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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-03-21
The Arrangements of Ex-Governor
Altgeld.

The speaker said that the people
of America had raised large sum
of money with which to relieve the
distress of the Boer women and
children, but were unable to send
it to them because Lord Pauncefote,
the British Ambassador at Wash
ington, objected to it. He further
charged. that Lord Pauncefote had
for years meddled in American af-
fairs.
There were eighteen counts and
specific charges in Gov. Altgeld's
Indictment. He said, in substance:
"Just before the beginning of the
Spanish war Lord Pauncefote, rep
resenting the aristocracy, meddled
in our affairs and tried to unite the
governments of Europe in making
a joint protest against American
interference in behalf of Cuba. But
when the American people asserted
themselves and our government
was compelled to go to the rescue
of Cuba, England ISSUED a strong
neutrality proclamation, forbidding
all of her subjects everywhere from
furnishing us any aid or doing any
thing that would in any way be a
violation of the strictest neutrali-
ty."
1t was a speech typical of the old
Governor, who had risen from the
low path to the chief Office of the
State. Death was at hand, but his
voice had all the old fire and all the
old sympathy which had won him
the hearts of many people. 1t was
Gov. A1tgeld who pardoned the
three Chicago anarchists, and whose
views were frequently called an
archistic, yet his sincerity was
questioned by few.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-03-21

at the strenuous efforts the widow
and her son we're making to meet
the obligation of the deceased hus-
band and father, went to the young
man and proposed that he should
run for the Office of City Treasurer.
After talking the matter over with
his mother he consented to do so.
The people were enthusiastic in his
behalf, and he was elected by an
overwhelming majority. The emol-
uments of the office enabled him,
during his two years of tenure, to
keep the interest paid up and to
also reduce the principal Of his de-
faulting predecessor by few hun
bred dollars.
The end of his term was drawing
near, and many of his friends urged
him to offer for reelection; but he
told them that, while greatly ap'
preciating the honor and the con
idence of his tellow-citizens, he
was thinking of another plan by
which he could pay off the shortage
of his predecessor more rapidly than
the treasurer's office would enable
him to do. Indeed, his mother had
advised him to a different course.
1t was Just after the great 'Lucas
gusher" had been drought in" at
Beaumont, and the young mans
mother was anxious for her son to
try his fortune in,this new held.
She seemed to have an inspiration
that the tickle goddess would favor
his venture, as his principal reason
for making it was for the worthy
purpose of paying off the debt IN
Cured by his father. He soon i'm
bibed his mothers enthusiasm, and
with her indorsment to the note,
secured loan of $500 from one of
the leading banks of his city.
This money he Immediately put in
real estate in the Beaumont oil
field. To make the conclusion of
this happy story short the young
mans venture succeeded far beyond
the most sanguine anticipations of
both himself and his mother. He
soon found himself a rich man, paid
off the balance of his fathers surety
debt to the county, and he and his
mother are now living in affiuence.
HIS good old mother believes that
a kind Providence inspired her to
induce her son to make the Beau
mont venture, and that the motive
which prompted them both was re-
warded because Of its high aud
praiseworthy aim.
Truly "honesty is the best poll
Cyl always, whether always reward
ed by such decided results as in this
case or not; and IAN honest man is
the noblest work of God," and an
honest woman the loveliest. Dick
of Dallas, Texas, in Home
and Farm.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-03-21
Supreme Court on illinois Trust.

The United States Supreme
Court Monday decided the Illinois
antitrust statue to be unconstitu-
tional because of the provision oi
the law exempting agricultural pro-
ducts and live stock from the oper-
ations of the law. The decision
was rendered in the case of Thorn
as Connolly and others against the
Union Sewer Pipe Company OF
Ohio and was delivered by Justice
Harlan. The case grew out of the
sale of pipe by the pipe company
to Connolly and others, who, after
securing it, declined to make pay
ment on the ground that the pipe
company is an illegal combination
for the restraint of trade under the
common law because it combines a
number of pipe manufacturing con,
Germs; that it is a combination in
violation Of the antitrust law OF
the State of Illinois,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-03-21
Pneumonia follows a Cold

but never follows the use OF FoIey's
Honey and Tar. 1t stops the cough,
heals and strengthens the lungs and
affords perfect security from an attack
of pneumonia. Refuse substitutes.
Sold at Nailling's drug store
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-03-21
Strength of Age.

