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paid to special lines plying from Japan to
Europe. Australia, Seattle and San Fran
cisco. 1t Ia said. however, that many of
the vessels built In Japan are not eligible
for share Of the bounties. because they
have not satisfied the requirements OF the
building law. e.
. It Is also asserted by British builders.
who. OF course. are unfriendly to japanese
ishipbuiidinR that tho Japanese have been
tempted to build or buy vessels on the
mere chance Of finding q modicum Of en-
ployment for them somewhere or other.
The bounty paid 10 regulated by the ton-
mage OF the vessel and the number OF miles
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For the Toilet.

markable. In 1895 Japan had only one mer-
chant steamer OF more than 5000 tons.
while today 1t has twenty -one steamers Of
more than that capacity.
It remains to be seen how far this great
addition to the commercial feet represents
actual growth In Japan's busineas inter-
ests. In the past few years Japan has ar-
propriated large sums to be given as boun-
ties to encourage shipbuilding. and also the
purchase OF vessels from foreign countries
THAT have not been built more than five
years.
In addition to this encouragement OF ship
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has reported to his government that the
merchant vessels Of the country. both
steam and sailing, are increasing with won
derfui rapidity. In the past four years 300
steamers OF 10000 tons burden and 5000
sailing vessels OF $4,000 tons have been
added to- the feet.
Many of these vessels are small and
many were purchased from foreign coun-
tries but. NJ. Duban says. such rapid pro-
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HEcHTs, GREATER STORES 515=5l5 Seventh Street

hers Of the family Of each, but they may
never mention the female members IL 1t
were only to inquire after a little girl eight
or nine years old. That common question.
How is your wtfe?" becomes. when trans
lated into Chinese and made use OF In that
empire, a gross and objectionable. insult.
even between close friends Chinanen
never mention, address or appear to see any
member of the other sex. excepting such as
are within their own households. And in
order to avoid the .embarrassments Of
chance or casual meetings every 1..inese
gentleman must simulate a cough when he
approaches the entrance to the residence Of
a friend. in order that the female inmates
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OF the establishment may be given full op-
portunity to disappear. To fail in Furnish
Ing this evidence OF bronchial trouble would
show serious lack OF good breeding. This
is no mere theory. but the current and uni
versai practice
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09
FROM AN AUTHORS JOURNAL.

FROM AN ADIHOR , JUURNAl4.
Rose at six, Rang for my valet,
but was informed by the cook that
| didn't have any.
/ must fire that cook. In the
middle of a beautiful Ode on the
Weather she knocked on the door
and actually demanded her salary
was just about to recite my
poem on the Opening Ct the Straw
berry Festival before the looking
glass, when | discovered that the
bailiff had levied on the looking
glass while | was exploring the
pantry.
AS it is Maytime, and the woods
are dressed in all the colors of the
[ think it would be wise
to take a stroll in the woods and
breakfast on the climate. ] don't
like beef, anyhow.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09
Jaggles.
When a man is crank ne;
every body turns him-doWn.

When man is a crank nearly
everybody turns him-down.
Human nature is not as selfish as
some people believe it is, for mans
love for his fellowman frequently
prevents the foreclosure of a mort
gage.
Some say that the right way to
break the beef trust is to stop eat
ing beef, The proper way is to
stop the makers of the trust from
eating anything.
One rosebud while you live is
worth a bouquet on your grave.
What the English language needs
is a common personal pronoun for
he and she, and l suggest "Shim. :"
1t doesn't take a groceryman with
grit in his craw to put sand in his
sugar.
Frailty, thy name is dude, en-
cased in shirt waist.
Most people waste time as freely
as if it really were money, instead
of being infinitely more precious
Nashville Banner.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09
Got His Roll.

