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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-12-20
Christmas Goods.
cheapest in town.

Fireworks for everybody-cheapest in town.
All kinds Of goodies.
IS boxes Florida Oranges sweeterl sweetest
Cranberries, Celery Turkeys Give dressed chickens
and ducks
Santa Claus says sell cheap he is about lose his
job
Special price oranges by the box Don't forget it.
Unlimited supply Of eggs We always have them when
others out.
We are making low prices candies and nuts for the
holidays Keep this in your mind.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-12-20

ring. They had it boot tap and
boot tap for an hour or so, and
the victory was clearly with the
"Old Roman Going into the
Senate lobby, where his coming
was heralded by frequent blasts
from his proboscis on the bandana,
he asked Mcdonald of Indiana and
Davis of West Virginia:
Boys, did that harlequin get
away with mes"
"No; oh, no, Senator; you did
splendidly.
"Neyer mind, never mind, said
the old fellow, lone of these days
he'll tackle me when | am sober,
and then him, won't / mash
himln
Vest had been in the senate
only short while when the fa-
nous debate over the distribution
of the proceeds Of the Geneva
award came on. 1t was one of
the greatest legal debates ever en-
gagged in by that body, and had it
been political il would have been
one Of the greatest parliamentary
debates in the history Of the
Anglo Saxon people. Nearly ev-
cry great lawyer in the Senate par
ticipated, and perhaps the most
brilliant scene was the tilt between
who was no lawyer, and
Carpenter, who had no superior as
a lawyer. Blaine's audacity was
simply sublime. Rolands and
divers were thrown about by the
two gladiators, and crossed the
chamber like meteors. blaine un-
dertook To show that Carpenter
had the wrong end of the case,
and Carpenter undertook to show
that Blaine was no lawyer. Later
in the debate, perhaps the same
day, Blaine asserted that insurance
was only a gambling transaction,
and that it was the ship masters
and not the insurance companies
who ought to be reimbursed out
of the Geneva award fund. Then
it was that he aroused the told
and then 1t was that the
'sOld Roman" did 'smash him"
Such was Vests school, and TO
show how apt a scholar he was it
is only necessary to state that he
engaged Thurman himself that
very congress Thurman's last
and Vests frst--in the debate on
The rivers and harbors bill and
came of with great credit. From
that night George Graham Vest
has been a parliamentary brniser,
and nearly every Senator has been
afraid Of him. For example, in
his bout with Gray Of Delaware,
on some Cuban resolution or 9TH
Or, he utterly discomftted his ad
though it was indisputa-
BILE that the law and the fact were
both with Gray. 1t il q long
his senatorial career. LII
lne would know 1t, let him read
Lhe debates Of that body the past
twenty years.
Like all men of imagination,
Vest is a man of moods. There
ire times when be is absorbed in
thought and then he il taciturn,
Again, he Is gregarious and the
life Of every company be enters.
To be moody is an attribute of ge-
Mus, and ought to be a privilege Of
genius. 1t Is related that one day
Ehe late William II. Hatch, who
entered the House the day Vest en
tered the Senate, went over to con
suit the Senator and found him in
i fit Of abstraction, moody and
Iacitnrn, in dreamland, indeed |
Hatch had about as mnch imagin-
alton as a washtub Of broomstick. |
A big, robust mdn, though Vest
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-12-20


III | had been asked awhile ago
to name the person of highest cui-
ture aud greatest brain 10 Alabama,
1 would have mentioned you said
Senator Hoar to Senator Morgan
yesterday. pnl now he added,
s'since have received l|Iis letter !
think you are evershadoNed
The letter winch StnateF Hoar
h1ld IL hiz hand xzs ss1z. -
Helen Kellar the world famous
woman. who despite the fact that
she ii deal. dumb and blind. has
achieved i remarkable mental de-
veiopment.
Il Is not generally known. per-
haps. that Miss Helen Kellaf IS an
Alabama girl. She was horn il
'rpscunsbia. and the people ot Ala
bama have always been proud 0f
her wonderful career Washington
Post
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-12-20

Farm written in any part Of Obion or Lake Coun
ties il Old Reliable Companies a share Of your
business respectfully solicited
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-12-20

Don't try to decide in your gift
purchases before visiting Us. We
have wealth Of pretty things
from which you can choose.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-22
Habits of Seals.

