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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-11


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 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 a smart slap, arose, shook
hands with me, and said he was glad
to meet me. | 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 writ
ing. When he had written a thing
which pleased him he would slap his
leg and laugh.
1 noticed that George Hoyt and
James Brokenshire at their tables
were pleased with his merriment and
INDUCED in broad smiles. As babe
him and the others good-morning, he
said: "Come again, me liege." I
thanked him, said | would, and went
my way, thinking what funny fell
low he was.
Within a month thereafter ap-
peared in the columns of the Plain
Dealer a funny letter signed carte
mus Ward" The writer said he was
in the show business, had trained
kangaroo, ga most amoosin' little
cuss," some "snaix," and collection
of wax figures, which he called a
"great moral show" As he was com
ing to Cleveland to exhibit, he made
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 printed at his office and
give him free tickets for all his fam
lily. 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 a
city full Of friends, myself and fam
lily among them.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-11
LlrrLE REp.roPPEp BOOTS.
oh, I pity the boy of to-day;
He has pleasures that you

oh, pity the boy of to-day;
He has pleasures that you
And l never knew
AS ruddy-faced, tousIe haired heys, & Is
true,
But there's one joy that's taken away!
Look back Ger the years-let us say
Well. thirty long winters ago.
When father came home through the
deep-drifted snow
With a wee pair of boots that had red
tops!-Gh
Can a boy ever know
The glee that eclipses all joys here below
If he never, at last and in triumph, has
drawn
His first little pair of red-topped boots on!
Oh gay little tad of to-day,
Your hardships are few,
You have little to do,
We are making life easier daily for you;
The hours grow longer for play,
We are clearing your troubles away;
There are fewer wood boxes to fill
When the paths are showed under and
nights become chill
And we give you sweet doses instead of a
pill
That is bitter, but still,
Oh poor little man, with a Christian-like
will,
am signing for you, since you never have
drawn
Your first little pair of red-topped
boots on.
IS. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record Herald.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-11
THIS AND THAT.

Much Of the existing prosperity is
due to the enormous outlays of rail
road companies.
: Since 1896, when the Boston dis
pensary was founded, it has treated
1,544, 1888 patients.
An American dealer has reduced
the price Of ice in Rouen, France, in
one year from 300 francs ton to SO
francs.
The expense of harvesting 1000
acres of wheat is not more than $500.
This amount is exclusive, of course,
of the planting. Flowing field costs
one dollar an acre.
The mileage of street railways in
New York city has increased from 1872
in 1860 to 1,142 miles in 1901. The
total of passengers III the former
year was only 5O,83O,173 against the
enormous total of 1,124, 432,660 for
last year.
A good portion Of the money in
vested in Hawaii is owned by resi-
dents of the islands, but some comes
from the United States. Not long
ago loan Of $250,000 on the estates
inherited by Prince David and Prince
Cupid was taken up by San Francisco
capital.
New Orleans, city Of nearly 30o,-
600 population, consumes less than
100000 gallons Of water daily.
The total cost Of the New Orleans
waterworks was 100000. st.
Louis has spent $20,000,000 for the
same purpose and has daily con-
sumption Of 60,O00,O00 gallons.
1t is the custom in most countries
in Europe to hold the hat in the hand,
while talking to friend. In Sweden,
to avoid the dangers arising from this
during the winter, it is no uncom-
mon thing to see announcements in
the daily paper informing the friends
of Mr., So-and-So that he is unable,
through the doctors orders, to con-
form to this polite usage.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-11
Famous Church Moved.

