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some duty I told her to be ready to
hand us the ammunition after the first
volley.
The guerrillas came on, every man
holding carbine. When they had COW
cred third of the distance, | saw that
Buck was about to fire out of turn, and
was obliged to speak to him some
what sharply. | think the advancing
men heard me, for they stopped and
consulted. The capta..4, standing be-
low, called to them to go on, and, sep
aratng so as to leave dozen yards
between each man, skirmish fashion.
they started again, watching eagerly
for sight of something to fire at. AS
they were all abreast, my order for
firing wocld not serve. gave another.
'I'll take the left man, Miss Stan
forth the center, Buck the right"
There was no response. All were too
intent on INC work before us to speak.
| permitted the men to come within
hundred yards, when, taking deliberate
aim with the rest, l shot my man
through the heart. In another mo-
ment Helen's rifle cracked, and the
center man dropped. Buck, who was
excited, fired wild and missed alto
gether. Ginger lost his head COM
pletely and did not fire at all. AS Gin
gers courage deserted him Jacks came
to her all of sudden.
"Why don't yo' shoot, Ginger?" She
o-ip ofoh M
his gun and aiming it at the remaining
man. who was rapidly getting down
the declivity, she sent him the rest Of
the way with limp. Two men were
put out Of the fight and the third dis
abled.
"By golly," cried Buck. 1--WE licked
'em, didn't we"
| thought 1t best not to discourage
him by telling him that this was only
preliminary skirmlsh, but asked Jack
for the ammunition, and we all reload
ed.
captain, who appeared greatly agitated
over the result. He was evidently sur
prised at the reception Of his searching
party The men who had gone to the
tanks, hearing the firing. rejoned their
leader, and two men who had been in
the rear came forward.
Heaven preserve us! The captain has
started up the slope at the head of
storming party Of eight men.
l was appalled,. We had but four
guns and after firing a volley must re-
load before firing another. We could
not expect to disable more than four
men at the first fire; then the remaining
four would be upon US before we could
reload. In quick tones | gave the or
der:
"All load. I'll fire"
With that / let drive and dropped
man. Then. throwing down my gun,
took Helens and dropped another.
Buck handed me his, and | dropped
third.
"By jiminyw cried Buck, exposing
his head to see better. "Ain't yo' bull
ly shotY Ping! went a bullet within
an inch Of his ear. and he ducked.
Keep down. cried as the lead rat
tied against the rocks In front OF us,
and fired the fourth gun, again hitting
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my man, though l only winged" HIM.
Indeed, ! believe he dropped to evade
the fire. BY this time the first gun had
been reloaded. and l took aim at the
captain. | was sure hit him, but he
came on. Taking the next gun now
ready, fired at him again, but just as
l did so one Of the men stepped in
front of him and received the shot.
This finished the assault. The men
broke and fled and before could get
another shot were far back toward the
position from which they had started.
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"Reckon you're weather WISE stran-

Reckon you're weather WISE stran-
GER"
ooh. yes. I know, but | couldn't re-
member 'zactly, an l said, said |, 'Reck-
on yo're weather beaten, stranger He
stood a-loo.in at me kind O. quar-, an |
heard him a-gruntin somep'n like,
Guess | am beat somehow or 'nuther.'
Then he asked me somep'n bout wheth-
err it was a-rainin at the time of the
what was that OneT
"The massacre"
ooh, yes; l know. An said-what
was it | said?'
"'Black as night"
"That's it; only I fo'got an said,
Black as n doggone niger an he
said, What's the'"-
"'Word'"
"'Whats the wordY an I took the
spitball out O. my mouth an handed it
80 him. He took it an read it mighty
quick. Then he looked at me an said,
I'll be goldarned If that amt the lit
tlest messenger to carry such big
message | ever saw In my life! Like
attackin a fortyfcation with howt-
zer.'"
"What did he do thenT
81 dom want t. tell that
"Why notY
"WeD, he must "a thought | was n
baby"
"Come, out with it."
"ue took me up an give me a kiss,
rubin my face with that hairy beard
o. hs'n."
"Then what?"
"He went down stairs in hurry, an
| didn't see him any mo-"
Good for you! Have you kept it all
a secrctW
Haven't said word to any one"
That's right. You've done me a
great favor, and one good turn deserves
another. I'm going to tell you how to
cure yourself of that habit of using
useless adiectives. If you ever get out
of this, get a notebook and pencil, and
every time you use one of them note it
down. This will show you how often
you offend, and at last you will break
yourself of a very bad habit"
"I'll do that, by golly"'
At noon we were again tantalzcd at
seeing the guerrillas eating their din
ner.
81 wonder what they got" said
Buck. Il reckon it's nothin but fat
pork, anyway. Who wants TO eat fat
pork?"
Il wish | could get my clutches on
the captain" said Jack. I'D make him
| give me Some.'
"De Lord II feed his chil'n,' remark
ed Ginger "Didn' he send de ravens to
Eliiah?"
Not in these mountains put in
Buck. Ravens couldn't find anything
up here to feed anybody WITH
"Reckon dat mus "a been in a land
flown wild milk an honey supple
mented Ginger.
"Yo' ole fool" retortcd Buck. How
| could raven carry milk"
| Don't be so smart, Buck" said Jack.
"a raven could take the handle Of a
tin bucket in its mouth and fly with 1t,
couldn't he?"
Then Jack and Buck fell to yying
| with each other which could invent
| the most remarkable fabrications about
! the wherewithal TO satisfy their hun
ger.
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BONAPARTES DYING OUT.
Living in EurOpe-The Ameri-
can Branch.