The old "Confeds" who have Just
returned from the Dallas reunion
all report grand time, but some
of them were taken in by thieves,
says Tullahoma special. NJ. P.
Huffman, while at the depot in Dali
las waiting for his train, received a
telegram from home, stating that
his barn and all It's contents had
been burned. Of course, his COM
rades were loud in their expressions
of sympathy, but one among them,
who was a stranger to Mr.. Huff
man, was very demonstrative in his
grief for his old soldier friend. The
sympathetic friend proposed to Mr..
Huffman, by way of diversion, that
they go down the road and take a
look at a herd of buffaloes, which
he statedgNas located near the de-
pot. Mr?Huffman accompanied his
new-tound friend, and when they
had reached a point away from the
crowd, two men jumped from be-
hind a bush, thrust two pistols in
his face and ordered him to throw
up his hands. Promptly Mr., Huff
mans hands went up, while his
"grief-stricken friend" proceeded
to go. through his pocket-book.
They relieved Mr.. Huffman of $50,
then told him to make tracks for
the depot or his train would leave
him. Mr.. Huffman lost no time in
going, as he was really anxious to
catch his train. He states that he
will never wish to see another
buffalo.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09
THE COMMERCIAL
FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1902.
JUST FROM GEORGIA.
IN VELVET VALLEYS.

IN VELVET VALLEYS.
Out in velvet valleys, and daisy il
the dew
Is saying and is singing all the sweet,
est things to you!
No flower beneath your feet
But hears the world s heart beat,
And life is love and music, and the
breath Of it is sweet!
Out in velvet valleys, in shadows wild
with vines
The ripple of the river the preaching
of the pines!
The roses loyeward nod,
And the breath is ia the clod,
And the lilies are the affairs Of the lit
anies of God!
Out in velvet valleys, and earth, franz
ed round with sky,
Is all too bright for weeping the
shadow of a sigh
Gods love on hill and stream
In rOse-rimmed storm and CLEAN,
Love lifts the cloud-bright curtains,
and heaven smiles in dream!
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09
Obion County Teachers Institute.

On the 23rd of June, 1902, in the
Union City Public School building,
the Obion County Teachers Insti-
tute will begin and continue four
weeks. Two dollars will be re-
CURED of each teacher to supple
ment the county courts appropria-
ton of one hundred dollars with
which all the expenses Of the Insti-
tute will be paid. Should there be
residue after all legitimate claims
are met, the same shall go into the
fund for the Institute next year.
Our Institute will be conducted by
Prot. A. E. Darrah, whose assist
ants are: Prof. Don ]. Milan, Prof.
w. L. Willingham and J. M. Moore.
All teachers are urged to matricu-
late on the first day and be prompt
in daily attendance. We have one
of the best houses in the State in
which to meet. No efforts will be
spared that are conducive to the
comfort of those who attend. My
services are at the command of
teachers in securing cheap board
ing houses. Let us have a splendid
Institute. May each one conceive
1t his duty to help in a common
cause. By a concert of action and
a mutual exchange of ideas we will
be better prepared to discharge the
duties we have assumed.
AS / will not receive one cent of
the Institute fund, you may credit
me with having no nercenary mo-
tive, but rather strong desire to
see the teachers of Obion county
united in sentiment, laboring zeal
ously to accomplish the greatest
results in training the child for
time and eternity. What a respon-
sibilityl Come and do your best.
J. M. MOORE,
County Superintendent.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09
81 dunno. But | MIGHTY certain
BROTHER DICKEY's PHILOSOPHY.

Hits my homes opinion dat dem
black spots on de sun is caused by
de Hereafter pitchin' de niger in.
In de summertime, 'mongst de
cullud race, calls ter preach is fur
mo- frequent dan calls ter pillow.
De devil is ter be chained fer a
thousan' years, some er desc days;
but l don't want ter git close
enough ter i'm ter do de chainin'.
Solomon had mo- wives dan
would fill up a city, en- yit, after
all, he died wild dyspepsia.
Dis worl' is SO full er wise mems
dat fool is a holiday.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09
PROyIDENTIAL DIFFERENCES.


