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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

There are 15,s0o,oO0 men in this
world who would have 20 remain sim
Gle even though all women ON earth
should become married. In other
words there are 15.S00,0O0 more men
than women in the world. The total
population of the earth is about II
500 .0oo. 900. Europe has ss4,0oo,000,
with 1906, 600 more men than women;
Asia. $4,000 90, with male surplus
81 ID 900 900; Africa, 2g.ooo,oo0, with
4 male plurality OF 100000; America,
1ee 600. 900, with 100000 more men
than women; Australia, with =,oo0,o0o,
has 100000 more men than women.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

The giant among ships. the Celtic,
5ust launched at Belfast, is an eighth
of mile long, with beam of rs feet
and $4,000 tons displacement. She
has room for $500 passengers. Marine
craft keep on growing fast and it is
useless to attempt to fix their limits,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19
How'd ThisF

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for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure
4. j. Cheney & Co, Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known II. J.
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perfectly honorable in all business transae-
tons and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
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edo, 0.
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druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75e. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family pills are the hest.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

The Birmingham Age-Herald tells of
a white man who was lynched at 0s.
eeola, Ark, sin an orderly manner"
The citizens who took part in the
performance were presumably the
best citizens, and they did nothing
but hang the man.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19
Remember the Date--JuIy 20 10.

The above is the time of the annual meet
ing of the United Society of Christian En-
deavor, at Cincinnati, Ohio. The Baltimore
and Ohio Southwestern Railway has issued
handsome souvenir map and guide to Gin
cinnati which viii be Of much interest and
value to all who contemplate visit to the
Queen City on the occasion mentioned. The
resorts, railroads, street car lines, etc. This
souvenir may be obtained from agents of the
B. & o. S.-W. Ry,, or direct from 0. p Nc
Carly, G. p. A., Cincinnati.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19
Htp Specially.

The Man Ito applicant for almsl-Poor
woman; have you no husband to earn a hv-
ing for you!
The Woman-I have a husband, sir, but
he is too busy to work.
Indeed What is he doingf"
Trusting in Providence. Chicago
Daily News
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19
CURRENT COMMENT.

II is officially stated that the forests
of the Philippines are splendid pos
session, yielding gums, rubber, oil,
drugs and great variety of the finest
hardwoods. An intelligent system of
forestry for the islands ought to be
established at once.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19
spring Cleaning Made Easy.

Much of the terror of spring cleaning may
be avoided by good management. Settled
weather should be selected for the work,
and everything necessary provided before
hand. Ivory Soap will be found best for
washing paints, floors and windows; it is
harmless, and effective in making the house
clean and fresh. ELIZA r. PARKER.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19
You Can Get Aliens Foot-Ense FREE,

Write to-day to Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy,
N. Y, for FREE sample of Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder to shake into your shoes. 1t
cures chilblains, sweating, damp, swollen,
EASY certain cure Tor Corns and Bun
ions. All druggists and shoe stores sell it. Csc.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

The most unique of mems clubs hes
recently been organized at the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania. Its member
ship is regulated not by hlackbalIs
but by a foot rule. No man can be
elected ii member unless he stands at
least six feet in his stockings. Fur
fhermore, the membership Of the club
IS limited to so feet. That is, il the
aggregate height Of the members
reaches that figure the club is filed,
and other applicants must wait, unless
under the foot rule they prove to be
taller than the shortest man who is
already d club member.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

Mistress-"Susan, I'm sure heard some.
one kissing you in the kitchen last night.
don't like that" Susan es, ma am, the
master said you didn't like kissing much,
and that was why he kissed me. "-Philadel-
mia Press.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

OF foreign, countries the smallest
number of divorces last Sanr was in
Canada, where only ~ were grantcu,
Next TO the United States the largest
number was in France, with 6.e45 in
the year. Germany was close second
with only 100 less. From religious
standpoint there about IS divorces TO
every 100000 Catholics, while divorces
for the same total among Professionals
are sss. More than 40 per cent. Of all
divorces granted in the United States
is ON the ground of desertioh. and di-
vorces are five times as frequent in
the city as in the country districts.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19
=. a.. unarr.tood N.

