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Imperial press and farmer., 1902-04-26
Gen. FunStOn'S Choice.

The most amusing story that has fitted around the haunts of legislators for some little time is the recital of a fictitious conversation between President Roosevelt and Gen. Fun ston.
 The President was most cordial in his welcome to the Kansas soldier and invited him to stay to luncheon.
 According to the fabricator, the two engaged in long conversation after luncheon.
 "Funston. I'd like to have you ride with me this afternoon the Presi- lent is quoted as saying.
 II don't particularly care to ride, v replied Funston; but if you don't mind we will go' down and swim across the Potomac. c."-Chicago Jour nal.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-04-26
Horse Surplus in America.

According to the census of 1890, there were twenty-five horses in the United States-not counting those in cities-for every 100 inhabitants. It is probable that the census of 1900 will show that, if the inhabitants and the horses in cities of 5000 and upward are excluded from the computation, there are fifty horses for every 100 inhabitants. The recent statistics for Great Bri- tain show that, including the cities, four horses are kept for each 100 in habitants. In France there are ten horses, and in the German Empire 7.7 horses for every 100 inhabitants. Country Life in America.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-04-26
Irrigation is Fertilization.

Irrigation now means also tertiliZa- tion The Arizona station estimates that the value of the silt deposits on irrigated lands of Salt River for one year at commercial rates for fertil- izers contained is about $l,000,000 and second only to the value of the water for irrigation. The potash, nitrogen and phosphoric acids in the waters of irrigation per acre are thus calculated:
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-04-26
Imperial Barley.

of barley we'll headed out. on eXhihi- tion at C. C. Longs office on West Washington street The barley comes from the famous Imperial country in Southern California, which is rapidly developing into the most magnificent section in the uthwest.-PhoeniN Arizona Gazette.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-04-26
Beet-sugar Factory for Arizona.


 sugar factory. The Phoenix Republi- can says
 Secretary Hamilton of the Board of Trade received a letter yesterday from R. A. Fowler now in Washing ton. saying that he had on the day of writing seen Marshall F.. Sampseil. who represented the Eastern Sugar Company here in it's preliminary work relative to the building of a beet sugar factory. Mir. Sampsell told him that unless something very unexpected occurred the contracts for the construction of the fac tory would be signed and exc Cuted within ten days and that the work here in the valley would begin within two months. MT. Samp- sell also said that the discussion of the Cuban tariff relative to the sugar industry had in no way affected the enterprise of the Eastern Sugar Com pany in this valley, and would not delay construction. The company is now working on the details of the proposed plant and announces that if the local residents do their part the company will meet all obligations.
 "The construction work on the plant will employ many men and an immense amount of material, while the operation of the plant will require the employment of several hundred persons.
 Late last spring the Board of Trade accepted the proposal of the Eastern Sugar Company to erect plant here. and late in the fall the board completed it's part of the con tract,
 "The sugar company agrees to have it's factory in readiness for active op- eraton on or before March 1, 1903.
 "The contract is in substance as follows:
 That land owners and residents of said Maricopa county donate and contribute to the said Eastern Sugar Company for their use in the estab- lishment and conducting of said fac tory and the production of beets for manufacture, 1900 acres of land or it's equivalent in money at the rate of $50 per acre. said donations and con tributions to be conveyed to said company in consideration of the premises,
 provided. that in case said East ern Sugar Company shall, on account of it's own fault or neglect fail to carry out the terms and conditions Of this proposition to operate said fac tory for at least two seasons prior to September 15, 1896. then, and in that event the donations so made in either land or money as herein specl- fled. shall revert to and be repaid and become the property of the re- spcctiVc donors. and in that event the said Eastern Sugar Company cove nants and agrees to refund the moneys paid under the above-men- toned contract in the form of dona- tion. and to reConVey the land so con veyed to 1t in the form of donation, free and clear of ali incumbrances whatsoever; and said company fur ther agrees that whenever deed Is executed to it. or money paid to 1t, as provided in the aforementioned con tract, to then execute contract back to the parties so making the dona- tion, agreeing to reconvey or repay the money as the case may be-.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-04-26

The value ot silt is illustrated in the ease of farmer who had sur plus of water and raised an embank- ment three feet high at the lower end of a piece of rough land. and in six weeks the embanked space was half full of mud and when drained became valuable field of fertile soN.-ENChange.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-04-26
The Telephone Talks.