The habits of seals are very interest
ing. The very young seal is helpless
in the water until he is taught by his
mother to swim. She takes him into
the water daily on her fin and dumps
him in, and when he gets tired of
floundering about places him on her
fin again and returns to her camp.
When the young seals are well grown,
they suddenly disappear with their
mothers and the bull seals. No one
knows where they go, and their return
is equally as sudden as their departure.
The bulls are the first to put in an ap-
pearance at the camping ground.
When they arrive, they commence at
once to prepare a camp for their mates,
which they stake off. and for which
they fight until they die. In the mean
time the female seals remain quite a
distance from land, floating lazily on
the water and seemingly having a good
time.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-22
THE WAY OF A TORNADO.
One That Was Remarkable Both In
Appearance and Action.

"A tornado that was remarkable both
in appearance and in action was one
that travelled from Texas across Okla
homa and Indian Territory in May,
1896" says Earl w. Mayo in Ainslee's.
"a man in Sherman. Okla, who had ex-
ceptional opportunities for observing
the storm. inasmuch as he was caught
up in it and carried several hundred
yards before descending to earth again,
shaped. He says of it:
"'It looked to me like great ball of
yapor rolling over and over toward
me. When | first saw it distinctly, 1t
was at hill perhaps an eighth of
mile away. 1t seemed to be about 80
yards wide and 100 feet high. The mo-
ton was that of a ball rolling over and
over, not spiral, and it came on rather
slowly, perhaps thirty miles an hour.
Whatever the ball of cloud struck was
lifted right off the ground.
81 saw it pick up house after house
between the hill and me, and the cloud
seemed to be full of flying boards and
timbers. When the ball reached Mrs.
C.'s, the house nearest me, it went
straight up off its foundations. The
house remained intact until it was
about twenty or twenty-five feet from
the ground, then it burst open and the
fragments flew in all directions. 1t
looked like an exploding bomb. The
corn and cotton standing hundred
feet on either side of the storms path
were uninjured, but whenever the
cloud struck the higher ground it
spread out, covering n wider strip Of
the surface.
"'When the cloud struck me, | went
up lightly and easily and the sensation
was not unpleasant, but | came down
hard and was badly shaken up, al
though not seriously injured. On the
highway north Of Sherman fence wires
were torn from the posts and pounded
into the hard surface of the road a dis.
lance of two or three inches
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-22
@NIo9A1lHszlTzzARE1 HzTA1
A BUDDING HUMORlST.
Merry Memories of a First Meeting
With Artemus Ward.

On going into the Cleveland Plain
Dealer editorial rooms one morning l
saw new man, who was introduced
to me as Mr.. Browne.
He was young, cheerful In manner,
tall and slender, not quite up to date
in style of dress, yet by no means
shabby. His hair was fiaxen and very
straight; his nose, the prominent fe9
ture of his face was Romanesque-
quite violently so-and with leaning
to the left. His eyes were blue gray,
with a twinkle in them; his mouth
seemed so given to a merry laugh, so
much in motion, that it was difficult
to describe.
1t seemed as though bubbling In him
was a lot of happiness which he made
no effort to conceal or hold back.
When we were introduced, he was sit
ting at his table writing. He gave his
leg smart slap, arose, shook hands
with me and said he was glad to meet
me. l believed him, for he looked glad
all the time. You could not look at
him but he would laugh. He laughed
as he sat at his table writing. When
he had written a thing which pleased
him, he would slap his leg and laugh.
| noticed that George Hoyt and
James Hrokenshire at their tables were
pleased with his merriment and In
dulged in broad smiles. As | bade him
and the Others good morning he said,
Come again, me liege." l thanked
him, SAID | would and went my way,
thinking what funny fellow he was.
Within a month thereafter appeared
in the columns of The Plain Dealer n
funny letter signed "Artemus Ward"
The writer said he was in the show
business, had a trained kangaroo, "a
most amoOsin' little cuss," some
'snaix" and collection of wax fig
ures, which he called great moral
show" AS he was coming to Cleve-
land to exhibit, he made a proposition
to the proprietor that they scratch
each others backs"-the publisher to
write up the show vigorously and the
Snowman to have the handbills print
ed at his office and give him free tick
cts for all his family. So | found my
young friend of the gurgle and hay
colored hair to be an embryo humorist
just bursting into bloom. Artemus as
from that time he was best known,
soon had city full of friends, myself
and family among them.-James f.
Ryder in Century Magazine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-22
FLOWER AND TREE.