BOSTON Girl-Have you read Emersons
st LOUIS Girl--No, ! guess not. Thoes
rad spots on nav face are just common pima
ples - colorado Weekly Times
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

Mrs. Nebb-"My husband never tells me
any OF his secrets; now what do you think
OF man who keeps his wife from finding
out such things" Mr.. Ezymark- 81 think
he o genius Ohio State journal
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

A Colonel in the British South African
Army saws that Adams TutU Frutti was .
blessing 10 his men while marching.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

Don't Neglect Cough. Take Some Hale's
Honey Of Horehound and Tar instanter
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

The individual who sits down and waits
for the world to appreciate him will dis
cover after the race that he was left at the
post.--Chicago Daily News.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

"Here, young fellow, I'll give you a nickel
if you'll go in and tell your sister that I'm
here waiting for her!" "And what'll you
give me if won't tell dad?"-Heitere
Welt
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

Tit for Tat.-He-" Such togs! Now
man never makes himself ridiculous" She
He doesn't need to. Nature did that"
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19
= Family Pills are the best.


TEST see notice in the paper Of the
wedding of Mrs. Nubride.
Jess-Yes, | know her very well.
DO you? What was her maiden name"
Il suppose her maiden aim was TO get
married. Philadelphia Press.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever
used for all affections of the throat and
lungs.--Wm 0. Endsley, Vanburen, Ind,
Feb. TO- 1900.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

Towne-"Pocr Jagsbyi How did he get
down SO low" Browne Through his
fondness for having high old time. Phil.
adelphia Press
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

One reason the very young think they
have great many friends is that they never
need any.-Atchison Globe.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19
The seneon,n Courtenlen.

Ice Man-Good-by, old man; I'm glad you
had such a severe winter
Coal Mar-So long; | wish you sizzling
summer.--Columbus TO- State journal.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

..There are two acts yet" said the usher
to the man who rather hastily started out
OF the theater Il know. That's Just the
reason I'm leaving. Philadelphia Times.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

Upon the advice Of her "best friend, /" an
Atchison woman discharged her hired girl
for impudence. The ''best friend" then
hired the girl herself The two women no
longer speak.--Atchison Globe
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

''t5oiAx TO get an automobile this spring."
SrNo." why not? Cln't you afford it,"
"Oh, yes. But / can't afford to let my
wife know can afford II. Town Topics.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

Mistakes are the milestones in q mans
life.-Chicago Daily News.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

Mrs. Keyboard Why do you always
sit at the piano? You can't play a
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

A woman doesn't like to be interrupted
when she is talking or man when he's
eating. --Detroit journal.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

Old StolSes-Neither can anyone
else while I'm here.-N. Y. Press,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

Aesthetics must be built on ethics
Rams Horn.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

To Cure = Cold IN One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
druggists refund money ifitfailstocu &c
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19

He is a fool who THINKS that othern
do not think Chicago Daily News
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-26
AN ENGLISHMAN'S TOAST.

A we'll known local minister who has just returned from an extended west ern trip, tells the following:
 Recently in Los Angeles five prom inent gentlemen of foreign birth chanced to meet. One was a Russian, one Turk, one a Frenchman, one an American and one an Englishman. These gentlemen became bosom friends and finally q champagne supper was proposed, at which each gentleman. to be in Keeping with the times, was to give a toast to his native country, the one giving the best to be at no expense for the wine. Here are the toasts given:
 The Russian-"Here' to the stars and bars of Russia, that were never pulled down.
 The Turk-"Here's to the moons of Turkey. whose wings were never clipped
 The Frenchman-"Here's to the cock of France, whose feathers were never picked.''
 The American-"Here's to the stars and stripes of America, never trailed in defeat'
 The Englishman-"Here's to the rampin', roarin' lion of Great Britain. that tore down the stars and bars of Russia. clipped the wings of Turkey. picked the feathers off the cock of France and ran like h-n from the stars and stripes of the United States of fAmerica."-Albany Journal.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-26
DOES WORK WITH ELEPHANT

