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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
ADvERTIsEMENT FOR CREDIToRs.
G. B. JONES VS.. F. A. KnIsrR EFT 4.

II. b. JONES VS.. Il. a. hEISER Ell Al.
TO The Creditors Of W. A. Keiser, Deceased;
In obedience to an order made in.
the Chancery Court at Union City, in
the case of DR.. G.. B. Jones VS.. Mrs, f.
A. Keiser ct al, the creditors of said
w, A. Keiser are hereby notified to
have themselves made parties to said
cause by petition, and to file and
prove their claims against said w a..
Keiser, deceased, in sRid cause, on or
before the
First Day Of Juns, 1908,
or they may be excluded from the benz
efits of said suit and from sharing ia
the assets of said estate. Said cred
itors and claimants are also hereby
notified that by order of said Court in
said cause they and each Of them are
enioined from instituting any suit
against the estate Of w. A. Keiser,
deceased, otherwise than by petition
in said pending cause as aforesaid.
This. November 2es 1902.
G. "A. GIBBS, C. & M.
G. r. KINNEY and LANNOM 8 STAN.
FIELD, Soils. for Compl't.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
Cheer Of the Old Soldier.

The Fifth Tennessee Chapte',
Daughters of the Confederacy, at its
recent meeting, ordered an approprl'
alton of $40 to buy egg-nog for the in
mates of the Confederate Soldiers
Home at Nashville. There has been
a rush of applications on the part OF
veterans to enter the home in time &c
participate in the beverage.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
Federal Reform School.

1t is learned that Congressman wal
ter Brownlow has introduced bill IN
Congress providing an appropriation
for the erection of Federal reform
school for boys in the South. 1t is not
known just what place Brownlow has
in view for a location, but it is under
stood that he would not be adverse to
having it located within the confines
sOf his own district.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
For Killing Brother.

From Trenton comes the news 1naU
4he iprv in the case of Luther ana Ed
Glenn, accused of killing their brothef'
will Glenn, brought in a verdict CIV
ING two wears in the penitentlary 10
Luther Glenn and one year to Ed AN
effort will be made by the defense to
ret, a new trial.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
Gin Rebuilt,

Heming steam gin and mill at Rip
lev. which was burned a few weeks
since. has been rebuilt at cost OF SILL
600 and is now ready for business III
is one of the finest and most complete
nlants of this kind in the western por-
fion of the state.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
cnuahinq SpeN Caused Death.

.stHarry Duckwell, aged 25 years,
choked to death yesterday morning at
his home in the presdnce of his wife
and child. He contracted a slight
cold few days ago and paid but little
attention to it. Yesterday morning
he was seized with a fit of coughing
which continued for some time. His
wife sent for physician, but before
s he could arrive another coughing spell
came on and he died. st. Louis Gl..
Dem, Dec. /, 1901. Billiards. Hore-
hound Syrup would have saved him,
CSC, SOC and 81 at Naillin0's Drug Store.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
lard, as the train sped onward.

lard. as the train sped onward.
"Three years.
"Does Ka-I mean do you live
ia Pineville?"
mo, sir; we live in Los Angeles.
"Yes-well-an what business
are you engaged imp"
"Clerking, mother and |. IN the
same store. We came down several
days ago to spend the holidays
with my aunt"
.sWell, Jack, what if | should tell
you that knew your parents"
"You don't mean it do you, Mr..
Willard"
"We went to school together in
the old red school-house down the
lane, lust over there; see, we are at
Pineville."
"And there is Uncle George,
said Jack.
"And quite a number that
know" said Mr.. Willard; "but
shall not make myself known just
yet
Stepping from the train, quite a
crowd gathered around Jack.
After few minutes conversation
with Jacks Uncle, they passed
quickly to the light wagon that
was to convey them to Maple Slope
the home of Mr.. Denton, where
they were met by Mrs. Thaxton,
who told Jack that he was the
greatest treasure that mother
ever had. Bowling politely to the
stranger, the trio passed into the
parlor where Max made himself
known, adding, This is my first
trip home, and your boy brought
me; think of it, Kate.
How easily lie called her name,
this man that had Tilted her seven,
teen years ago. To him she said
"You surely have children, Max, OF
your own. Jack is all / possess"
"I-why, Kate, am bachelor
Il don't understand; | surely
heard that you were married."
'You heard falsely; instead o.
that l was thrown from a vicious
horse while out riding one day with
party of friends-the day, Kate
was to start back to Pineville ant
you-and lay for SIX months IN
hospital unconscious for that length
of time of my surroundings. Wher
l did come to myself, and my men
tai faculties would permit, / wrote
and my answer from some one here
was that you and Jack had married
Uncle having died during that time
1 remained away"
"And that is the meaning OF you
silence and why you never came.
Exactly"
.And have you never loved, MAXI
mo woman except yourself from
first to last"
Outside the snow began to fal
| = Z
again. From the shed the tinkl'
Of the bell, as the meek-eyed kline
ate their supper, was heard. II
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
To be Married.

