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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-11-08

Democrats in their struggle
against municipal corruption.
The Maryland campaign also
has a greater interest than would
be usual in an off year because Of
the fact that if the State goes
Democratic it will mean the return
of Arthur P. German to the Unit
ed States Senate, and his election
to the Senate would mean bis re-
turn to a position very near the
head Of the list Of Democratic
leaders, and, in the opinion Of
some good Democrats, his nomi-
nation in 1904.
Judging BY happenings in Samar,
Gen. Otis comes pretty near being
a left-tenant general.
# the Republicans are in earnest
about reciprocity now is their
chance They have majorities III
both houses.
why don't the war Department
send Gen. Otis out to those be-
nighted Samarites 10 explain 10
them that they are pacified.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-11-08
don't know.


Didn't we tell you to Watch
Prices? DO you suppose that
groceries h We declined in
the marketg Still they ha Q
tumbled here, hav'nt they?
Who caused IT.? Come down
to hard pan facts, have WE
not done YOU, YES, YOU,
whether you are our custo-
mer or not, q real substantial,
financial favor? Every dime
you save, to whom do you
owe IL? Did YOUR BIRD
Sing Of Lower Prices until
we taught him HOW to
WA RBLE ? Which is the
SW EETER Songster the
ONE which SINGS because
its FULL OF JOY and wants
10, or the one which has to
be CLURBED half to death
and cr0aks forth a doleful
ditty THAT It viii meet or
try to yes, try too -competi-
tion ~
lF-IF~ THEY CAN, why,
oh why, didn't they before
we made 'em ?
Everhear about the br ge
that carried you over? What's
the moralY Certainly a blind
man can see ii and you are
not blind.
We got In on a Sugar deal
and we guess our supply will
last until November Is. I'M
til then come over and get
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-11-08
"HURRAH FOR wATTERsoN.
The Man for Any Office from Coroner
to President.

| Speculations concerning the
future of Mr. Henry Watterson are
now rife They furnish to hum
dreds of newspapers the inspiration
for as many forecasts Of the distin-
guished Kentuckians future. We
do not undertake to lump and ana
lYze them Time presses Enough
to say that we are for Watterson,
no matter what he wants. In any
Office, from coroner to president Of
the United States, he wili-be abun-
dant, tructiferous, picturesque.
He has filed the public eye during
more years than we care to count
we also have passda beyond the
meridian and are sliding rapidly.
He has always been an outpost,
watcher, minstrel, hurrah, and
clarion. One sound upon bis
bugle note, as far back as the VIM
ter of 1876-1S77, was worth hum
dred thousand men, The fact that
he did not sound 1t makes no differ
ence at all. He could have footed,
but he didn't. That IS his affair.
But time cannot kill nor custom
stale his infinite variety. Have
what you will in the humble valley,
upon the utmost purple rim, with
all the lights of heaven to define
him, he stands picture of the
finest power and grace, aud all the
winds chat slide our way fetch on
their balsamic wings the melody Of
his song-and dancer
We do not pretend to know how
Col. Watterson really feels. Look
ing back across the past, we sec
him a stalwart, a mugwump, a star
eyed thing Of tariff, silver man,
burning champion of the ''honest"
coin. But what difference does il
make? There is no capacity in
which Watterson is not picture
of delight There is no costume
that does not fit him like the paper
on the wall. We love and revel In
him, whatever garb he may assume
for the occasion. There is none
like him, nor shall be till our sum-
mers have deceased. Manrico,
Rizzio, what are they7 Al voice
rang out from the donjon tower,
Tyre strummed beneath the castle
keep. What of it2 Our Watterson
IL a giant midst these pigmies.
When he takes UP the harp Of life
and swats upon its strings with
might he makes the others look like
30 cents and tears their songs TO
rags. We are for him, tooth and
nail, coroner, magistrate. mayor,
governor, senator, president no
matter; we are for him. There is
40 Office to which he cannot lend
7ariety and color. There is no
station under our Institutions which
ie will not grace. and beautify.
YET us know what Col Henry wants
ind we spring at one great bound
Q the front rank Of his champions.
He-'sDo you ever let your hna-
'and have his own way7"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-11-08