Never buy plant in bloom.
Never water plants in flower from
above.
In planting out an orchard do not
plant more than can be manured and
cared for well.
a yard or lawn always looks barren
without some choice ornamental trees
and shrubs. On this account every
lawn should contain few choice speci-
mems of these ornamental trees.
Scale insects ON plants, such as the
oleanders, the fragrant olive, roses,
etc, are among the most difficult pests
to overcome. A mixture of white helle-
bore powder with dissolved soap rub
bed in is good remedy.
Keeping all young trees carefully
staked leads to the formation of clean
straight stems. These in their turn are
conducive to the growth of large
healthy. fruitful heads. One stout
stake should be placed by each tree
when it is planted.
Crocus must be planted in October
to insure spring blooms. 1t makes a
fine appearance If thickly planted upon
a lawn. Make cut with spade
three or four inches deep in the sod,
tuck in couple of bulbs and press the
sod back into place. with the foot.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-22
THE WOMAN WHO TAINTED,
A Lesson on Courtesy In n Crowded
London Theater.

Here is an example of the courtesy
and good feeling of the twentieth CEN
tury. How are we to account for iti
The worst of it is that in such Il case
the innocent suffer for the guilty. When
a woman does really faint, there will
be some hesitation before she receives
a seat, consolation and brandy.
In an overcrowded pit of one of the
London theaters the other night lady,
who was standing, suddenly became
very faint, and another lady sitting
near kindly offered her her seat. Not
only this, but, seeing that she did not
recover quickly, she went and fetched
some restoratives from the refreshment
room, whereupon the lady quickly re-
covered and began to thoroughly enter
into the spirit of the play, apparently
quite oblivious of her benefactress.
AS time went on she was asked by
her benefactress if she would object to
her sitting down again. But the other
would none of it. Now | have seat
| mean to keep it, she replied. Where
upon her benefactress gently reminded
her that she had paid for her seat and
thought that she had every right to re-
turn to it. But no amount of talking
would apparently move the former.
A gentleman sitting near, having
watched the episode, leaned forward
and said, "Do you intend to give up
your seat?' NO" was the reply. Up
he sprang and gently lifted her out of
1t. An onlooker said to a lady next to
her, 81 like that man. "Thank you,"
was the reply; "he is my husband"
There seems to be no limit to the re
sources used by some people to secure
what they have not paid for. The lady
was no more faint than any one else In
the audience.-London Free Lance.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-22
HAPPINESS.

Man makes his own misery. So does
woman.
Happiness depends upon the attitude
Of mind.
The highest forms of happiness are
the easiest obtainable.
Men understand much better the art
Of happiness than women.
We cultivate our misery at the ex-
pense Of our capacity for happiness.
The kindness of men is oftener the
expression of their own satisfaction
than the desire to please.
The power to please comes with prac-
tlce only. Everybody knows how to be
disagreeable.-Sara Grand.
Threw Up the Sponge.
His Loving Spouse (who has been
talking for five minutes without a
break)-I'd like to know, now, what
you've got to say for yourself. When
you went down town told you exactly
the kind of bath sponge | wanted, and
you wrote it down, and now you bring
me this miserable, pitiful good for
nothing. What are you throwing that
sponge up in the air for?
Mr.. Meeker-My dear, it's the only
thing / can do.--Chicago Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-22
RAILWAY TIES.

The Swedish government Is disposed
to adopt electricity on its entire rail
way system.
Prussia's recent action in making all
railway return tickets valid forty-five
days has been promptly followed by
Saxony and Baden.
Tourists in Egypt can now take a
trolley car in the main street of Cairo
direct to the pyramids. In a short
time line will be built, equipped with
American cars, to run from the ocean
front at Piraus to the Parthenon at
Athens.
The Pennsylvania railroad proposes
spending millions to extend its line
to Montauk Point, at the eastern end
of Long Island, so that the ocean voy-
age may be shortened. The tunneling
of East river and the bridging or tun-
neling of the North river are enter
prses included in the scheme.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-22
Bound to Sound Their OH"

The English middle classes have had
so much fun poked at them for drop
ping the letter ''h" and for carrying it
forward and placing it where ii should
not be, possibly thus to obey the laws
of compensation, that they have be-
come sensitive on the subject, and
many aspirate the "h" with double
force when the letter should be aspi-
rated. Instead of saying before him"
as Americans do, with a light aspra-
ton, they will say 'before him." taking
full and deep breath when they utter
the second word, shooting it out as if
it came from popgun. Dropping the
''h" is not new for ordinary English
folk. 1t Is new trick to aspirate it
with double the force required.-New
York Commercial Advertiser
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-22
THE DELAWARE, SUsouEHANNA AND
SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD.