''Dey tells me-" said Br'er Will
liams, getting off the train after a
protracted absence from home,
"dat de harricane come long en-
TUX Br'er Thomas house off de
de face Ell de airth?"
"Hit sho' did"
"Well, | well knowed de Lawd
would SEN somepin' lax dat on i'm.
Hits done fer wise purpose. "
"But-de harricane tux yo'
house too, Br'er Wiliams"
Then did Br'er Williams take
off his brass-rimmed spectacles,
and mop his perspiring brow, as
he groaned:
''De ways er providence is past
fndin' outw
We understand that a new mag
azine Is to be started by a company
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09
CONGRESSMAN
CUMMINGS DEAD

Congressman Amos ]. Cummings,
OF New York, died at 10;15 O'Clock
last Friday night at the Church
Home Infirmary in Baltimore. The
cause of death was pneumonia in
cident to an operation. The Con-
CHEESEMAN'S wife and cousin, Chas.
Fl. Cummings, were at his bedside
when death came.
Congressman Cummins went to
Baltimore April l. to undergo treat
ment tor kidney trouble. Four
days later an operation was per-
formed by DR.. Hugh H. Young aid
pleurisy and pneumonia de|sIoped.
The death of no Congressman in
recent years has caused more gen
uine personal regret among his
colleagues than that of Mr.. Cum
Minis. He was quite popular and
was one of the most efficient mem
vi VI liz LIOuSSs LIZ udd q w IuC
range of experience as a printer
and newspaper man, as a soldier
and as politician. He began bus
mess as "printer's devil and
rose to prominence in journalism.
AS lad II years old, he went with
William Walker in that adventur-
er's invasion of Nicaragua. He
served CALAMITY in the Union Army
IN the civil war. Before entering
Congress he was managing editor
Of the New York Sun. He was a
Tammany Democrat, but Of an IN
dependent mould, which brought
lin not unfrequently out of accord
With the Tamlnany bosses.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09

What this world needs to make
it happy is the sustaining philoso-
ply of the Georgia man who ex-
claimed, when the bank failed,
"Thank the Lord, l never had a
dollar ahead in my lifew
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09
of five authors. just think of the
pleasure of submitting your own
work to your own self, and send
ing yourself a check on the spoil
THE MoCKING BIRD.

He's up there-a-singin'
La all the blooms an dew,
An the wind is rainin' blossoms
On the listenin' soul of you!
An you never miss the robin,
The brown thrush, pipin' loud,
For-bless his soul!-he's singin'
For the whole endurin' crowd!
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09
A THOUGHT ON THE WAY.

Any night is bright enough
If one star-you win it;
Any day is light enough
If you're livin' in it.
Shining, still of Love forgiven
Brother still to brother,
Earth may roll so close to heaven
Can't tell one from t'other.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09
THE PERFECT LIGHT.

In the storm to see the star
Bright and steadfast from afar,
And to know, in deepest night,
Perfect love is perfect light!
Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Con-
titutiOn.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09
CRUSHED BY GENIUS.

''He seems to be just weighted
down with genius-poor mani"
"Why, l never saw anything
from his pen that resembled it,"
"Of course not. Genius is so
heavy on him that he can't get out
from under it!'
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09

FOR SALE--A thoroughbred
short horn Bull. He is in good
condition and l will sell reasonable.
JOSEPH ROBERT.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09

II rise at five, and walk two
miles," says a leading author in a
recent interview. And that's so
much better than rising at two,
and writing five miles!
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09

The wild woodlands are preach
ing sermons this beautiful wealth
er, and the hymns are in sweet
common meter, and the text is
Love"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09
ALL THE SAME To HIM.

Being told that there had been
prophecies that the world would
soon "come to an end," the philo-
sophie colored brother said:
Lem come. en- de sooner, de
better, l amt got no money ter
pay house rent, nohow"'
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09

Says a literary exchange: eve
have five great American authors"
That doesn't agree with the esti-
mate of the publishers. Their fig
ures are 5000.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09
THE CANDID LITTLE BOY.

Don't want to be no angel,
With wings, an other trimmin':
Ruther have holiday
Fishin', or a-swimmin'.
Ruther be off yonder,
Singin' in the sum-
Don't want to be nor angel
Till | can't help bein' one!
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09
POST MORTEN,

"You reckon Br'er johnson got
a VAIN welcome on de yuther
side?"
81 dunno. But mighty certain
err one thing:-Dey didn't take him
ter whar he wuz gwlne in de ice
wagon"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09
TO SORROW.