Rev. Warren Hill, a young Baptist
divine. son of G. S. Hill, Marshal OF
Humboldt, and Miss Mary d. Hill
daughter of Mrs. l.. D. Spight, OF
Trenton, will be married December
IL, DIT Dyer.
Invitations are out announcing the
marriage of Horace Stiles to Mrs. An
ME Fl. PEBBLES at the brides residence
in Trenton on the evening of Decem,
Der %.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
Good Position Pay Tuition After Po
sltion is Secured.

A worthy student from each post
Office may pay tuition without secur-
ity after course is completed and posi-
tion secured For 'Appliction Blank
A" and catalogue, address DI&ughon's
Practical Bus. College. Write either
place, Nashville, Atlanta, st. Louis,
Ft. Worth, Little Rock, Montgomery,
Galveston or Shreveport.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
Pastor Resigns.

Rev. John Royal Harris, pastor OF
5be Cumberland Presbyterian church
at Lewisburg, has resigned, in oroef
to devote his whole time to ms woih
as state superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League. He will have MS
beadouarters at Nashville
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
He Enund q Cure.

R H. Foster, 318 S. End street, Salt
Lake CITY, writes: IL have been both
cred with dyspepsia or Indigestion for
q years; have tried many doctors,
without relief, but have found a cure
in Herbine. recommend it to all my
friends who are afflicted that way and
it is curing them too"
so cat NaiELinQ's Drug Store.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
Married in Memphis.

Thomas M. Franklin and MISS 80
sic Mcbride, prominent young society
folks, of Fulton, KY, were married Up
the parlors Of the Peabody Hotel Sun
day evening.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
Holiday Rates.

Christmas and New Year: Account
of the above, tickets will be sold to
the general public, teachers and stu
dents. from all agency stations of the
M. & o. r. r. at rate Of one and one
third fare for the round trip. Apply
to agents for rates, dates of sale, linn
its, etc.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
H. Reet prescr0tIon FOR Malaria

sChills and Fever is bottle of Grove, $
Tasteless Chill Tonic. 1t is simply
Iron and Quinine in taste less FORM
No cure. No pay Price, SOC.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
New City Plant.

The citizens of Lawrenceburg have
decided to petition the Legislature
for an enabling act empowering the
corporation to issue bonds for an cleo
tric light and water plant.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
If you feel i'll and need a pill
Why not purchase the best?
DeWitt's Early RiserS

Are IlttIe SupTISeTS,
Take one-they do the rest.
W. H. Howell, Houston, Tex, writes
i have used Little Early Riser Pills
in my family for constipation. sick
headache, etc To their use l am in
dehted for the health of my family.
Moss Drug Store.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-21

autobiographies, a posing self-consci-
BUSINESS ereeps in-beeause possibly the
writer has thought of later publication.
OF any such attitude these simple let
ters are wholly free.
Lady Sarah was so placed in life that
her interests were of the sO-called large
things. Instead of a village or town her
associations offered her a nation instead of
church societies or local politics the
British parliament, army and navy MANY
women have written letters as sprightly
and winning as these, but their subjects
have been narrower and of less general
interest Your letter is, as usual written
with more good sense than more PEOPLES
she wrote her intimate i'll 1898 and in
these days of madness, folly lying let
me tell you a plain. letter Of truth and
sense is quite a rarity Because these
letters are intensely personal there are
necessarily things amusingly small to the
present reader; puny politics hang on a
kings smile, or on a favorites S coming up
grinning and all graciousness." Neverthe-
less they show a world, and woman's
world, which does not exist now; they put
before us an English mother Of more for
tunate surroundings in the last half of the
eighteenth century. her thoughts, feelings,
hopes. fears and conventional estimates.
Lady Sarah must have been of a most
engaging temperament as we'll as beauty
She was a native reader of character and
had clear insight into the actions of man
She was free from affectati0n, gay. COM
plaisant and active. for she wrote. Il am
certain half my faults arise from being too
The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-21
THE WEDDING RING.