The head of the house of Bonaparte,
'rince Napoleon Victor Jerome Fred
ric, entered upon his forty first year
few days ago, and his brother, Prince
Napoleon Louis Joseph Jerome, was
years old about the same time, when
pe received his promo tion in the Rus
ian army.
1T is only 10 years since the elder
branch of the Bourbon family died out,
eaving the headship of the house of
GRANGE to the usurping house of Or
cans. This now Legitimate family will
ave France from any lack Of pre-
enders for many years to come.
The two Bonapartes above mentioned
pre- middle-aged bachelors. Their
tousin, Prince Roland, is A years of age
nd widower, with one daughter.
The London Daily Chronicle, consd-
bring these facts, makes the statement
hat these three "are the only living
|nen who bear the historic name Of
|Bonaparte, so that it is not impossible
hat second line of French pretenders
|nay become extinct ere long"
How about the American Bona
parties? asks the New York Times
While there is no living Bonaparte de-
scended from the great founder of
The family it will be a great many
years before the descendants of his
Father and mother die out The Balti-
more Bonapartes have never figured as
pretenders to the throne. They have
remained an American family, while
the other branches have continued
wrench, but no reference to the family
as whole would be complete which
ignored them.
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U NhllNduhtt VI. ~
Berth included.
To Chicago. ..... ...............$ a. 90
Meals and berth included,
Leave Manitowoc, 1880 Z. M. except
Saturday and Sunday. Sunday at S,0OA.
NJ.
To Kewaunee, Algoma, Sturgeon Bay
and Green Bay ports Thursday, Satur-
day and Sunday at 700 2. NJ, and We'd
nesday at 90 Z, NJ.
Office and docks foot of 9Th stree
G. p Houghton, Agent.
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CHAPTER XIV.
A BONFIRE DEFENSE.

n RORNING, noon, afternoon,
M passed with no change in
xVx the situation. All my com
mand slept during the day,
and even l got two or three hours Of
tired natures sweet restorer. though |
would not close my eyes till Helen had
promised not to take hers off the gucr-
rillas till | awoke. During the after
noon all began to suffer from hunger,
but | would not allow the scanty bit
of food remaining to be eaten. Buck
got over the noon, meal bravely, but
when supper time came he clamored
for something TO eat
"Now, see hyar, Mr.. Brandystone,
be argued, you just give me my shar',
an won't want any mo- when the rest
of yo' have yo's."
You must wait Buck. We shall
have to fast long enough anyway. The
longer between meals the longer We
can hold out"
Yrn mr. ro~ryxyrrx~
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SOUTH BOUND TRAINS.
NORTH BOUND


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nGam Maniowc $50
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ANN ARBOR RAILROAD

Passenger and Car Ferry Steamship Line
BETWEEN -.
ManitOwoc. Wis. and Frankfort, Mich.
Where connection is made with Ann Arbor
R.R. trains for all points in Michigan,
the South and East.
BETW FRANKFORT AND MANITOWOC
Leave Manitowoc daily. except Monday 30 q N
FROM KEWAUNEE TO MANlTOWOC.
Lv Kew aunee Tues, Thurs. and Satur. m
Ar Manitowoc Tues, Thurs and Satur. III
CONDENSED SCHEDULE ANN ARsoR RAILROAD
TRAINS.
TRAIN No. l. TRAIN No. 8
Leave FRANKFORT lo:loa 7:6pm
Arrive Cadillac E:Ss IN io:lS m
Ann Arbor SIS pm ll:O m
Toledo 1000 IN Loo y m
Arrive Traverse City via Pere Marquette Rail
road l2;40pm 9:l0 pm
Arrive Detroit via Grand Trunk Railway
9:0pm 1l'n II.
E. s. LORD. AarNr,
Manitowoc Wi
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WISCONSIN CENTRAL
RAILWAY(O.
PASSENGER TRAINS

