
Neither man was In distress at any
time during the bout and no blood
was drawn. In the last round Brown
was backing toward the ropes as VOL.
gast rushed him. They clinched and
rolled through the ropes together and
Brown would have fallen from the
ring had not cluster of hands SHOW
ed him back.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-05
SUPPLY BILL TRIMMED
Closing Hours OF legislature Devoted 60 MAX
ine Appropriations for State De
partment Expenses

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A'na's, .ssass,s.l A..sT. $3.50 Z, - -
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,saa 1911 oo'n nssS rs,., rossM . ~ ssn
49, az, 80 49, sn- sf1Ahlih AAlossn. .,sa ].
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ahe heAe 80 snssss ss'AAp's ssaas'lsy
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f s'on III, III. @a.sa AaaA 49,. -
apay NJ aeFn@a. ~ sH'@ass'a Aaaa afS
wv y iieAa ~
Under sne wHs11uiinn hpiil houses
round themselves ~ uusf al 1o a ~
friday nlsht howssFfs ItsY adt01f0-
ed 10 convene - ]" :. m, safufdAs,
the Identical date Aaa hour set go
nnal adlonrnmsnS
General ApPrepFlasssm
The general sMMupfsaslOrl hAla
bearing Wheh inslvistkA 0S me ap.
preparations eomMifiRA eyeha tos@i
ol s4salS,as3, to rua vna sssff s@sRra-
ment and state iaasAtNsAons from
July !, 1912 70 12ss So, Ipis. asatlu-
sive, came UP tss c~msHhsr@tt@s Fgl-
dag afternoon an ti* Aeas&, asaA tulk
up most of tns slx*xASAan session ana
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-05
SYNDICATE WILL TAKE
BETS ON BALL CANES
Kentuckians Undertake to Fas-
ten Gambling Feature on
Great League Games
Special to Daily Leader.

Special to Daily Leader.
Ne wYork, Mar. 4-There were re-
ceiyed here today by express from
Kentucky circular of betting syndi-
cate which offers to accept bets on
the outcome of the approaching en-
nant races in the National and
American baseball league and the
American association.
The circular caused some uneasi-
ness among local baseball men, who
were quick to denounce the scheme
and it is understood that immediate
steps will be taken by the officials OF
National land American leagues to
checky II possible, what they CON
slider a menace to the national game.
Gambling has long been tabooed in
professional baseball and the feeling
seems general that IL it is brought
into the game il will be to the detri-
ment Of a sport that is now clean
and healthy.
Some persons attribute the aew
scheme to bookmakers whose rev.
enne has been cut off by the passage
OF the anti-raee track betting laws.
The syndicate announces in its cir
cular that it Is willing to accept bets
Of s. or over, which shall be sent by
express, telegraph or telephone. Ac-
cording TO the book it has planned,
s to 5 Is offered that New York win
not finish first la the National league
race. That the Giants will not finish
second to is offered, and for third
place ] to Is quoted.
In the American league, Philadel-
phia is the fayorite at to ) to win,
! to for second place and / to S
for third
In addition to bets on the penuant
races, the offer is made to lay odds
on the standing OF the clubs in a.
midseason. In fact, every sort Of
imaginable combination for wagering
is offered baseball enthusiasts.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-05
ina authorizing these employees, how,