AS men grow older they lose
many things physical strength,
personal comeliness, buoyancy OF
temperament, the faculty for un.
dertaking and accomplishing great
enterprises. From one standpoint
life thenceforth becomes to them a
process of subtraction, giving up,
little by little, of much that they
have greatly priced. If they look
at it from that standpoint solely,
they are sure to become depressed
and gloomy. But there is another
standpoint, and better one. To
those who deport themselves worth
lily, life is a process of addition,
bringing, as the swift years go by,
increased knowledge, increased
strength of character, increased
love tor God and man, larger cir
Gle of personal friends. a wider
range of influence in behalf OF all
good causes. We have known not
few old men wLo were rich in all
those possessions that go to make
up the true wealth of the Spirit.
How poor, alas! are those who
reach the period of decline without
having accumulated these better
treasures. -Christia Advocate.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-03-21

The agricultural department at
Washington Tuesday issued the
following crop report; Reports re-
ceived from the departments cor
respondents indicate that about %
per cent. of last years wheat crop
is still in farmers hands, compared
with PAS per cent, (128, 100000
bushels) of the crop of 1900 on hand
March l, 1901, and % per cent.
(158, 700, 600 bushels) OF the crop of
1899 on hand March 1, 1900. The
corn in farmers hands estimated
at about % per cent. of last years
crop, against 500 per cent. GIG,
10000 bushe1s) of the crop of 1900
on hand March 1, 1901, and 37.2
per cent. CTS, 100000 bushels) of
the crop of 1899 Esqand March 1,
1000. ~
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-03-21

No one knows the unbear able tor
ture one undergoes from piles unless
they are so afflicted. Tabler's Buck
eye Pile Ointment is quick, safe and
painless cure. Price, so cents in bot
Ties, tubes, 10 cents. Sold by Nailling's
drug st ore,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-03-21

If from your troubled mind you'd
have sorrow disappear, and the weary
world seem ever fair and bright, see
Irving French Company in "a Run
away Wife" at the opera house.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-03-21

When children have earache, satu-
rate piece of cotton with Billiards.
Snow Eminent, and place it in the
ear. 1t will stop the pain quickly.
Price, rs and SO cents. Sold by Nail
linp'S drug store,
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Chinese Army Rolls.

Now that China has Russia for 8
near neighbor, it remains to be seen
how SUCCESSFULLY or otherwise the
Middle Kingdom will continue to prac.
tice its favorite game of bluff. How
it has reinforced its army is shown by
the Swedish explorer. Hedin.
The Chinese have most extraordi.
nary way of enumerating their troops
They are not content with counting
the soldiers only, but reckon in also
their horses, rifles, shoes, breaches,
and so forth, SO that the resultant to
tai is long way above what it ought
to be.
They apparently go ON the supposi
ton that the rifle is at least as yalu
able as the man. and by an analogous
train of reasoning they argue that a
man is of little use IL he has to travel
on foot, that he cannot go about naked
and SO on. Hence they count the
whole kit, horse, rifle, breeches, and
ALL
By this peculiar process of arith
metic they fancy they deceive the
Russians into believing their garri
sons much stronger than they are.
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Ex+Inc+ Bison,

} Now and then paleontologists arc
able to obtain complete skulls, with
horn cores attached, of the extinct
;slong-horned'' bison, or buffalo, tnas
.roamed over the whole OF North
America before, during, and at the
close of the glacial era, but the
United States National Museum 10
the only institution that Is for.
tunate enough to possess pair OF
horns Of this animal. They were
procured by Professor Dali in his last
trip to Alaska in a glacial moraine,
where they had lain in ice, snow and
freezing water, perfectly preserved
from the day the animal died, cen
turtles ago, in the late quarternary
period, to the. present. The OLD
"long.horned" buffalo was larger than
the modern plains buffalo. The
horns are as long as those of an ole
time Texas steer.
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The Size He Wanted.