James Cahiu of Roney's Point Is the only person in West Virginia and per haps in the United States who has in regular use upon his farm an elephant for farm work. With the sway1ng beast hitched up to plow he can turn more ground than any of his neighbors with team of horses, and when it comes to hauling logs the elephant will walk away with ease with logs which the best teams of his neighbors cannot move. The elephant eats little more than horse and does many times the work of one, is gentle and doc1le and little trouble. MT Cahill is more than pleased with his experiment. Several months ago small circus broke up at Martins Ferry, and its property was sold at auction. MT Cahill, who was at the sale, bid in q few donkeys, the elephant and a tent, and took them home, expecting to start small show himself. His father, Patrick Cahill, a frugal 1rishman, decided that beast the size of an elephant could not re- main on the farm and be fed unless it paid for its board with labor so he harnessed it up and the animal worked nicely. He did so we'll that they have given up the idea of starting q circus. and will keep the elephant on the farm. Baltimore Sun.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-26
HEARD IN PASSING

Our enterprising neighbors of Bridgeport, not having had a public dinner since the 22d of the present month, are going to have one tonight Their board of trade will be addressed by William D. Bishop, General Joe Wheeler, possibly by ex-Speaker Tom Reed, and by others. It's cold day when somebody doesn't have dinner in Bridgeport.-Hartford Courant.
 There is some humor Tn the joint smashing situation. At Wetmore. Kas, a joint keeper known as Frosty" was given until Tuesday morning to close his joint. At once he got out some handbills announcing grand closing on Monday evening, to which "one and all are invited.' And the affair is re- ported by the local paper as "the big gest drunk the town has ever had"- Hartford Post.
 Chaplain Noe, of the Akansas house of representatives in his opening in- vocation last Friday morning startled the members by giving thanks to the Creator that the representatives were not inmates of the lunat1c asylum, nor subjects for that Institution. He said 70, Lord, we thank thee that we are not in the lunatic asylum this morning. nF considered fit subjects for the same.' We hope this supplication was warranted by the facts. It would not do at all in Kansas where the leg. islature has recently enacted q meas ure limiting the price to be charged for blacking boots in the capitol build. ing to cents.-Hartford Times.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-26
CAME DOWN QUIETLY.

Frances" said the little girls man. ma, who was entertaining callers in the parlor, you came down stairs SO noisily that you could be heard all over the house. You know how to do it better than that. Now go back and come down the stairs like lady"
 Frances retired. and. after the lapse of few minutes, re-entered the par Tor.
 Did you hear me come down stairs this time, mamma?'
 ''No. dear; am glad you came down quietly. Now; don't let me ever have to tell you again not to come down noisily, for l see that you can come down quietly if you will. Now, tell these ladies how you managed to come down like lady the second time while the first time you made so much noise."
 "The last time I slid down the ban. nisters." explained Frances.-London Tit-Bits.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-26
SHIPS THAT ARE UNLUCKY.