From the Chicago Chronicle
Fame some university professors fail
to acquire by learning they are liable
to strain after by sensa atiOnalism.
A class in anthropology was informed
the other day by a professor attached
to the staff of a university that the
wedding ring is a relic of barbarism.
He alleged that it represents the nose
ring. the fetter on the ankle or the
wrist, by which in past ages the sold
slave was led away from the mart by
his new master.
The proverbial "'little learning was
never more erroneous. It is true that
every chain is composed of links which
are frequently circular but it is also
true that the circle possesses an ancient
symbolism both sublime and beautiful.
The armament itself bent circularly
over mankind. suggesting to their minds
infinity and eternity. Every star in the
heavens was outlined in a ring from
the time the stars sang together.
AS early as the age of PtOlemv there
was a belief in the sphericity of the
earth itself Copernicus held that the
universe is spherical. basing his theory
upon the accumulated deductiors of
numerous predecessors The ancient
Romans found by experience that the
circular arch is the architectonic form
which is the most enduring and sup
ports the greatest proportional weight
The circle repeats itself infinitely
throughout nature, sparkling on the
tiniest drop of dew and resplendent
wherever the heavens visibly arch the
earth The horizon in nature. as in art.
is the horizontal base of an aerial arch
encircling the vista
Christianity adopted the ring as a
symbol Of eternity. 1t was first placed
by Christianity upon the cross. thus
blending the foundation of the Christian
church with a prophecy of its endl1r-
ance to the end of time. The cross itself
was older than Christianity, and the
circle placed upon its arms was intend
ed both to crown it with a halo and to
suggest the eternity of the sacrifice it
typifies.
In the marriage ceremony the early
Christians introduced the ring in
manifold symbolic role. It represents
not merely an earthly indissolubility Of
the marriage tie. but also an eternity
of love between those united according
to the Christian rite.
Prof. Starr should read more broadly
on symbolism before he lectures on the
significance of the wedding ring.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-21

arm Both mother and daughter We're
awakened out Of a sound sleep at the
same moment by q similar manifesto
ton of some apparently physical force.
as it would have been impossible for one
to have seized the other in the manner
described.
.'As the terrified girl was relating her
experience and sensations the sound of
music came from closet in the far cor
ner Of the room. the door of which was
open, and in which was the mandolin
given to her by the professor, strapped
in its box. The music was the unmis-
taxable twang of the fingers of the like
upon the metal strings. 1t was not
melody but was as though the strings
had been strummed several times by the
tips of the fingers. The sound was loud
and distinct.
Their shrieks of terror brought the rest
of the family, including myself, to their
room. An Investigation proved that the
straps around the mandolin case were
tightly buckled and We're intact. Upon
opening the case the mandolin and its
strings We're also found to be in perfect
condition.
'.On the following day it was learned
that the professor had committed suicide
in a fit Of dependency. and at an hour
which tailed with that when my aunt
and niece had been so rudely awakened
and the strings OF the mandolin had been
struck within its securely fastened case.
This instance I do not attempt to ex-
plain, further than to reassert that the
facts are as I have given them
The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-21