 Hello, hello. Hel-yes. I'm the Telephone talking. What? I'm the tel-what? Hello. What-Tel- Telephone. Do you get it? Don't stand so near; And you needn't yell As if you were a Comanche; Open your ears more, And your mouth less. See?
 It's me. The Telephone. Listen; I reach to the furthest Ends of the earth, The rich mans palace, To the poor mans hearth; To the city mart, To the country store, To the mountain top, To the ocean shore; To the whirring mill, To the quiet shades, To all professions. To all the trades; To the merchants office. To the editors den, To the workers with hammer And brush and pen; To the heads of nations, To the humblest clod, To the haunts of sin, To the house of God; All men and all things Are alike to me, The high and the low, The bond and the free. Hello. What? No. Yes. Whats that! Yes. Yes. I'm the Telephone said, Oh, yes. l whisper a lovers message. Deep under my metal breath; I tell of the deeds of the living, I tell of the doings of death. l cover the world With my wires unfurled From Greenland's icy mountains To lndia's coral strand. And some day The angels of the New JerusaleI Will be wearing my hello Over there.
 Whats that? Yes, l know where I'm at. And so does everybody else; But if they don't, They go to the nearest drug store And find out, Before l was, The world waited to speak; But with me Came instant expression. And though l have not brougf mankind Face to face exactly. I have brought them Jaw to jaw; And how they do jaw sometimes What? Whats that? You're another. Go there yourself Hello.
 Yes.
 When it's Resurrection Morning. And Gabriel makes if known
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-04-26
Reflections of a Bachelor.

Improvements on nature are se- dom seen in bathing suit.
 The loss of husband has side tracked many a divorce story
 AlimOny is the sunshine that bright ems the saddest hour of marriage
 When a man stops planting flowers on his wife's grave he is buying sup pers for two.
 When the budding girl takes to tight shoes the fit of her waist is a live subject with her.-New York Press.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-04-26

There is something radically wrong with the religion of men ana women who seek the softest pews and the shortest sermons.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-18

Convention of Federation of
Women's Clubs, Los Angeles, Cal,
May Is, 1902; Imperial Council,
Mobiles of Mystic Shrine. San Fran
:isco, Cal, June 10-14; Biennial
Meeting, Knights of Pythias San
Francisco, Cal, August 1922; In
dependent Order of Forresters, Los
Angeles, Cal, April %. For the
lbove occasions the Mobile & Ohio
will sell tickets to San Francisco
and Los Angeles, Cal, and return
at rate of $3.50 on dates given be-
'ow. April 10 to 20 inclusive, with
final limit June Is, 1902, going
transit limit June 20. Stop-oyers
permitted beyond first Colorado,
Wyoming, Texas or Montana point
within ten days from date of sale.
Within California stop-overs may
be made at any point up to June 20,
1902. May % to June 7, inclusive,
with final limit 60 days from date
Of sale, going limit to be IS DAYS
from date OF sale, stop-over condi-
tons same as above. August IT,
inclusive with final limit September
20, 1902, going transit limit Sep
TENDER Is. Stop-over conditions
same as above. For full particulars
call on or write to
r C.. GARTH. Accent
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-18
ONE SUNSET.

4 saw the Angel of the Sunset stand
Within the gates of Paradise,
saw the blossoms in her fair, frail hand,
The glory of her garments grand,
The light Of her dear eyes.
She fingered there, and listened, long and
late,
Dropping her crimson peoples down.
III saw her, smiling gently, watch and wait,
While they fell, sweet and swift and
straight,
/ Down DER the tired town.
n saw no more. I only heard sigh,
III The rustic of her robes, wind-stirred,
Her lingering footballs on the star-strewn
sky,
Like broken music stealing by,
These-and one whispered word!
And those around me only paused and
said:
1.-THE sun has set in splendid sky"
Il only, knew-and one whose heart had
bled
In anguish when her Love lay dead
The Angel, Peace, passed by
Alice Z. Allen, in Good Housekeeping.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-18
NOVEL WRITING.
Has Become a Great Industry Many
Novices Take to It.

There have been more than 2O0
novels published in the United
States this fall. There have been
perhaps 5000 written that the pub
fishers have declined.
The phenomenal popular success
of few writers of fiction during the
last few years-some masters OF their
craft and some mere stage carpenters
who set up spectacular scenes-has
had the effect Of making novel writ
ing appear to be an industry. Few
persons used to make it business,
for regarded as an industry it did not
pay for the labor it required. But
now, says Worlds Work, it is regard
ed by many as way to fortune. Lone
ly women, disappointed teachers, i'm
pecunious preachers-these, but not
these only, try their handsatit. You
never knew whom to suspect. Your
physician, even your broker, men in
public life, ladies in society your
own grandmother or your own grand
daughter, for all you know-all these
have taken to the secret practice Of the
craft. For instance, one publishing
house, which does not publish many
novels, has within a given period re-
ceived 800 volunteered book manu-
scripts, of which $50 were novels. Of
these four were accepted for publica-
ton. A few such facts as these indi-
cate the extent of the delusion about
the profits of the industry. "Father,"
said a boy of "A the other day, Il want
you to buy me copy of the Century
War Book Pm going to write
novel of the civil war"
There are other books that the
world wants more than it wants nov
els-histories, biographies, social
studies, adventures. These seldom
yield sudden fortunes. But there
have been men who have made very
considerable incomes as historians
and biographers. Their incomes have
as often come to their children as tc
themselves; but almost every impor.
tant historical work has brought g
fair reward at last. As a gainful in
dustry novel writing is not worth the
labor it costs. As an art, it is one Of
the noblest and most difficult, and
only those who regard it as great
art have any right 10 undertake it.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-18
NOTICE TO CONFEDERATE VETERANS.