"Unlucky ships,'' in the English navy, have most unpleasant way of acting up to their regulations. Any bluejacket will tell you that the most unlucky ship in the navy is the Thur derer-he is firmly convinced that ill the event of war she will come to grief. The origin of this ships reputation is not exactly knC.,u. though story ex- ists to the effect that workman was injured or killed during her conStruc- ton. and his dependents scurvily treated by the admiralty of the period. His wife. dying in childbirth shortly afterward. cursed the ship. So goes the legend; possibly enougn. like many another legend, it was made later on to fit events. No doubt whatever at taches to the Thunderer'S ill luch-a fearful boiler explosion and a terrible gun disaster marked her earlier years. Minor disasters have been many: most things that could go wrong with her did so, and. though it waSs recently stated that she had outlived her bad luck, almost immediately afterward all her guns went wrong-a matter under inquiry at the present moment She is being put out of commission and re- placed by the Hood, and it Is extremely doubtful whether she will be en- ployed again save as a harbor ship men do not like her.
 Another unlucky ship is the Howe. She went ashore and sank at Ferrol. Subsequently she was raised and re- ficated. but her bad luck" clings to her: she is the worst ship of her batch to manage. By bluejacket supersti- ton she is doomed to sink some con- sort or be sunk by her, one of these days.
 Then there was the ill-fated Victoria. A horrible story Absolutely without foundation) about q man who was ac- cidentally fastened down to die, used to be related in the early nineties. She met with disasters. culminating in the terrible catastrophe that bears her name. The saddest of all incidents in connection with this catastrophe has never been made public. When the order was given for each man to jump a batch of marines were not ordered to 1 fall out All or nearly all of these men were drowned standing at attention. However. this incident does not con- cern the luck of ships.
 The list of unlucky ships could be extended considerably. but the above typical cases will suffice. In fact, of them it is absolutely useless to argue against nautical superstitions. The bad luck" of course, varies; in the
 majority of cases 1t Is confined to i preakdowns and so forth, but what ever it be once the "unlucky'' reputa-
 ton attaches to a ship 1t will last till
 she ends her career. And since the
 new royal yacht has thus got labeled,
 nothing may be said or left unsald will
 clear her. As she cost over 1000
 something must be done with her. One
 speculation is that royalty will decline 1 to use her. and that she will be hand l ed over to the lords of the admiralty
 in place of the Enchantress. the any
 thing but seaworthy craft that now | carries them around.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-26
STUDENTS AT NORMAL SCHOOLS

STUDENTS AT NORMAL SCHOOLS.
 The state board of education has sent out annual catalogues of the three state normal training schools of Con- necticut. In the New Britain school there are 1S graduates. 96 in the senior class. 15 in the senior Kindergarten class, 121 in the junior class, % in the junior kindergarten class, post-grad- uates and special students, making q total of 346. The number of children enrolled in the training schools at New Britain is 4O9; at South Manchester, 1,087. In the New Haven school there are s5 seniors and 146 juniors, 221 in all. The Willimantic school had 39 graduates in 1900, and now has 36 in the senior class, 61 in the junior class, one in the Kindergarten training class, s special students; whole number en- rolled in the normal department 1O6, and the number of pupils in the model and training schools 546.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-26
SCIENTIFIC CHILD STUDY.

The school systems of the whole world are likely to be revolutionized by certain investigations which have been made recently i'll Chicago Seven thousand school children have been eX- amined and experilnented with, as carefully and as scientifically as any student is taught to experiment. with chemicals in q school laboratory. Three facts of tremendous interest to every father and to every mother who have intelligence enough to appreciate the high privilege of percentage have been discovered.
 First, it has been found that quite as much depends upon physical devel- opment as upon the mental caliber of school children. In fact, the investi- gation shows that the two are almost coordinate. Admitting. as in every other generalization, that there are many exceptions to the rule, it has been proved that the strong child and the big child is the bright child in school.
 Secondly, it has been found that a serious difference exists between girls and boys in mental capacity. This Is so great that it may lead eventually to the abandonment of the education of the two sexes in common.
 Thirdly, Prof Lombroso's theory that the perfect man physically is more likely to be the perfect man morally, than is the man who is not perfect, has been substantiated. The prize fighter and the professional athlete will imme ediately come to mind in refutat ton of two of these statements that concerning dependence of men tai development upon physical devel- opment and the dependence of moral development upon physical develop ment and symmetry. Nevertheless, careful study of men of this class will show that they are not perfect physi- cally, that is, that they are not nor nal. It will show that, in nine cases out of ten. and. indeed. in ninety nine cases out of a hundred. the physical development of such persons iy ab- normal. Perfection, to the mind of the scientist, means absolute normali- ty. Certain qualities of the body of the prize fighter have been developed a the expense Of certain other quail ties. There are certain things about their physical makeup which are as distinctly below the average as the muscles with which they fight and for which they especially train are above the average. If James Corbett or Rob- ert Fitzsimmons. the pugilists. were put through the same tests. which the seven thousand Chicago school chill dren have undergone, their avera ge would. in all human probability. be found to be very low. The fact that
 the college athlete is generally not a particularly good student by no means diSproves the results obtained by the Chicago inveStiga tors. That he is a notable athlete of itself suggests phys | ical abnormalty
 | It is the normal man who is apt to be the most moral man. It is the nor | mal man who is commonly the hap | piest man. It is the normal man who
 usually makes the member of society. 1 The genius in any line may very like l ly not be the hest citizen. because he 1 is abnormal.-Edward Marshall in
 Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for | February
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-26
LAST NEGRO IN THE HOUSE.