He"Do you ever let your hns-
baud have his own way7v
ShessOh, yes. think Il does
man good to let him make fool Of
himself now and then. Smart Set.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-11-08

Uncle Ben, dey say dat de Nor
mons is ia Georgia. Amt dem De
people what wants mo dan one
wIfe2
"Dem's dc ones
WELL Why amt dey ii dc
asylum 2-Atlanta Constitution.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-11-08

Does yesir husband atill caIl YOU
his pearl and his gem and all tliat2e
asked the young matron.
Not exactly, answered the elder
one, doubtftIly He has taken 10
calling me kis gold brick of late
and I'm mot just sure what he
means bY Il. Chicago Post.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-22
GUARDS COW Z CONV|CIS
Desperate Men Try to Get Free
dom
AT NEBRASKA PENlTENTIARY.
Crawl Through yentilator F1ue at
Lincoln and Make Their Way to the
Prison Reof-Unsble Get Past
Sentineis,

Only the presence OF the Nebraska
militiamen on guard at the Nebraska
state penitentiary, Lincoln, prevented
the escape of twelve desperate con-
victs from there early this morning.
Msunting from the floor of the cell
house TO the top OF the roof through a
ventilator fue, after first saving
through an iron grating and big ron
bars at the lower end, the twelve priS-
ers looked over the top edge of the
front wall down to the road below
only TO see four vigilant guardsmen
patrOlling ceaselessly along the front
of the building Though the criminals
had rope ample to lower them to the
ground, they dared not risk a meeting
with the Springfield rifles and steel
capped leaden pellets awaiting them
coWed from the accomplishment OF
their purpose, they huddled down to-
gether in the great drain trough along
the edge of the roof just behind the
abutting wall and lay there shivering
some without shoes, others only in
covered by Deputy Warden Bowers
shortly after o'clock a m, and
marched down to dark dungeons be-
low. Covering in the big rain gutter
behind the parapet at the edge, the
criminals nearly froze. and one Of
them weakened early this morning.
wishing 10 be discovered and taken
back TO the warm dollhouse. but, fear
ing his companions he stealthily threw
a bottle and then a stone at the near
est patrolman. The soldier surmised
the missile must have come from the
roof. but could see no one. He reported
the matter, and orders were given the
guard to shoot any one on the roof on
sight or any convict showing himself
outside the walls A roll call was then
taken in the dollhouse and twelve alb
sentees discovered The deputy war
den and a guard mounted TO the roof
and found the men, half frozen. They
were utterly cowed and came down
without a murmur 10 the dark cells
for punishment Two were clothed
only in the blankets from their beds.
Another had citizens clothes, obtain
ed from some source Few had shoes.
All twelve We're robbers. with SEN
fences ranging from TWO TO thirteen
years.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-22

more grace, fewer fortresses and more
churches. less power to destroy and
more power u save. Oh, am sick Of
the war cries and the extin guished eye
sight and the splintered bones and the
grave trenches and the widowhood and
orphanage and childlessness which sob
and groan and die in the wake OF the
armies on both sides of the sea, Oh,
for less OF the slaughter weapon and
more OF the evangelizing inkhorni Oh.
for the stopping of the science Of as
sassination, that crime Of crimes, that
woe of woes. that horror of horrors.
that hell of hells-war which this mo-
ment stands reeking with blood and
washing itself in tears and blasphem-
ing the heavens and pushing off the
edge OF this life men who have al
much right TO live as you and I have,
and blasting homes in which there
dwells as much loneliness as In our
own, Would that the merciful angel
OF my text take the last weapon Of
war and fling it off and fling it down
with such force that it shall clang on
the lowest round OF the perditiou
where the first keen edge of human
strife was sharpened War, In the
name of Almighty God and OF all the
homesteads it has destroyed and Is
now destroying. l hate it, l denounce
it. / curse it,
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-22
Has Fought MANY Duels.

A story which is going the rounds
Of the European press illustrates the
absurdities of the French duel. Two
men of Paris arranged to fight duel
at Calais. They were highly pleased
at least one of them was-at the pros
pect, for it meant public proclamation
of their bravery at the cost Of only a
scratch or two, and, what was more
serious, a few coppers for coffee. But
one of the duelists. as it turned out,
really wanted to kill and be killed, for
he had made up his mind to commit
suicide. On learning this the other
man tainted and had to be carried off
to bed This seemed to be great dis
appointment to the one with suicidal
intentions, and after vafnly trying to
pick a quarrel with his second he went
and drowned himself.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-22
Westerner's Prescription for Grin.