The Church of Souvorov, in the
village of Kotchansk, near Novgorod,
has just been transported bodily to
st. Petersburg. The celebrated Preo-
brasjenski regiment wish to possess
the church, which contained many
souvenirs of the famous Marshal
Souvorov. 1t was accordingly re-
moved from its foundations and car
ried to the nearest railway station by
means Of $50 wagons.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-11
DRIED SNAKE POISON.
Serum Thus Obtained an Effective Remedy
for Venomous Bites

DR.. Calmette keeps a stock of
snakes at Lille, and extracts the ven
ON by pressing the jaw, says the Lon
don Globe. Itfalls into a watch glass,
and when dried to preserve it resem-
bles brayed resin. The snakes are fed
by introducing raw eggs into their
stomachs if, as usual, they refuse to
eat. Solutions of the dry venom in
salt water Zone per cent. in strength)
are made and used in experiments.
Rabbits and other animals are inocu-
lated with increasing doses for several
months until they become immune
to doses 200 times greater than NOR
tai dose. A horse, after six months,
can stand venom enough to kill 200
horses not vaccinated. Horses fur
nish the antitoxic serum for inoculat-
ing against snake bite, and six to eight
liters of blood can be drawn from
them every two or three weeks. This
yields two or three liters of active
serum. The horses are then treated
again. The serum is exported to all
countries where poisonous snakes
abound, especially India, Australia
and South America. Some ten to
20 cubic centimeters Of it simply in
iected with a large hypodermic
syringe under the skin of the abdo-
men, where it is easily absorbed, are
eficacious if the patient is not yet in
a state Of asphyXia.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-11
ARTEMUS WARD.
A Writer Tells of His First Meeting
with the Humorist.

On going into the Cleveland Plain
Dealer editorial rooms one morning,
writes James f. Ryder, in the Cen
fury, | saw new man, who was in
trodueed 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 shah
by. His hair was faxen and very
straight; his nose, the prominentfea-
ture of his face, was Romanesque-
quite violently so-and with lean
ing to the left. His eyes were blue
gray, with a twinkle in them; his
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-11

your paper; the editor is busy else
where"
Manning, consumed with curiosity
and never bashful about getting what
was coming to him, went in and
picked up paper from huge pile
stacked on the Office table. He
glanced over the first page and then
turned to Kinney's ediSorials-he al
ways liked to read then even though
he was not always convinced by them.
There was something there this time
that blanched his face and made him
totter to chair for support.
His first impulse was to tear his
paper into fragments and burn the
rest, but instead he folded it up, thrust
it into his pocket and hurried from
the office.
'|Drat his hide" he mumbled to
himself, che might at least have asked
me. How'd he know what I might
have said?"
In two hours every man, woman and
child in Lower Corners who could
had devoured these double-leaded
lines:
with this issue publication Of the
Sangamon Boy is suspended for lack
of an editor He came to you empty
handed; he has gone with the fair
est flower of Lower Corners-with the
queen rose Of the rosebud garden
of girls He hopes he has gone, too,
with the kindly wishes of all this
worthy people. He bears with him no
enmities, no regrets save those that
come from the sense of work i'll done.
If he had ideals and failed to reach
them it was not because he lacked the
inspiration Of your generous support.
"Better the Sangamon Boy should
die in his youth than be cast a waif
upon the world. Of him shall hold
for myself the tenderest remem-
brance; to you bequeath whatever
of good he may have done. loved
him the more that he was only boy
just strip Of lad who longed to
be a man ana WELD mans power
Pity that one so young should not
have had a wiser hand to point his
way and guide his wavering feet.
When you, my friends, shall read
these lines his life will have closed,
and mine-will have begun in fuller
measure. Do you doubt my prophe-
cy? Read:
Observation-Disclosures, June !
II, in Springfield, at midnight, by Rev. John |
Iigalls, pastor of the Grand Avenue M. E.
Church, at his residence, Joshua Kinney |
Corners. Shortly after the ceremony Mr.
and Mrs. Kinney left on the Alton for Kan
sas City, where the late editor of the
Sangamon Boy will give his entire time to
newspaper work. The bride is the daugh-
ter of John Manning, one of the best-known
farmers of Sangamon County,"
Two hours after he had read this
concise notice John Manning held in
one of his hands a telegram from st.
Louis signed Mary" Itsimply stat
ed that she was very happy with the
dearest man in the world"
A cynical neighbor said Manning
vas conciliated by reinstatement about
zone of the most prominent farmers"
but whatever the cause, Manning de-
,lared that Kinney is a mighty long
way from being the worst man in the
world. Chicago Record Herald.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-11
Schools for Suffering.