There is something very pathetic in the episode concerning Representa- tive Sprague's dinner to his commit tee in the house in it's bearing upon Mir White, the cOlored member from North Carolina. He is about to re- tire from congress. having recently de- livered q vaiedictory of rare force and elOquence. His native state has not only taken the ballot fro1iI members of his race, but is seriously considering subterfuges by which their further ad- mittance to the practice of law may be prevented, and Mir White is q law yer by profession. On the "put your self in his place" theory the world must look very gloomy 70 Congress man White, and the fact, that his pos sible presence at a dinner was a suffi- cient cause to break up the affair can not but be full of unhappy suggestion.
 What will be the long-distance ef feet upon the American people of the virtual denial of political rights to race comprising one-eighth of the pop ulation cannot be foreseen, but the out look is not promising. The negros struggle for existence industrially seems to be growing harder, as he is excluded by trade-union regulations from one occupation after another, and as the south is becoming more the home of trade unions.
 Many persons believe that Represen- tative Sprague would have turned q sharp corner upon Mir Whites critics by giving the winner just the same, and making it one of special magnifi- cence.
 The indignities which the educated negro is obliged to meet on every hand furnish much food for serious thought. When an intelligent member of that race--and it is with the intelligent members that the trouble in the future l is contingencies a passenger elevator in an office building in Atlanta. he is | turned away and told to wait for the
 freight elevator which carries the coal
 stokers and other colored employees. So | long as all negroes occupied strictly
 menial places there was no great trou-
 ble, but with the rise of q new class
 for whom no provision Is made under
 our present social system, the difficult | ty is likely to increase. The problem
 seems to defy solution. The breaking | up of MT Sprague's dinner perhaps
 marks q fitting climax in the congress ! sional career of the man who seems
 likely for some time to be remembered
 as the Hast negro In the house of rep.
 resentatives." ves."-Washington Special.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-26
THE HEAVY SISTER.

Come in, Sister Mandy-don't stan dar
 by de do'- De fiddle des a-gwine, en de white
 san on de flo! De sister in de center-she weighs two
 hundred poun', En de prize is fer de deacon dat'u
 swing dat sister roun!
 Swing yo' pa'tners-swinS! Don't you heah de nausic!
 Come en jine de r1nSl Amt dis halleluia? Heah come Deacon Will1ams-he'n Il
 win out. I be boun'! But oh! dat heavy sister done Hinged
 Br'er Williams down!a Still she standin' lonesome-fines' gal
 in town: En de prize is fer de deacon dat'H
 swing dat sister roun! Don't you heah de musicr
 Come en jine de ring Amt dis halleluia?
 Swing yo' pa'tners-swing. Bless God, none kin swing her! " ha'
 you gwine ter do! Oars de prize a-lookin' rum de chin-
 bly-shelf at you! Br'er wi11fams-he is In1ssln, put ne hi
 git dar, be boun'! He gone ter git derrick fer ter swing
 dat sister roun'! Don't you heah de music?
 Come en jine de ring! Ain't dis halleIuia2 Swing yo' pa'tners-swing! Frank L. Stanton in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for March.