We don't know much about the effect
of materia medica upon the human
system, but we did write. fill and take
the following prescription, which
knocked Ia grippe higher than Kilroy's
kite: -Four quarts of whisky. into
which were dissolved four ounces of
loaf sugar. To this we added a tea
spoonful of water and another quart
of whisky. and then placed over a hot
fire and let boil sufficiently long to boil
out all the water. We then stirred in
a little more whisky to cool. and gulp-
ed it down without batting an eye. In
order TO remove the taste from our
mouth. we took little more whisky"
fleetwood (Cal) Avalanche.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-22

While 1t is true that variety is the
spice of life" the best judgment Of
careful students is in the line of sim
plicity in the matter of food. Have
an adequate supply. have it thorough
ly and intelligently cooked, but let It
be plain. simple. digestible In this
connection a western health journal
pertinently remarks. Never have "a
great variety at one meal. but make
the variety from one meal to the next.
Did you ever stop to think what con-
glomerated mass your stomach con-
tanned after eating great variety at
one meal? If not, just imagine what
you have eaten and drank being mixed
UP In a bowl, and then ask yourself
the question whether it is any wonder
that people have dyspepsia"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-22

AT the last meeting of the Berlin
Polytechnic society an engineer named
Leisner explained new kind of phon-
Ograph for service at sea. writes a
Berlin correspondent. BY coupling to-
gether membranes. between each of
which microphone is fixed, he has
succeeded in SO strengthening the tone
emitted by all sound that any noise can
be heard for a distance of three sea
miles. 1t is suggested that by means
of this invention a commander at sea
will be able to issue his orders to all
the ships in his fleet, and that in the
same manner ships will be able to
communicate with each other in the
densest fog. OF course, it would be
equally useful on land, and railway
accidents. it rs thought. may be also
greatly diminished. as warnings could
be given at long distances apart.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-22
FAD FOR THE BRIDE.
Giving Wedding Ring to Groom L. Now
Fashionable.


1t has been rumored that capricious
Madame la Mode is wearying OF the
solitaire diamond as an engagement
ring and that she favors diamonds
combined with gems of color. So far.
however, Madame has kept her
thoughts to herself pretty well, for
little consequence of their expression
has been noticed in the jewelry shops.
To be sure, colored stones OF many
kinds are used as a betrothal pledge,
and in various forms, frequently with
colored stone in the center and dia-
monds surrounding. The engagement
ring of the new Mrs. Vanderbilt was
set with two stones, a sapphire and a
diamond, with the familiar diagonal
setting The solitaire diamond ring
has found favor for so long a time as
an engagement pledge that It has be-
come traditional. and to all appear
ances it still has the stamp Of ap-
proval from Dame Fashion. The
mounting for the diamond is a high
setting. receding slightly toward the
base, without a display Of much gold
to obtrude upon the rainbow scintilla-
ton OF the dazzling white stone. We'd
ding rings are narrow and high, some
being perfectly round so that II the
ring were Strengthened out the form
would be cylindrical. A ring Of this
shape goes by the name of the Tiffany
wedding ring. and It is much more ele-
CANT than the wide, MISUNDERSTANDING
wedding bands OF times past. Nova
days 1t Is fad for the bride to give
wedding ring to the groom when he
gives his, and since Wilhelmina did
this the fashion will probably receive
a new impetus. A ring given by the
bride IS exactly like the one she re-
ceives. being. in fact. a typical we'd
ding ring enlarged to fit masculine
fingers. Some fond. imprisoned low
ers present their sweethearts with
betrothal bracelet which is locked on
with a paddock and kept on the arm
until death do them part.
phia Times.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-22
Slocum's Spray.