If any criticism is to be offered it is
that they are not convincing. They leave
one with NO vivid impression of their
various personalities and are at the
most mere names which the reader re
members more or less dimlY as having
figured in his school history. The imag
mary characters, also, have little semb-
lance to flesh and blood. although the
hero. in the qualities of INCONSISTENCY
and deceit in his relations With women.
is true to the traditions Of his sex. in
whose code of honor, as TOlstoi has said,
a lie to a woman does not count. The
women in the book are of the kind who
put their hands to their hearts. turn
pale and say, "Ah, me!' at the slightest
provocatiOn. The heroine, a noble IN
dian maiden. is named Naomi. but
Niobe would be more appropriate as she
doesn't say a half dozen words in the
entire % chapters or more without the
accompaniment of tears.
Authors of greater note than Mr.. Coul-
TIT. whose name is new to fiction,
seen unable to make the conversations Of
their characters approach in any degree
to the ordinary speech of the men and
women of every day life. but in "A Maid
Of the WoOdword" everyone. from the
aborigines to the statesmen at Washing
ton are uncOmmOnly boOkish and pedantic
in their speech. The author has a fond
ness for the transposed sentence and the
The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-21

much at my ease. I must be in pursuit of
something" She enjoyed her own beauty,
and tells that when the French king EN-
braced her twice and one of the seigneurs
said: En- verite c'est trop, sire the king
answered 'Je ne sais 81 e.est trop, mais Je
ing2'' cries Lady sarah Il am vastly ad-
mired." she writes during her stay in
Paris. and I bear my misfortune very
we'll
Her large knowledge and sympathies led
her to repeated expressions Of concern for
the American war in which some of her
relatives figured. IN its very beginning
she saw the outcome of the revolution. In
the summer of 1775 she wrote: 81 hate the
king should conquer. because he sits there
SIT his ease at Windsor and fancies he has
nothing to do but to order to conquer such
place as America and We're 1t not for
the blood. every drop of which I think OF
fun as much Consequence as the king IS,
etc. Again she says: Without having any
Partially for America. I grow a greater
rebel every day. And still another time:
II am sure ] thank God very sincerely |
should have quarreled with his majesty
long before this. but if ] had loved and
liked him. and had not interest enough to
prevent this war. ] should certainly 80
mad to think a person loved was the
cause of such a shameful war.
KATE STEPHENS.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-21

It may be a drawback to some that
polite society imposes conditions. but
beneficial as a whole that it also pro-
vides penalties. baltimore News.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-21
WHOSE HAND WAS IT?
TFrom the washington star.1


1T is sometimes possible said a
Washington gentleman who had given
considerable attention to the Investigation
of Spiritualism, ITO trace to natural
causes the source of supposed super
natural sounds and manifestations. am
reminded of a ghostly manifestation bas-
ed upon a tragedy 1t is for psycholo-
gical students to determine the cause as
l have no explanations to offer beyond
the mere recital of the actual facts, which
by the way happened in this city
.sThe only daughter of an aunt of mine
had been presented with a mandolin by a
teacher of music of whom she was very
fond. He was an elderly man of family
who esteemed her as his only child. Tn
happily he became a victim of intemperate
habits, and lost his pupils and property
in consequence.
'One night after my aunt and niece
had retired the former was awakened by
what. as she positively declared was the
unmista kable impress of a human hand
upon her own hand and arm, which We're
thrown over the eoverlets of the bed
Very much startled and frightened she
sat erect In the faint light of the gas
jet turned down low she observed that the
hands of the clock on the mantlepieee
pointed to the hour of IL. Almost stimuli
taneously my niece awoke with a cry of
terror and, clinging to her mother, she said
that someone had shaken her by the
The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-21
AMONG THE BOOKS
What Kind Of Literature is
Popular in Kansas.
Kate Stephens Says New York
Has Erroneous Impression.
AN INTERESTING WORK
Life and Letters Of Sarah Len
nOx Now Published.
Love Story Of George III and
a Pretty Woman.
AN INTERESTING WORK

The Life and Letters Of Lady Sarah Len
nox, 1785-1S26. daughter Of Charles, see-
ond duke Of Richmond, and suceesslEs
fhe wife of Sir Thomas Charles Bunburyf
Bart and OF the Hon George Napier;
also q snort political sketch of the years
IT50 TO 1858 by Henry FOX, nrst LORD t1tl-
land edited by the Countess of ilcnes-
ter and Lord StaVordale. with many halI-
fana Illustrations Charles Scribuer s
sons. New York 1902: John Murray, Lon
don PIP XIV. 654 popular edition IN
cluding two volumes in 0neJ
The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-21
A NEW COLONIAL NOVEL
"a Maid of the Wildwood" is the Very
Latest