Time table in effect March 10. 1901
Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo, Eckley Halle
Brook. Stockton, Beaver Meadow Road Roan
and Hazleton Junction at GG0 m, daily
Trains leave Driiton for Harwood, Cranherry
Tomhicken and DerinFcr at 500 a m, daily
except Sunday; and 7O7 a m, 2 38 D M, sun
day.
Barwood Road, Hum boldt Road, Oneida and
Sheppton at 90 m, daily except Sun
day; and W m, 2 IS p IN, Sunday
Trains leave Hazleton junction for Harwood
Cranberry, Tomhicken and Deringer at nj a
m, daily except Sunday; and s 50 a IN, d22 I'M
Sunday. '
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida
Junction, Harwood Road, Humboldt Road
Oneida and ShepptoD at 6 32, IL 10 a m. Al n M
daily except Sunday; and 737 a m, Ii D M
Trains leave Deringer for Tombckcp Chan
berry, Han wood, Hazleton junction and Roam
at w M, daily except Sunday; ana 93
m, O7 p m, Sunday. ' 'o'
Trans leave Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt
Road, Harwood Road, Oneida Junction, Hall.
ton Junction and Roam at I'll am. il an < ~
p N, Sunday. n'' -
Trains leave shsppton for Beaver Meadow
Road, Stockton, Hazle Brook, Eckley. Jejdo
and Drifton at 26 m, daily, except S,nsaw. T.,o
and i'll m, ~ p m, Sunday
Trains leave Hazloton Junction for Beaver
Meadow Road, Stockton. Halle Brook, EoElcy.
e0t seca0 smna. ana pr,it9p S u at 549 N, daily,
All trains connect at Hazleton ,Iunction with
electric cars for Hazloton. Jeapesyille Audcn.
pBny's line. 'on |oih'
connection at Deringer with P. H. troins ses
west. -. anu poi''s
LUTHER O. sAirH sunerintsudent
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-22

ever the annual consumption Of salt
falls below twenty pounds per head Of
population the public health is likely
to suffer. The deprivation of salt does
not produce definite disease, but re-
duces the vitality of the organism as a
whole, so that the victims of admins
trative measures which restrict the
consumption Of salt more readily fall
prey to prevailing epidemics, as well
as to endemic maladies.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-22
In Hats and Caps
and Furnishing Goods

stock is by far the largest in the town. We the
styles in these goods and sell reasonable figures All
people pay price this and the child receives
the same service as the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-22
MCMenafnin'S
Gents Furnishing, Hat and Shoe Store,
South Centre Street.
RAILROAD TIMETABLES S
r EHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.
lima 1QD1

T EHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.
IL June 2, 1901.
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS,
LEAVE FREELAND.
l2 m for weatherly, Mauch Chunk,
Allentown bethlehem, Easton, Phila-
delphia and New York.
z 34 IN for Sandy Run. White Haven,
Wilkes Barre. Pittston and Scranton.
8 l 5 a, m for Hazleton, Weatherly, Mauch
Chunk. Allentown, Bethlehem Easton,
Philadelphia, New York, Delano and
Pottsville.
80 m for Hazeton, Deano, Mahanoy
City, Shenandoah and Mt. Carmel.
! ! AZ m for Weatherly, Nauch Chunk, Al
lentown. Bethlehem, Easton, Phia-
delphia, New York. Hazleton Deluno,
Mahanoy City, shenandoah and Mt.
1851 IN for White Haven, Wilkes Barre,
Scranton and the West.
4 A p m for Weutherly, Mauch Chunk, AL
lentown, Bethlehem. Easton, Phiadel-
pha, New. York, Hazleton. Deano,
Mahanoy CITY, Shenandoah, Mt Carmel
8 35 m for Sandy Run, White Haven,
Wilkes-Barre, Scranton and all points
West
z 30 M for Hazleton
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
z 81 m from Pottsville, Deano and Haz-
Teton.
9 IL m from New York, Philadelphia, Eas-
ton, Bethlehem, Allentown. Mauch
Chunk, Weatherly, Hazlcton. Mahanoy
City, Shenandoah and MI. Carmel
8 30 Am from Scranton, wilkes-Barre and
White Haven
S | a m from Pottsville, Mt. Carmel, Shen-
aDdoah, Mahanoy City, Deauo and
HaZeton.
IL 4S p IN from New York, Philadelphia,
Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Mnuch
Chunk and Weatherly.
4 A m from Scranton, Wilkes Barre and
White Haven.
8 35 p m from New York. Philadelphia,
Easton, bethlehem Allentown, Mauch
Chunk, Weatherly, Mt Carmel, Shepan-
doah, Mahanoy City, Delano and Hazle-
ton.
7 20 m from Scranton, Wilkes Barre and
White Haven.
For further information inquire of Ticket
Agents
kOLLIN Il. WILBUR, General Superintendent,
26 Cortlandt street, New York City
CHAS. S. LEE, General Passenger Agent
~ Cortlandt Street, New York City,
G. J. G1LDROY, Division Superintendent,
HaZleton. Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-22
Oyster SbcIla.