England, it seems, has something to
learn from America, even in the matter
OF boat building. Capt. Joshua Slo-
cum, author of Sailing Alone Around
the World" has just received a letter
from stranger, bearing an East In
dian stamp, and postmarked Berbera
(Africa). London, and New York, in
which his correspondent expresses a
desire to possess a boat built on the
lines of the famous sloop Spray. L
have an island in the Indian ocean, I"
the Englishman writes "separted by
some 40 miles from the main group at
which steamers call Its produce has
to be ferried twice a month to the
steamer station. Often, in the mon
soons. the seas run high. and a stout
boat is necessary, as well as one that
can sail well to windward and do
something in light airs. A boat like
the Spray would just do, and would
also be q great pleasure for There are
numbers of neighboring islands one
would like TO visit, and sometimes a
run to Bombay. or Ceylon. or Nom
basa. or Maritius, would be possible. 4"
Needless to say. the gallant captain
lost no time in forwarding the Sprays
specifications, in answer TO this fiat
tering request.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-22
Queen wnaelmina.s WIN.

Queen Wilhelmina even as a child
possessed infexibility of Will and in
those early days a consciousness that
she would one day be queen of the
Netherlands Il do not allow You 10
entertain your friends in my presence"
she remarked at the mature age Of 4
to lady in waiting. upon whom an
acquaintance had called one day. When
she was about 13 years of age there
was an amusing scene between the
queen regent and her little daughter
arising out OF strong desire Of the
latter 10 be present at a banquet Civ
Ell in honor OF the German emperor.
To all the pleadings of her daughter
the queen regent turned deaf ear.
but there finally remained for the re-
gent ore lternative-to herself con
duct the recalcitrant young lady to her
bedroom This she did. but not with
out one final energetic protest from
the disappointed queen of the future.
Il will go on the balcony and tell the
Dutch people how you abuse their
queen"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-22

Three lives We're sacrificed. nearly a
dozen men We're injured, and many
thousands Of dollars damage was sus-
tanned as the result Of fire in the
Boston Daily Advertiser and Record
seven-story granite front building in
Newspaper Row Friday night The dead
are: Craft, Judson, prOofreader, OF
Cambridge. LuScOmbe. Walter. proof
reader. of Salem Richardson. James.
ST., proofreader, of Boston. The fire
started in the pressroom. spread TO the
elevator we'll and darted to the top OF
the building so rapidly that before the
occupants OF the two upper floors were
aware that the building was on fire
their rooms were filled with flames and
smoke In the editorial room on the
sixth floor there were five men, All
had to run for their lives. On the
upper floor. occupied by the compos-
ing-room were eighteen compositors
and proofreaders. whose situation was
most critical They rushed for the
windows leading to the fire escapes.
and all but three of them succeeded in
gaining the roof of an adjoining build
ing
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-22
Run on ,rassachnsett. hank.

A run on the Natick (Mass) Five
Cents Savings bank started Friday and
a large number of depositors from
Natick, birmingham, and Saxonville
appeared at the banks doors to draw
out their money. rumor having
gained currency that the institution
was insolvent. The bank has assets OF
S2.1SS,6SS24 and is regarded as one Of
the strongest banks in New England.
The rumor arose through offering fol
sale of some of the banks shares. Ac-
cording to an officer of the institution,
the bank has been DESTROYS of dispos-
ing of several shares which 1t had held
for investment From this, it appears.
a report spread that the bank was in
need of cash and was offering shares
TO obtain it. The bank is entirely
solvent
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-22
TenDtel's Successor

Of Linley Sambourne, Sir JOHN Ten
niels successor on Punch, ii is said
that he is short and stout and would
easily be taken for prosperous gen
tleman farmer, whose only thought
was crops and horses. He lives in a
charming and artistic house in Ken
sington, one of whose features is a
vast collection of photographs to be
used in his works as cartoonist They
are assorted. we are told, into scores
of departments. Kings, queens, SOL
diers, sailors, judges. members of par
lament actors, actresses, celebrities.
notOrieties, animals-there are thou.
sands of them in these drawers. There
are also photographs of the uniforms
of the armies and courts of all Euro.
pean countries.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-22
Indians and Wild Beasts Killed.