Speaking recently of queer college
fads, Prof. Henry A. Beers of Yale
said that in his undergraduate days
mourning hat bands became SO pcpu-
lar as to grow from mark of bereave-
ment almost to feature of natty
dress.
One day he went into store with
friend who, after buying hat, said he
would like to look at some mourning
bands.
these widest bands" explained the
storekeeper, displaying his assortment,
ARE worn for immediate members OF
the family. From that they narrow
down according to the relationship.
Which width do you need, sir?" he
asked.
The student made moments in
spection. ooh, give me about ar I'm.
Gle" he replied
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COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
General Trade Conditions.
Bradstreet saws:

Bradstreet says:
Wholesale trade is quoting down as
the stock-taking period approaches, and
what activity is noted by jobb ers is in
forwarding supplies Of goods needed to
REINFORCE stocks of retailers, depleted
by what is conceded to be the most ac-
tive holiday trade on record Cold
weather North and West has helped
sales OF furs, heavy clothing and
sleighs and further stimulated general
retail buying. There are, OF course,
,,n1e drawbacks, such as unsettled
weather or bad roads at the South, the
coal shortage at the East and the con-
tinuance of the railway congestion at
the West, affecting the movement of
coke, bituminops coal and general
freight, but, taken as a whole the mer-
camille community contempates the ap-
proach of the erd OF the year with com
placency and satisfaction.
Knowing as it does that most lines
Of trade will show gains over 1901 and,
therefore, ovei any preceding year, the
feeling is that the year has been good
one, while tn fine wheat crop outlook
and the volume of orders already book
ed for next year give promise Of flu
ture good conditions. Even the knowl-
edge that some manufacturing plants
are, like many domestic consumers,
short OF coal and are contemplating a
rather earlier than usual holiday shut
down fails to arouse the pessimistic
feeling noted earlier in the year, when
the fuel shortage was more talked
about
tSeasonable influences affect the great
industries. Building is less active but
the tone of the lumber market is one
of undiminished strength. The iron
trade presents surface quletness but
some important matters are taking
place. The passing of control OF large
independent mills into the hands of the
leading interest unquestionably makes
for stability in the department OF wire,
tinplate and sheets. Southern iron
men are reported more inclined to do
business for 1908 at a reduction from
fancy quotations. Very heavy buying
of cars and other rolling stock is indl--
Gated for the new year. and liberal
orders for plates. wire and structural
materials for 1908 delivery are also
noted. Pig iron and steel billets are
quiet. Irregular coke supplies harass
furnaces and interfere with operators OF
the finishing mills. High prices Of coke
and raw materials and higher freight
rates form a combination fraught with
difficulty to independent mills. Practi-
cal1y the entire rail output OF the
country for next year is already sold
Immense quantities OF steel will be
| needed for new car building
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FOUGHT WAY TO GREATNESS.
Adventurous Career of Present
French Minister Of Finance.

Adventurous Career of Present
French Minister Of Finance.
NJ Rouvier, the present French
minister of finance and far and away
the most powerful individuality of the
present cabinet at Paris, with the ex
ception of M. Delcase. commenced
life as book agent and as drummer
for book dealer who sold on the in
stallment plan voluminous works OF
the kind given as prizes to lads In
the lycee schools. Subsequently ne
entered the service of a Greek mer'
chant named Zafopoulo established
at Marseilles, and while in his en-
ploy took charge in turn of the va
rious branches of the business at Con
stantinople, Alexandria, Odessa and
Smyrna, acquiring in that way an
amount of knowledge of the condi.
lions of the levant and of the Med.
iterranean which is possessed by no
other French statesman of the pres.
emit day He is past master in the
art Of finance, and although, like all
men Of strong character, he has many
enemies, yet it is pretty generally ac-
knowledged alike by friend and by
foe, that he is prominently the ex.
pert needed at the present moment at
the head of the treausry Of France
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-26

There are plenty of people who have be-
come depressed and discouraged, because
that dry. hacking cough hangs to them
continually. They have taken much med-
cine, mostly of the advertised quack. sort,
nothing like DIR. August Koenig's Hamburg
Breast Tea, the discovery Of then noted
German physician 60 years ago. We do not
say that this will cure case where the
lungs are badly diseased, for it will not.
and up to this date there is nothing that
will cure under these conditions, but on
the other hand. ii the lungs are not hard
hit, the patient should take DR.. August
koenigs Hamburg Breast Tea, cup full
every night on going to bed, have it hot,
drink slowly, then every other night rub
the throat and top portion OF the lungs
with st. Jacobs Oil cover with oil silk, let
it remain an hour, then remove Eat good.
plain, nourishing food. live in the
open air a, much as possible. BY all means
sleep as near out of doors as possible, that
is, windows wide open, except in the very
severe weather. Take cold sponge bath
every morning; then Immediately rub the
body vigorously with a coarse towel. Take
DIR. August Koenigs Hamburg Drops every
othe. Gay according to directions. One
can buy the three remedies for 81 .25 of any
reliable druggist. Begin the treatment at
once, and see how much better you will be
almost within weeks time
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-26
Child Adopted by Dog.