Courses of instruction for children
who stutter have been started in vari-
GUS German schools. In Berlin six
specialists, engaged by the municipal
board of education, devote 10 hours
week to this work. One and half
per cent. Of the children attending
German schools stutter.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-11
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS.

For the Annual Reunion at Dallas, Tex.
April 22d to 25th, 1902 the Mobile & Ohio
Railroad will make rate of one cent per
mile, and in many cases less, from all cou-
pom ticket stations. Tickets limited for return
to May I'd, with privilege of extension to
May. 10Th. Ask your nearest ticket agent for
particulars.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-11

An American desk factory is about
to commence operations in London.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-11
Soft Snaps.

People who have soft snaps are
usually the ones who don't enjoy
them.-Atchison Globe.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-11
ORA wn by Pigs.

In some Of the farming districts Of
China pigs are harnessed to small
wagons and made to draw them.
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BIuo predominant.

He was from the COUNTRY and stood
helplessly before thc3Mughty young
lady clerk Of the downtown store.
"What do you want, please Ysshevde-
manded fcily.
He gulped down his embarrassment
for he YVES hopelessly young and shy
and awkward, and she was a most sn'
perior looking creature.
1T want twelve yards Of blue FREEDOM
inant," he finally said.
'What?' demanded the startled clerk
"T-twelve yards Of b-b-blue Npredom'
inant," he stammered again.
'T'm sure 1 don't know what you
mean" said the clerk. Then, womanly
Kindness and intuition getting the bet
ter Of her hauteur. she said, Tel me
Just what It was your mother. or yo1IT
sister told you to bring"
He gave a sigh Of relief and said:
<sThey wanted some1wash goods for
my little sisters dress. They said they
were not so particular as to quality and
color. Just so got blue predominant
Can't T. get 1t hereY'-Memphis Scimi,
f1r .-
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AIsxamaris @azsttf
WEDNESDAY EVENING JAN. 1, 1902
Gninot,s Father. =. -


Guizot lived through the most event
kul periods Of modern France. He was
born In 1877 amid the.mutterings OF the
revolution. Guizot's parents were mar
ried by prescribed Protestant pastor,
and his birth was never legally regis
tered. His father, who was an advo'
cate. used his talent for public speak
ing in the interests Of the prosecuted
Protestants and became a marked man.
After living for several weeks In dan
ger of his life he was at last arrested,
unwillingly enough, by gendarmewho
knew and respected him.
"Shall l let you escapeT said the
man.
"Are you marriedT replied NJ. lGnt
zot.
eyes. have two children"
"And 80 have l." replied the prisoner,
'but you would have to pay for me.
Let us go on"
They went.on. and NJ. Guizot .diedson
the scaffold a few days later. At this
time Francois, the future statesman
who was the elder Of the two children,
was six and half years old andsal-
ways preserved the recolectionf of go
ing to.see his fatherin prison. or what
was euphemistically called hesnonsesor
e.-Gentleman,s Magazine. 3
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Not In Order.

In a certain Lanarkshire village q
meeting was called to consider the 'ad-
Visibility of erecting bridgeIover q
creek which had been heretofore Cross
ed by means Of stepping stones.
The, schoolmaster, who presided over
the meeting, warmly advocated the
erection Of q bridge In an eloquent
speech, when local worthy, who was
something of a character and noted for
his outspokenness, got up and inter
rupted:
'|Hoot, toot. schulemaister. you're fair
haiyerin', monl Wha wad gang an
put a brig over siccan a'wee bit creek
as syon? Losh, mon, 1 cud cross tswi'
astannin' jump"
"Order, orderp exclaimed the; chair
man angrlly. "You are 'clearlytoutt
order"
Tken I'm cot O. order" rejoined the
interrupter amid the laughter of the
incidence. IF was In order, IScud
Jump as faur againv - London AN;
BWers.
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Very Tired.