Shet yo' eye, en- pass me by,
Lonesome Mister Sorrer.
Don't you stay
II stop yo' way,
Eff Lawd spares life, Tomorrow!
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09

If you want the best, use Sun
shine flour, made by the Dahnke-
Walker Milling Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09

Drive to Beckham & Sons stable
on First street. Fine quarters and
splendid service.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09

Francis W. Halsey has written
of "Our Literary Deluge." But
the cause for the same lies in The
fact that there are bags of gold at
each end O. the rainbow.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09

The Nashville, Chattanooga and
st. Louis railway will sell tickets
to South Carolina Interstate and
West India Exposition at Charles
ton, S. c., December IA until May
81, 1902, final limit June 8, 1902, at
rate of S28.95. Ten day limit at
rate of S21.25.
w. w. LovELACE, Agent.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09
Reduced Rates 10 NashvIlle.

On account of conference c. NJ. r.
church Nashville, May 7 to 81, N, G.
& st. L. will sell tickets Union CITY
to Nashville and return at the rate of
AGO for round trip on May 5, 6 and I.
final limit June ,
w. w. LoYELACE, Agt.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09

Everything good to eat at all
times at Dahnke's.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09

This life is not a festival of joys;
but there's music enough for all
to dance who are willing.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09

County Superintendent.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09

We understand that new mag
azine Is to be started by a company
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-06-14

Col. j. w. Vrooman believes tina,
every man ought to have hobby, to
take his mind off business cares. He
looked around for one and selected
the New York juvenile asylum. With
others who had chosen the same hob
by, he has been able to add to the
pleasure of the $50 children of the in
stitution and take a very close inter
est in their personal careers. Some
one was good naturally twitting the
colonel on his hobby the other day,
when he won another ally to the
cause by q story.
"When l was at the republican ma
tional convention" he said, Il was in
troduced by John Wanamaker to
John ]. Brown, delegate from I'LL
nois. He was talking of Sunday
school in which he is deeply interest
ed, and mentioned my hobby. The
delegate turned to me and said.
You need not talk to me about
that, Col. Vrooman. know all about
it, l am one of the boys from the
New York Juvenile asylum lie had
been a homeless lad in New York.
was cared for by the institution, sent
west, found pleasant people there to
adopt him, grew up with the country
and made useful career for himself.
like my hobby.'-N. Y. Times.
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HOW TO MARKET EGGS.
Filters IL Advocated by Progress
sive Poaltrymen.

1t is very poor plan at any time
to carry several dozen of eggs to mar
ket in single basket, piled one upon
another. Indeed, this repeatedly re-
suits in such disaster as to make dou-
bly, manifest the proverbial warning
about having too many eggs in one
basket, says Fred o. Sibley, in the
Epitomist. Therefore. rather than to
take the chances of carrying back
some of them in cracked, or scram-
bled state every time eggs are mar
keted, it is much better to procure
pasteboard filters, and then construct
neat, square box. which will just
accommodate single tier of the egg
filters, with pasteboard between
each. The box should be constructed
of light stuff. an empty shoe box will
suffice. It should be made entire. and
the cover then sawed out evenly all
the way around, whereupontbeh hinges
and catch can be put on. A stout bar
rel hoop well smoothed and bent into
shape, makes an excellent handle for
1t.
The box should be of just the right
size to hold the eggs gathered during
every few days. In this way. if the
eggs are promptly marketed. and each
is perfectly clean and of good size,
something above ordinary market
rates may be obtained for them. An
egg. however. may be "only an egg"
to the local dealer. whether old. fresh.
dirty. clean. big or little, and il this IT,
the case it is advisable to ship to some
city dealer the best eggs, for be will
them enough, as a general
thirg. to make it profitable for the
producer to do so. When this is done
a number of these small egg boxes
will be required and in order to make
them convenient for shipment end
cleats should be used in place of the
hoop handles.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-06-14
CHEAP CHICKEN coops.
How an Ingenious New York Farmer
Made Splendid Use Of Old
Packing Boxes.

Last winter, among other prepara-
tons for the coming active season, !
made dozen hen coops from old pack
ing boxes which were bought for less
than the cost of the same amount of
new lumber.
In making coop the cover of the
box and the bottom were removed.
Then piece of board eight to twelve
inches wide and as long as the end
boards of the box was ripped in two
diagonally from corner to corner. This
was nailed to the top to form the slope
of the roof. The upper front was
closed with one wide board or several
narrow ones, spaces being left be-
tween for ventilation. A narrow strip
was nailed horizontally across the
front, three inches from the bottom,
to support the Stats. The coop was
now turned down, resting on its front,
and lath or other narrow Stats nailed
in place, with spaces between for the
chicks to pass. The door is great
but not indispensable. /
hung doors to all of my coops. as hap
pened to have some small strap hinges
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-06-14
An Improved aRurnI DcIfvery."