Some of the faults of the new histor
ical-romantic school Of fiction and few
Of those artful charms Of narration by
which its masters make US forget for
the moment Of reading, the trivial shal
lowness and unreality of this class of
novels are characteristics of a new book
"A Maid of the Wildwood" by Robert
William Coultitt, from the Colonial
Press, Fort Wayne Indiana. Thanks
are due the author. however for brea k
ing away from the overworked Colonial
and Revolutionary periods for the ma
terial of his story. the scene of which
is laid in Indiana, and which deals with
the young republic in the time JUST be-
fore and during the war of 1872, which
with the Indian outbreaks. furnishes the
human gore which is the first and most
important essential of novels of this
class
The historical interest is introduced
through President James Madison, Te-
cumseh, the famous Indian chief, John
Randolph, Captain John Perry and Gen.
Harrison who are among the characters.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-21
THREE-EYED ANIMALS.

TFrom the Melbourne Argus.l
Nearly every one has heard of the tau
tara. the curious iguana-like looking crea-
ture now found on only one or two
islands off the cost of New Zealand and
supposed to be the Oldest living type of
animal on the face of the globe. One of
the most curious features is an organ on
the head, which at one time was spoken
as the pineal gland, but which DR. Dendy
discovered to be in reality a third eye.
His paper on the subject caused the great
est interest in English scientific circles, and
as an illustration of the way in which
research is SPECIALIZED nowadays it may
be mentioned that while Dr. Dendy deVot-
ed himself to the study Of the third eye one
distinguished biologist is working out
the skeleton, another the Kidneys, and so
forth IN short time. therefore. our
anatomical knowledge of the tautara
ought to be complete
More recently DR. Dendy has discover
ed another New Zealand creature pos
sessing third eye This is the New Zeal
land lamphrey. q favorite article of food
among the Maoris- The third eye is sit
uated on the top of the head and is COW
cred with a thin coating of skin 1t is
doubtful whether it is now of any
practical use for seeing, but DR.. Dendy
believes that one time far back in the
worlds history there were two eyes in the
back Of the lamphrey's head. He is fur
ther Of the opinion that al one time the
tuatara also had two eyes where now on
ly one remains. In the tauatara it is the
left eye which has survived while in the
lamphrey it is the right one.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-21
AN INTERESTING BOOK.
"The Mississippi Bubble" One of the
Most Popular.

Most Popular
Among the most popular of the late
books is The Mississippi Bubble" by
Emerson HOugh, well known western
author. published by the Bowen Merrill
company The following concise out
line viii serve to give the reader an
idea of the book.
The affairs of John Law of Lauris-
form the groundwork for the story of
The Mississippi Bubble" a story full
of love, adventure, and tragedy, and
holding the reader breathlessly atten-
tive to the end. Beginning in the gam
bling rooms of London, it treads its way
through NeWgate across the seas to the
unexplored regions of America. A pio-
neer in the wilderness. John Law pur-
sues his headl0ng pace, ever the gam
bler's love of chance goading him on;
thence, across the seas again, to France,
to rear in Paris one OF the most mar
velous and unstable financial edihces
in the history of the world And now
comes the topping of his schemes and
the dissolution into thin air of the many
colOred bubble he had created
This, in short, is an outline of the ca
reer of the man who is Mr. HOugh s
to the scheme of the story. and bearing
SO important parts in the life of its
hero. Mr. HOugh gives excellent por-
traits The wicked Mary Connynge,
and her baneful influence, and the
beautiful Lady Catharine knollys, the
antithesis of the other. are made the
heroines of countless dramatic scenes.
one the whole. the book is one of in
terest from its first page to its last.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-21

participle form that is almost a passion
and a little thing like split inf1nitive has
terror for him.
According to this book the tenets of
Christian Science were not unknown to
the Indian philosophers. Naomi, the hero
inc. says: My pale face sister, some day
you viii learn that we all live in thought
That bad thoughts bring sickness disease
and death. If we go TO the Great Spi-A
and ask them to NIL us with love. believing
in Him. then sin. disease and death viii
be as nothing and vanish as Vapours before
the light of the sun.