It has remained for a little girl to
nearly, If not quite, equal q famous
witticism Of Leigh Hunt. OF course
she. spoke in childish innocence, where
the English essayist and wit used his
ripened intellect.
Hunt, in describing an exceedingly
warm day, it win be remembered,
spoke Of it as one which tempted him
to strip of his flesh and sit In his
bones.
The little girl had been Tomping and
running all day. Toward 'nightfall hel
father met her. "Are you not very
tired, little oneT he asked.
ooh, not so very tired, papa" she re
piled. Then in a burst Of confidence
she whispered, "Only l do feel as
though I'd like to take my legs or and
carry them awhile"
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ROCKS AND STATIONERY.
New York Tribune Publica-
lions,


NEW YORK Tribune comes pretty
near being sn ideal newspaper 1t is clean
without being dull, enteIprisiDg without .
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human foreThought and care can make 1t
The Tribune has positive convictions OF It's
own on all the great questions OF the day, bot
it is broad enough and liberal enough to give
all Ieasonal opportunity TO hear the other
side.
Every occurrence or development Of suth-
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self respecting, intelligent people Is sure TO
find adequate treatment in THE TRIBUNE,
by text or picture, or both.
What is true OF The Daily Tribune
applies with force, though in modified form,
TO the other publications issued from The
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persons living in the small towns or Villages
10 keen in touch with the beet thought OF the
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THE Tribune FAhsM is, Is its name
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and their fsmiiies, 1t 10 meant to be their
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RAILROADS.
Washington Southern Railway Co.

Trains leave station corner Fayette snd
Cameron streets for Washington and points
north at 7 % 90 and 8 "a 3 m, IL 10,
3 O4, 10, Z %, 8 10 and IL % p. H.,
week days.
sundsvs--7 %, 8 "a and IL as a. N,
10, 7 %, 9 13 and IL % p. m.
For Fredericksburg. Richmond and points
south at 4 AS. $50 (lOcsl), IL 06 and
IL IT 3. ~, 3 SO, 4 A uocal). and 10 ..
m, week days.
suudsys-4 AZ, IL % and IL II 9. m,
SO, 4 Al (ocsl), snd z is p ID
Accommodations for Qusntica 8 SO q. m.
sunday only snd IL % a. m. week days.
8 70 p. N. except Saturday.
Pullmsn or P-rlor ears on all trains except
local accommodations.
w TAYLOR. Traffic Manager.
W. ID. DUKE, General Manager.
T. T. ID. MYERS, President
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A Long Sleep.

Dr. soca, an English physician, re
ported the case Of a young girl Of sew
enteen taken with syncope after a cold
club" who slept for seven months lin
the hospital to which she was admit.
ted. When she was aroused from sleep
she responded drowsily to questions
put and fell asleep again. at the end
OF seven months she died Of pneumo-
MA, having slept herself out of life,
Sometimes she was fed in her sleep
and at other times while they kept her
awake
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Dog and Wolf.

There has been some dispute as to
the descent Of the dog-whether It is
an improved progeny Of the wolf or a
distinct variety. That 1t is a different
species is proved by the fact that the
dog and the wolf will mate and pro-
duce offspring. Nevertheless it isprob-
able that the dog is merely descended
from the same original stock with the
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WASHINGTON, ALEXAEDBIA AND
w MOUNT VERNON RAILWAY
In Effect November l, 1901.
LEAVE ALEXANDRIA.