In a roundup of wild animals that
has just taken place on the cattle
ranches of Colin Campbell, in Cachise
county, Texas, a count of the dead ami
mails showed the number killed to be
twelve black bears, seven grizzlies, and
nineteen mountain lions, two lynx, and
about hundred and fifty coyotes.
Four Indians were killed by the beasts
and several injured Dozens of dogs
were killed. One hundred Indians be-
longing to the Pima tribe and about
twenty cowboys composed the roundup
party. They were aided by about two
hundred dogs.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-22

II one may ever state a general
truth applying to all children. surely
safe one to venture would be that they
have, without exception, passion for
animals. DR.. f. E. Hale, in speaking
to the friends of the Animal Rescue
league recently, put in plea fer pets
among city children. 1t has been
said that persons who live in cities
are less human than those who live
in the country because the former are
unused TO having animals about them
A longing for pets is strong in the
heart of every child Everywhere
children yearn for something alive
which shall be their very own. Flor
entine babies guard carefully the wire
cage that holds a ohirping cricket the
little ones of Japan delight in their
captive frefies that flash their lights
through boxes of plated grass, the
tiny. fur-clad EsquimauX rolls about
on the floor of his gloo with a bear
cub. the African child frolics with his
parrot. the East Indian with his mon
goose. and our little people are never
so happy as with their white mice,
rabbits. doves. dogs, cats and canaries.
The parents watching, with interest
ed eyes. the fraternizing of his boy or
girl with the animals Of wood and
field. has a duty laid upon him of of
seeing that the creature in question
is we'll cared for, according to his
peculiar needs. No normal child
would willingly hurt his pet, but
might neglect it. and if he forgets the
needs of a living thing. whose earthly
Providence ne is. he should be depriv-
ed of it until he shows an altered
nd
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-22
Ex-Pre sident HarrisoD's DeIicacy.

Ex-President Harrison was request
ed to sign a petition asking congress
to appropriate $4,000 for a monument
on Tippeoanoo battlefield. the scene
Of William Henry Harrison's victory
In 1911. Mr.. Harrison declined TO sign
saying that, though he should be pleas
ed at the success of such movement.
he uniformly declined to sign all pc
titions to congress. In this case be-
sides he felt that it would be indicate
in him to take such action on account
of his ancestors prominence in the
battle.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-22
SAILORS AND THEIR KNIVES.
NorweGians Are Not slow In the Use OF
Cold steel


II wonder why it is" said a New
Orleans cotton sampler, who prides
himself on his keen and well-trained
observation, that Italians are reputed
TO be far ahead of other nationalities
in the use of knives as weapons I
have been knocking around the
wharyes for a good many years and
have seen plenty OF fighting among
sailors. roustabouts and desperate men
Of eli kinds As far as my observation
goes the people most addicted TO cold
steel in the settlement of their little
differences are Norwegian sailors. The
most formidable knife Wielder I ever
met in my life belonged TO that class
He was big. yeilow-haired rather
MISUNDERSTANDING chap. who cana
here on a Liverpool tramp. and invest
ed some small savings in a lodging
house not far from the old fruit
vharyes. ] got acquainted with him
soon after he set mp in business and
took quite a fancy 10 the fellow. Like
many sea-faring men OF mis- national
ity, he was passionately fond of music.
and, strange 70 say, he had heard near
ly all the great singers and was famil-
lar with most of The famous operas.
although he Wa otherwise uneducated
and could barely read and write.
sized him up as p gentle simp,e-'nind-
ed giant. and labored under that de-
fusion until II was rudely dispelled by
z tragic episode Of which ] CHANGED 20
be an eyewitness. Threa drunken sea-
men dropped into his place one even
Ing with the avowed intention OF rais-
ing row. and one OF them set the BAN
rolling by kicking over the stove IN
stantly my Norwegian friend leaped
over a little counter, at the same time
drawing an eight-inch dirk from some
where back of his neck. and went 20
work on the trio. The fracas occupied
/ possibly half minute at the end of
which time the sailors had disappeared
! and everything in the room was more
or less spattered with gore. never
learned how badly they were hurt. but
there was certainly some prOmiscuous
carving while the row lasted Later
on the lodging house keeper showed me
how he carried his knife He kept il
in a sheath sewed 10 the inner side of
his vest. just under the collar. Il
/ eemed an outlandish place for weap-
-. but no could draw it like lightning.
and. as he remarked il was apt 10 be
overlooked in search"