ing authorizing these employees, how
ever.
The totals OF the supreme court
We're changed from $65.130 to S53. 72O
for 1912, and from $33,620 to S27,73G
for 1913, due to corrections in the
bills and transposltions OF items
from one heading 60 another. The
total OF $4l,350 for the criminal
court Of appeals for the two years
was divided into yearly INSTALL
ments, but otherwise not changed
Also the total of $4O,S0O for the state
board Of affairs for the two years,
The totals of the state printing de-
partment were changed from S59, 800
annually to $65,S00 annually, due to
the addition Of $1,5O0 for the assist
ant state printer, omitted by error,
ard $4,000 more per year for print
ing, making the total for printing
100000 per annum.
Banking Department
The state banking department vas
much changed Six employees pro-
posed were cut out Department aud
itor, building and loan auditor, de-.
partment collector and chief clerk,
each at $500 per year: two stenog-
raphers at $1,200 and the salary Of
the remaining stenographer reduced
from $1,000 to $10S0. These elimna-
tlons We're due to the fact that the
statutes do not allow such employees
or salaries, and no bills apparently
pending are to authorize such. Lest
the department should be crippled
by lack of help, the contingent fund
was raised So year or total con-
tingent Of $4,000 a year The total
reductions in this department amount
ed to $5,S00 a year, the totals being
changed from $4,000 to S39,16O a
year. The state board of health
items went through intact totalng
S27,700 a year
The totals of the Insurance depart
ment were raised from S13,750 to
Sl4,S00 per annum, the changes
bringing about these results being
$500 instead OF $3.50, for stamps; 49,
600 instead of Sl,5O0, miscellaneous:
81 200 salary of general clerk, instead
Of $l,500, this reduction being forced
by the old Office help law for that de-
partment
The appropriation for the chief
mine inspector was raised from S92.-
600 per annum to S26, 200. The
contingent was increased from $1,000
e $4,000. and day, travelling. etc.
OF deputies. increased from $4,000 to
$4,000 year.
The stae library game $4,000 for
purchase of books, he item being
raised from $4,000 to $4,000 per an
mum and the totals from $9,256 to
1926.
Patchell Opposes
The corporation commission total
Of $lG0,200 for the two years com.
bined went through unchanged, ZAP
though patchell made a hard effortto
limit the use OF the 100000 of con-
ltingent money strictly to business
and to forbid its use for opposing or
urging proposed constitutional amend
ments or political purposes.
The totals OF the state commission
ct of charities and corrections were
raised from $1,000 year to $l2,S0O.
The additions of the state inspector
at 81 210 omitted bv error. 50 5on for
the new public defender and $4,000 In
stead of $4,000 contingent fund
brought about this increase
The state commissioner Of labor
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-05

ssssisd The snasrnssm8sl totals
ileff sfs gsAaea stw SSis; s23,90O FOR
1913.
The sRcgataFy nf sRato's items, to-
falling e9s,e2~ sef each year went
through usleEsased.
The totals tor gbo attorney gen.
erag, $4,000 for each year were Fais.
ed 20 Ss2,osae annuafly by the addi-
tiDn ~ bond clerk at ST, 200 Unless
= BIZ ALLOWING these bond clerks ana
higher stenographic salaries passes,
sesasal items In this appropriation
Rali be rendered void.
AsaGss@ ere Governors Expenses
There was an interesting discus.
slon over the appropriation for the
linutenant governor. In addition to
Ais constitutional salary OF 81 900 per
year, the bill carries $3.50 per year
for contingent, travelling expenses,
postage, stenographic services, etc.
McElhaney moved to raise this last
item TO 5000, saying that the office
has always had $i,25O expense money
before. But we are wiser now in
leIIupteu AnVHOny,
The state treasurers totals are
$4,000 for each year, including s5S-
400 annually as interest on bonds.
Salaries of security clerk, warrant
clerk and bookkeeper were cut from
$500 in the bill to $1,000 per an
mum, since the law authorizes only
$1,000 salaries for these places and
no one knows OF bill 10 raise The
salaries.
For The Soldiers
The totals of the adjutant general $
appropriation We're raised from s2l,-
995 annually to $26,495, the changes
bringing about tlaAse results being
as follows Increasing armory rent
from $4,000 per annum to $4,000
per annum; raising freight and en-
campmentn from $4,000 per annum to
$4,000 per annum: reducing payment
Of troops ordered on duty" from So.
coo per annum to $i,500 per annum.
The state inspector and examiners
total was reduced from $4,000 an
nually to s25,000, by the elimination
OF a stenographer in excess Of The
statutory allowance OF assistants.
The totals of The state auditor re-
main at $24,700 per annum. though
Two expert bookkeepers at 1900 per
year are beyond the statutory allow
ance OF assistants. A bill is pend