LEAVE ALEXANDRIA.
For Washington, from corner King and
Royal streets, also stops At King and WashiI &
ton, and King and Payne streets, week daya,
at 8 90, 6 "a, g 55, 10 (expresej, z Al
8 90, SO (express) 8 80, 8 90, 8 30,
10 90, 10 35, 10 So, IL 15, IL AZ a. m. tex
pressJ, II 10, IL AS (express), 90. 20,
i AS (express), 10, 2 46 (express), 90,
80, 40 (express), IL, 80 lexpressb
45O, 20 (express), 40, . O7, D 80
90. 7 10 (express), 500, 8 40, 8 80
10 10 and II 10 p. N.
sundays-7 90, 8 10, 8 90, 8 as, 10 20,
10 As, II 10, IL 45 a. M, IL 10, IL 40,
1 Is, As, 2 10, 2 40, 3 10, 3 40, 4 70,
8 10, 8 49,, 8 80, 10 Is, and II 15 p. m.
Leave Alexandria for Four Mile Run, Gn
addition to local trains for Washington week
DAYS, at IL 90 D. m. and ~ 80 8. Ii. sum
days, IL 81 p. m. and IL 20 q. m.
LEAVE WARRINGTON.
For Alexandria, from the corne5 Of
Pennsylvania avenue and 1917 street, week
DAYS, 6 80, Z "a, 30, 5 90, & 20, 3 50,
8 20. 10 10, 10 %, IL 90, IL 30 a, III. II %
(express), IL 20, IL 45, 05 (expressl, 20,
2 90, 2 80, o. iexpress) 3 30, 90, A
(express), ABB, 3D. 0S, 8 % ;expressl,
5 40, 6 03, 6 80, Z 06, 80, 90, b 45,
8 80, 10 10, IL 90 and IL 90 D. III.
Sundays As, 8 90, 9 40, /. 80, II 90,
IL 30 a. M, 10 90 noon, - 30, ca,
1 80, 2 90. 2 80, 3 90, 3 80, 4 90, 4 80
s 90, s 80, 6 90, u 80, Z 90, 80, SO
845, 8 80, 10 10, IL 20 ana il 90 b. n
FOR MOUNT VERNON
Leave Alexandria foy Mount Vernon, vel
days at 5 55, TOP, 35. 10 81. II 80
a. 70 ~ 80, 80, 81, 3 81, A As, oil,
| 7 80, and 10 OF p. m.
suudays-7 OF, 8 81 a. M, II 81. ~.
A 33 9 OF, 7 3S, and 10 OF p. N.
Leave Mount Vernon, week do. e, 81 o AZ,
7 4O, 8 rs, IL is =. NJ, IL ~, 1 20, %
g 20, 10, o 30, 9 40. 8 65, and 10 40
p. N.
sundays-7 40, 10 15 3. N. 10. 3 10,
5 80, . 40, 66, and 10 4Op.m.
FOB RossLYE.
Leave Alexandra for Rosslyn, week DAYS
8 55, g "a, 90, 10, 8 %, B 30, go,
10 90, 10 SO a. NJ, ~ 10. ~ 40, 80,
2 46, 8 As, A 90, 8 20, 8 40, . " 20
Sundays is. 8 90, 8 As, 10 40 II %,
a. M, II As, 45. 2 As, 3 80. 4 40, 8 46
6 40, and as p. m.
Leave Rosslyn for AleYAndTiE, week day 8,
9 %, 7 90, 80, SO, 3 81, . 06. 10 Oh
| 10 %, and II 46 =. M, IL 40. 81 n,
81, SO. 9 80, q 90. o ~, 7O1 : 56
sundsys-s So, o AZ, 10 20, I12I. a.. H.,
IL 81, 81, II. 3 q, A p, 8 u, 2l,
7 81 md b II p. IN.
Baggage checked and carried on the FOL.
lowing trains from Alexandra for Washing,
ton week days, 30 and 10 b6a. n.
3 90 and q OF 10.
Sundsys-S 10 a. m. and 10 p. Il.
Parcels carried.
Freight carried daily. morning and oven.
ing, in each direction. No freight accepted
unless delivered at tie station at least 30
minutes before the departure OF the freight
trains.
g. E. ABBOT, j. CoLvIN,
President. superintendent
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WHY He Escaped.

The Literary Editor - That fellow
Scribbler sent IN a poem this morning
entitled ''Why Do Liver"
The Editor-What did you do withtt?
The Literary Editor - Returned 1t
with an inclosed slip saying, Because
you mailed this instead Of bringing Z
personally. indianapolis News.