One thousand bushels of shucked
oysters leave about LOO bushels of
shells, which accumulate in great
heaps about the shucking houses. The
oyster shells landed on the shores of
Maryland during the last ninety years
have been reckoned at 100000 tons
"a quantity twice sufficient to over
load and sink every sailing vessel,
steam vessel, barge and canalboat In
America.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-22

Shorts-The papers misstated some
details of that accident today.
Longs-How so?
Shorts-They stated that the tramp
washed overheard. He wasn't. l saw
him when they pulled him out, aI1 he
was just as dirty as when he left the
boat.-Harlem Life.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-22
The Necessity of snit.

Although in treaties on dletetics salt
figures as condiment, it is universally
recognized to be something more; in
deed it is an Indispensable element of
the food of man and animals. A well
known authority asserts, says The
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-22


Mrs. Jerome Bonaparte and her son,
Mr.. jerome n. Bonaparte, arrived at
their Washington home the other day,
after visit of several months to the
Count and Countess de Moltke- HUT
feldt, at their estate in Glorup, Den
mark. Mr.. Bonaparte is the third of
that name to be known in this country
and is the great-grandson of Jerome
Bonaparte, the Corsican, and younger
brother of Napoleon l., who, in 1903,
married the beautiful Baltimorean,
Miss Elizabeth Patterson.
BY building some bedchambers in the
attic for women servants the presiden-
tial family have contrived to settle
themselves comfortably in the White
House and reserve one commodious
chamber for guests. Doubtless there
will be times when it would be convcn-
lent to have two or more guest cham
bers, but the Roosevclts may he trusted
to get along with such domestic diff
culties without complaining.
CARL SCHoFIELD.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-14
Improving the Cow.

Very little attention has ever seemed
to be given TO improving individual
cows by systematic care and feeding
through a number of years. But one
of the southern stations notices great
improvement in young cows which re-
ceived grain. Not only In young cows
Is this development noticed, but 1t also
seems to be true Of mature animals.
And this development, which is not no
ticed during the first year in which the
cow receives grain, Is noticed In the Sec
ond year and continues until in many
instances mature but inferior and un-
profitable dairy animals develop Into
very profitable cows for dairy pur-
poses. From the record OF these cows
II Is thought TO be a question II the
quality Of dairy cow does not depend
almost as much on the feeding as on
the breeding. 1t is also a question II
cows which have more or less pro-
nounced beef tendency cannot with
proper management be developed into
profitable dairy cows.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-14


Mr.. Jefferson probably wrote more
letters with his own hand than any
other public man that ever lived. The
extent of his correspondence may be
inferred from the fact that 10000 let
ters neatly folded and briefed were
preserved by him and found carefully
filed away at the time OF his death
with copies of the replies sent to more
than 10000. These. however. were on.
ly a small portion of his correspond
ence, as he retained only those he con
sidered Of future usefulness or impor
tance.
Stenography was not invented at thai
time Every one of his letters was
written with his own hand and with
great care, although after breaking his
wrist while minister to France it be
came a great labor to him. His pen
manship was small, plain and legibfe
every letter being perfectly formed, and
his account books are kept In so small
q hand that many of the pages cannot
be read without a magnifying glass.
Jefferson was ambidextrous. He
could write equally well with either
hand. When his wrist was broken, he
learned to write with his left hand
which became as skillful as the other
1t would have been impossible for him
to have carried on his extensive CORE
spondence without being able to re
lieve his right hand at intervals.-Chi
cago Record