The Nashville, Chattanooga & st.
Louis Railway will run through
coaches from Hickman and Union
City to Dallas, Tex, April 20,
leaving Hickman at a. M. Union
City 746 a. M; Martin 8:18 a. m,
Ralston 1927 a. M. Dresden 8:39 a.
M; Gleason $3.50 a. M; Mckenzie
9:13 a. m; Huntington 9:38 a. m;
Hollow Rock Junction 1870 a. m. -
arriving Memphis p. m. arriving
Dallas $50 a. M, April 81. On
account of Confederate Veterans
Reunion. The final limit on tickets
May 2. An extension of limit to
May Is will be given by the Vail
dating Agent at Dallas, if desired.
You can stop over at any point in
Arkansas or Texas, going or re-
turning, at pleasure, notifying con-
ductor. The railroad out of Dallas
have arranged a rate of one and one
third fare for round trip to all
points in Texas, Indian Territory
and Oklahoma. Take advantage of
this splendid opportunity to visit
Texas without inconvenience or
change of cars, going the shortest
and best route possible through the
Memphis gateway, and over the
great steel bridge.
Rates Hickman to Dallas So. AS;
Union City to Dallas, S12.15; Mar
tin to Dallas S12. Is; Mckenzie to
Dallas, S12.95.
For further information call on
agents at points named, or write
Mr.. r. c. Cowardin, Passenger and
Ticket Agent N, c. & ST. L. Ry,
10 Madison ST., Memphis, Tenn,
who will accompany the train from
Hickman to Memphis,
Parties desiring to leave Sunday
morning can secure tickets Satur-
day after 3 p. m.
w. w. LovELACE, Agt.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-18
ARTISTS BAD BLUNDER.
Forgot the English Habit of Dropping
Fps from Their Words

Mr.. Charles Whymper, the we'll
known engraver and animal painter,
told the following anecdote a few
years ago: 81 dined at Mr.. So-and-
Sos at Highgate last night, and as a
mark of honor his eldest daughter
was assigned to me to take down to
dinner. She's bright girl, and I got
along very nicely with her and Lady
Bletherington on the other side, until
the ladies were on the eve Of retiring
to the drawing-room. [ was talking
about the beautiful scenery near the
house, the views from the windows,
the fine air, when Miss - suddenly
said; 4 think get prettier every day
don't you" What could she mean?
l did not dare to answer her, so said:
4 beg your pardon. What did you
say% 4 said I think l get prettier
every day There was no installing
her words, so | answered.: Yes, in
deed, you are prettier, and no wonder,
in such fresh air, and'-just then she
caught her mothers eye, and, with
the other ladies, she left the room. As
she went out she looked over her
shoulder with such whitening scorn
in her eyes that | knew l had put my
foot in it somehow. Then it flashed
upon me that l had misunderstood
her; she had dropped an Oh" What
she had said was not silly compli-
ment of herself; the sentence really
was: 4 think Highgate prettier ev-
cry day." Mr.. Whymper's hair is
quite gray now.-Chambers' Journal.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-18

FOR RENT-Cottage just north
IF Mrs. Beck's residence. Apply to
Mrs. Beck.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-18
WOMAN TRAVELLERS.
Are Much Less Restless Than Men When
Journeying.