The farmers of Fairfield, Nelson
county, KY, are not much interested
in the free rural delivery system.
Several years ago they solved the
problem of rural delivery to their
own satisfaction. James Stanley,
who keeps general store" at Fair
field, is the postmaster, and delivers
the farmers letter nine miles from
town.
He uses the telephone to do It..
About five years ago about forty
farmers, who live on the various
turnpilses within from five to nine
miles from town, agreed to pay for
private wires for their own use. One
wire serves eight or ten of them.
When they don't want to drive to
town for their mail they call up the
postmaster and ask:
rs that you, Stanley"
Yes" replies Stanley.
ANY mail for me-
"Yes, postal card"
Read it to me"
This is done. If it is a letter he Is
asked to open it and read it, which he
does. In this way, as the farmers
know when the mail gets in, they get
their news sooner than rural delivery
could give it to them.-N. Y. Times.
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COOP MADE OF OLD BOXES.


On hand. In lieu of them leather hinges
might be used.
Next came the roof. which was made
large enough to project few inches
all around. Some were made of
dressed pieces of board and the cracks
were battened; others of half-inch
rough lumber, covered with roofing
felt.
A few of those first built were pro-
vided with floors for half their area:
but the hen invariably chose to hover
her brood in the unfloored half, SO the
floors were removed.
These coops proved far more practi-
cal and satisfactory than the old-fash-
toned coops. Besides the greater COM
fort they afford the hen and her
brood. there is less danger Of the
chicks being trampIed to death.
1t was not unusual to find daily egg
in some of the coops when the chicks
were five to six weeks old. In such
cases the door was opened and the
hen given her liberty. She generally
abandoned her brood and reported for
duty in the ranks of the layers. The
chicks. after a few hours of forlorD
and bewiIdered peeping, accepted the
situation and proceeded to scratch for
themselves. and invariably returned
to the coop every night for shelter.
The door was left open all the time
for them. and as soon as they were
fiecged two fiat perches were fixed in
the coop, which they, occupied until
old enough to take their places in The
roosting house. Of course. it is ne-es-
sary to remove the coop to fresh ait
ustion every few days and to spray The
inside with gasoline occasionally.
At the end of the season the coops
were all picked up, cleaned and stored
in the loft of a wagon shed ready for
service another year. With very little
care they will do good service for many
years.-George A. Martin, in N. Y.
Tribune-Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-06-14
HERE, HEREAND ELSEWHERE

China raises and consumes more
ducks than any other country in the
world.
London bridge, when widened. will
be lighted from the center and not
from the sides.
Several rubber companies have re-
Gently been formed in Peru, and it il
believed that rubber is destined to be-
come an important source OF wealth
to that country. i
The smallest race of human beings
known are the inhabitants of the Adj
naman Islands. Their average stature
is 31h inches, and few of them weigh.
more than IS pounds
According to an old document Just
discovered in Australia, gold was first
found by convict near Parramatta in
1859. The unfortunate fellow was at
once charged with having stolen q
watch and ''boiled it down," and. being
convicted by the rude court of those
early days, was given $50 lashes for
his pains.
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Vermont, Mo-, April 2sth.--H what
Mr.. j. S. Tillery, of this place, says is
truc---and none who know him doubt
his honesty-the new remedy, Dodd's
Kidney Pills, Is wonderful medicine
indeed. Mr.. Tillery says:
Il had Kidney and Liver Trouble for
years. had used many medicines but
could get nothing to cure me.
II heard of new remedy called
Dodd's Kidney Pills and began treat
mcnt with the result that l was very
soon on the mend.
II kept on using the pills and am now
entirely better. 1 honestly do believe
that they are the greatest remedy the
world has ever seen.
II am always willing to help good
thing and cannot say too much for
one that helped me so much.
'If didn't know that Dodd's Kidney
Pills would do all that is claimed for
them l wouldn't say a word of praise
for them"