Recently a peasant woman at Oster-
gard in Silesia had occasion to leave
her house to do some work outside.
When she returned her S-weeks-old
baby, which had been lying on the
floor, had disappeared All the rooms
in the house were searched, but to no
purpose. Eventually one of the neigh
bors discovered the child in the ken
mel of huge st. Bernard dog. the an
imal affectionately licking the infant
with its tongue. The st. Bernard,
whose litter of little puppies had been
taken away, had carried the child into
It's kennel and was treating 1t with all
the affection of human being.
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pearnes. Cannot be- Cured

bv Iocalapplcations as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by consti-
otutional remedies Deafness is caused by an
infiamed condition Of the mucous lining OF
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is in
famed you have rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the infiam-
nation can he taken out and this tube re-
stored to it's normal condition, hearing will
be DESTROYED forever. Nine eases out OF ten
are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an
infiamed condition of the mucous surface.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness Caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Cir
eulars sent free. FL. CHENEY Il Co. Toledo, .
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
mills Family Pills are the best.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-26

! slrable effect, and that remedy is Peruna
This remedy strikes at once to the roots Of
catarrh by restoring to the capillary yes
sells their healthy elasticity. Peruna is not
"a temporary palliative. but radical cure.
sent free for a short time Address The
Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co., Colum-
bus, Ohio
If you do not derive prompt and satisfac-
! tory iesuits from the use Of Peruna write
at once to DR.. Hartman, giving full state
Inent OF your case and he win be pleased
to give you his valuable advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of The
!. Hartman Sanitation. Cn,nr,h:,s Ohia
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Live Stock.
LIVE NEwsY NOTES

A number of witnesses testified al
Freehold. N. j. that they had heard Mr.
Bennett and many of his employees adj
dress Laura Biggar as Mrs. Bennett.
The new Union Steel Company has
been absorbed by the United States Steel
Corporation.
Officials of the Reading Coal Company
hold out no encouragement of relief
from the coal stringency this winter.
1t is said that 5000 Beers are prepar'
ing to trek to America, settling IN Colo
RADIO New Mexico and Texas.
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Catarrb Poisons.

! Catarrh' is capable of changing all the
life-giving secretions of the body into
scalding fluids, which destroy and inaame
every part they come in contact with. Ap-
plications to the places affected by catarrh
can do little good save to soothe or quiet
disagreeable symptoms. Hence it is that
gargles, sprays, atomizers aud InhalaDts
only serve as temporary relief. So long as
the irritating secretions OF catarrh con
tinue to be formed so long will the mem
branes continue to be infamed, no matter
what treatment is used.
= There is but one remedy that has the de-
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-26
Birds in London Streets.

The increase in bird life in the
metropolis is not one of the least
striking of the many changes which
have come about of late years within
sound of Westminster bells. Scarce
ly less noticeable than the Eruption
of wild species, though as yet little
commented on, Is the enormous in.
crease in the numbers of the tame
pigeons haunting our London streets
The Field.
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LATEST QUOTATIONS.