Journeylng.
Are women good travellers? II one
believes the average man, they are
not; if one believes his own sight, they
are-far better even than the de-
tractors who criticise them with SO
high and mighty an air. 1t is per-
fectly true that the average female
cannot make out from time table
whether the 2:40 train arrives at her
town at six a. IN. or seven p. m. 1t
is true that she reaches the station
good half hour before she should and
spends the interim trying to find the
baggage room and making false starts
through the gate to board trains
bound in Numerically opposite direc-
tions to the one in which she is going
impulses which are greatly checked
by the uniformed employe OF the
road.
But once in coach which she is as
sured is the proper one, says the Bal
timore News, the average woman
shows her adaptability by settling
down quietly in her seat and prepar-
ing to pass the time as pleasantly as
possible. She doesn't tramp up and
down the aisle continually; she
doesn't, of course, spend every alter
nate ten minutes in the smoking
room; she doesn't complain to the
porter of the roadbed, nor to the train
boy Of the few magazines and papers
that he sells, nor to the conductor of
the heat and the dust. She doesn't
raise and lower the window eternally
she couldn't if she wanted to-nor
does she get off the train at every
station at which the train stops and
tramp frantically up and down the
platform, swinging herself on the
moving coach at the last minute, to
the imminent danger of life and limb.
The average woman reads her book
with a patience beautiful to behold,
no matter what the discomforts OF the
journey, and moves not at all until
she alights Immediately clean and
composed at the end of her fve-hour
trip.
A man, his wife and two children
entered day coach in which the
writer sat yesterday and gave an
apt illustration of the difference in
the way the sexes travel. The man,
as soon as he had seated his charges,
washed his hands Of responsibility and
bolted for the smoking car. The
woman set to work quietly to amuse
the little ones and keep them quiet.
She whispered story to them; she
pinned a handkerchief out of the WIN
dow and made a flag Of it; she made
balls of another handkerchief, and
rabbits, and so kept those babies quiet
and contented for six hours. At the
end of that time back came the hus-
band, breathless.
care you ready to get off," he
asked. "Here we are at Baltimore.
It's been terrible trip, hasn'tit? So
hot. I'm tired to death"
81 rather enjoyed it," replied the
woman. "Was it warm? You see, |
was too busy to notice. Yes, every
thing is ready. I'm sorry you're tired"
And there wasn't even a trace of sar-
casm in her tones.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-18
THE BERLIN BANKS.
Have Branches in All Parts of the Great
City.

The banks of Berlin have branches
in all parts Of the city for the con-
venience Of the public, and their own
profit Of course, because they are no
more benevolent than similar institu-
tions in other countries. The
Deutscher bank, for example, says
W. E. Curtis, in the Chicago Record
Herald, has 20 subofiices located
where they are most convenient, at
which deposits are received, drafts
sold, notes paid, letters of credit pur-
chased, orders left for the purchase
of stocks and bonds, and other bust
ness transactions, without compelling
the customers to 60 all the way down
town to the main bank. But no
money is paid out at these branch
offices. 1t is only taken in and at the
close Of business every day the re-
ceipts are transferred to the vaults Of
the central bank. You can make a
note payable to any Of the branches,
but you cannot borrow money there.
You can leave an order for the pur-
chase or the sale of stocks, but the
transaction must be completed at the
main office.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-18
Huge Tree to Be Moved.

An effort is to be made to remove
a large red oak tree from the widest
section Of Arkansas to Forest park,
st. Louis. The tree is 100 feet high
and 10 feet in diameter at the base.
A double tramway will be built from
the tree to the river, where it will be
foated and towed to st. Louis. Il is
estimated that this will occupy six
months. The tree will be dug up by
the roots instead Of being cut down
and none Of the branches viii be
trimmed
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-18
THE BIRD AND THE BATH.
Canary Was Fastidious as to Color Of
His Tub.

A remarkable canary bird, Of which
the Christian Register tells, had long
grieved its owner by utterly refusing
to take a bath. Daily was white
china dish filled with purest water
placed in the creatures cage, and
daily did it get as far from the dish
as possible, and, until the hated OBJ
iect was removed, exhibit all the evil
dences of horror and rage which a
canary bird is capable of expressing
and that is not few. Because Of this
behavior, of which dislike for clean
illness was the only obvious explana-
ton, the bird was named Tramp, and
was very lightly esteemed. Finally,
however, the white tub was accident
ally broken, and for it was substituted
japanese dish Of curious form, Or
namented with blue designs. Then
the birds behavior changed. Il
placed the new dish in the cage" runs
the narrative, "and, as the sharp little
black eyes rested on it, the yellow ball
flew down with outstretched wings
and glad chirps Of joy, perched for an
instant on the brim Of the dish, and
then splashed in the water with ev-
cry indication Of the utmost joy! l
was amazed, Of course, and could not
understand the change Day afterday
went by, and each morning Tramp
welcomed the bath in the blue and
white dish. Then, one morning, the
blue and white dish was broken; and
I protfered a white one, similar to the
old one. Once more Tramp showed
the old aversion to his bath, Sulkier
than ever now, he flew on his topmost
perch and greeted me with shrill
chirps Of rage. So it continued, till |
found another blue and white dish.
Then my esthetic little pet resumed
his IS BATH"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-18
A New Philanthropy.

California is to have unique
philanthropic institution in the girls
homes which are being built by Mrs,
F. M, Smith, wife Of the "borax
king" who controls the entire borax
trade of America and is a multi-mil-
lionaire. Mrs. Smith has resolved to
provide for 100 girls, housing them in
ten cottages. These will be built in
a 35-acre park in the rolling uplands
of East Oakland, not far from Arbor
villa, the Smith home. Homeless
girls Of all ages will compose the col
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