Flour-Spring clear, So 25a3. %; best
Patent. $4.G5; choice Family, $3.50.
Wheat-New York No. 2. $3.50;
Philadelphia No 2, 767sa761c; Baltimore
No2 761Gc:
Corn-New York No. 2, 64c; Phila-
delphia No. 2. 54a551a; Baltimore No. 2,
56c.
Oats-New York No. 2. SIC; Phila-
delphia No. 2, $3.50; Baltimore No 2.
SIC.
Hay-No. l timothy, $16.5Oa17. 90;
No. 2 timothy. SIG. 00a16.50; No. 8 tim.
othy $14.O0a15.O0
Green Fruits and Vegetables-Apples
per brl, fancy So 50@3 %; fair to good
per brl, 2 OOc0$2 50; Cabbages, Do
nestle, per ton. 4.0Oa7 90. Celery. per
doz. 1Sc025c; Elephants. native, per
100, 81 $4,000; Grapes, basket, 12a16c
Lettuce, native, per Blu box, 30c040c.
Lima beans native. per bu box, 500
Onions, Maryland and Pennsylva-
MIA yellow, per Blu, 65c070c.
Potatoes, White, per blu 65a66c; Mary
land and Pennsylvania, per bu 65a6Sc;
New York, per bu 65a70; sweets, per
brl 9 00a$ 225.
Butter, Separator, 30a31c; Gathered
cream, 2Sa29c; prints, lib 31a32c; Rolls,
GLIB, 30a3i; Dairy pts. Nd, Pa, Va,
28a29c.
Eggs, Fresh-laid eggs, per dozen.
27a2Sc
Cheese, Large, 60-lb, 13a131c; me-
dium, 36-lb. 13a13ss; picnics, 23-lb,
13Aa13Hc.
Live Poultry, Hens, 1015a11c; old
eoosters, each 25a30c; Turkeys, 1ia1115
Ducks. 11a12
Hides, Heavy steers, association and
salters, late kill, COLDS and up, close So
lection, 121Sa12Ac; COWS and light steers
9a91Gc.
Provisions and Hog Products. Bulk
clear rib sides, 1890; bulk shoulders,
1Olc; bulk bellies, 12c; bulk ham butts,
lO15c: bacon clear rib sides, loo; bacon
shoulders, 111lc; sugar breasts.
14glc: sugar. cured shoulders, Ike;
sugar, cured California hams, 1890;
hams canyased or uneanvased, IL lbs.
and over, 14c; refined lard tierces, brls
and5 Id cans, gross, Ike; refined lard.
second hand tubs, 11Ac; refined lard,
half barrels and new tubs, ll35c.
Live Stock.
Chicago, Cattle, Mostly 15aaoc lower,
rood to prime steers So 60a6 90; medium
Is OOa5 SO; stockers and feeders 80 90
al Sc; cows, 81 25a4 50; heifers $3 O0a
S 90: Texas fed steers So 50a4 70. Hogs
Mixed and butchers 81 50a6 20; good to
choice, heavy SIS 30a6 DO; Sheep, sheep
and lambs slow to lower; good to choice
whethers So Toad so; Western sheep
81 0Oa5 so.
East Liberty, Cattle steady; choice
So 0oa6 10; prime So 60a5 IS. Hogs,
prime heavy $6 45a6 80, mediums SIS 30;
heavy Workers So 2Oa6 20. Sheep steady,
Best wethers So 9oa4 10 culls and con-.
mon 81 5Oa2 90; choice lambs IS 4Oa5 %
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-26
Ground Frozen 2a5 Feet.

William Boone. miner, says the
Kansas City Journal, who has come
down from Dawson City, Klondike.
to spend the winter with relatives at
La Plata, says he has dug 225 feet
deep in the ground of his claim, but
has never been able to reach point
where the ground was not frozen
hard.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-26

A fine ostrich is calculated TO yic.d
$4,000 worth of feathers.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-26

FITSpermanently cured. No fits or nervou'-
nessafter frst days use OF Dr. Kine's (iret;
NerveRestorer. $2trlal bottle and trestise,rss
DIR. Ii. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch ST.. Phila., ~.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-26

Hon johnson
States
the
tional e er
In recent letter from 1905 F w. Mr.
No should
TO
q"1tnace that 1t fsh"momtty
sotth
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A no-cent CALENDER For Six Cents.

II YOU want one Of the handsomest cal
endars you ever saw, send s cents postage
10 the Boston Rubber Shoe Co., Calendar
Dept. 9 Murray St., New York. IT Is lox
20 inches. printed in II colors, and per-
feet beauty. There are lots OF calendars
sold for so cents nowhere near as pretty.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-26

The aroma of flower does not de-
pend on IFS size.-Henry F. Cope in
Rams Horn.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-26

Chicago women have just discovered thai
dew baths are good for the complexion.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-26

lam sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-MRs. THOMAS ROB-
Ems, Maple st., Norwich, N. y, Feb. II, 1893.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-26

Coke, by-product in the manufactures
of gas, has increased twenty per cent. In
price in five years.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-26

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething soften the gums, redueeslnham IA
tor. allays pain cures wind collie. 25c. aboiile
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-26

The spilled milk of human kindness Is
the only kind worth crying over.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-26

A Viennese stamp collector recently sod
his stamps for nearly $4,000.