Between Mantowoc Leave Arrive
and Manitowoc Manitowoc
Collins Hilbert juno $50 A NJ. a:45 A. NJ
ton Sherwood Nee
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Stevens Point, Marsh-l
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Minneapolis Hurley,
IrOnwood Bessemer.
St Paul, Minneapolis,
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Pacific coast points.
Oshkosh, Fond du Lac,
Milwaukee,, Wauke- $50 A NJ. 9:45 A NJ
sha, Chicago and 3:l5P Nj. TOP NJ
points East and South
All trains daily except Sunday.
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Within month the new cone
formed recently in the crater Of
Mount pclee, Martinique, has in.
creased about $50 feet in height.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-06-26

Miss Cora Hogue, Troy. DR.. W.
M. Turner is the chairman of the
committee of the whole and tells
us that neither money, time nor
pains will be spared to make the
day a complete success. - Troy
News Banner.
Union City, which blythe way
is a wide awake and progressive
place, will give great blowout
on the Fourth of July. A large
number of special features will be
given and the town will do herself
proud to entertain the large crowd
that is sure to be there. Premiums
on stock will be given. We dare
say that while Union City will
spend several hundred dollars in
getting up this entertainment, her
receipts will more than double the
amount expended, to say nothing
of the advertisement the town will
receive. Martin could get up
something like this each year, and
not only keep her people at home,
but large number of people
would come to spend the day, We
hope Union City will have an i'm
mense crowd. We are sure many
of our people will be there. Mar
tin Martin.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-06-26
Brother Dickey on Kings.

Il hear tell dat dey done been
KILN kings right en- lef'. cross
de water said Brother Dickey.
EN- Lawd knows, I don't blame EN-
much-ter some er desc kings is
wusser dan de devil befo day! Some
er de fines, tattes' missionaries we
had IS been cut up, en- cooked, en-
eat up by EN-. Only year befo' las,
one er de bes' missionaries in de
wuz sont ter convet one er
dem heather kings, en- whilst de
king wus settin' down talkin' ter
him, de head cook had de pot on, en-
had done telumphone ter de grocery
sto' fer spice en- trimmins; en- dey
spiced him, en dey trimmed him, TO-
he had time ter raise a hymn, en-
take up de collection! l don't want
no kings in de country WHARF live
at. De mistake we makes wild dem
heather kings is in not sendin EN-
canned goods, 'stidder live mission
aryr
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-06-26
A KIND REMEMBRANCE.

From the office of the Farm and
Ranch comes the following very
kind letter from Mr.. ]. Tom Mann,
an old time friend of The CONNER
cial, who is connected with the
best farm paper IN the United
States in an important position.
We wish hun to accept our thanks
for his klndness:
Dallas, Tex, June Is, 19O3.-
The Commercial Gentlemen: | see
from the notice in your last is.
sue that the picnic for your CORE
respondents has been postponed
and am sending you by even mail
underseparate cover half dozen sets
of American Lunch Sets, and /
trust thai they will reach YOU in
time to be of use to you on that oc-
casion.
Some of your correspondents will
doubtless remember the writer as
an old Union Citian, and you will
please present these lunch sets to
them with my compliments and
best wishes for royal old time.
Yours very truly,
]. Tom MANN.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-06-26
Fine Stock Premiums F.; :5 S: S:5::' S:'s; aaa
Everything Absolutely Free.
Reduced Rates on All Railroads

the entire citizenship of the leading
towns in West Tennessee.
"All business branches will be
taught and the school will be
under the management of Prof
Jas. D. Combs, who has had many
years of experience in this special
line of work.
"Dr. w. M. Turner and Mr..
Greer, two of Union City's most
prominent business men, are the
leading stockholders IN tne 1nstitu-
ton, and the success attained by
these gentlemen in the business
world is evidence fully sufficient to
guarantee the best success for
the Union City Business College. y
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-06-26
SUPREME COURT.
Number OF Important Cases Passed
Upon at Jackson.

Upon at Jackson.
The supreme court delivered
quite a bunch of opinions at Jack
son Saturday. In the Memphis
river front case, in which num-
ber of citizens sought to enioin the
city from permitting the railroads
to use the river front for right Of
way, for erecting station, ETC., the
demurrer was sustained and the
bill dismissed.
Several state cases, including
murders, were passed upon. e.
H. Beasley, of Lake county, for
killing R. M. DarnaIl and sentenced
to five years, was affirmed.
The case of w. H. Tweller, of
Dyer county, for killing Peter
Dugal, a negro, and under sem
tence of ten years, was affirmed.
The state VS.. w. j. Laxon, from
Dyer county, for murder in the
second degree, and under sentence
of twenty years, was affirmed.
Freeman Patterson, Crockett
county, under sentence for life for
killing Tatom, a neighbor, gets
reversal, the court believing that
there is doubt of his sanity. The
court recommended that the au-
thorities take him in charge, and
retain him.
The case of Tom Tharp, colored,
from Weakley county, under
twenty years sentence for killing
Deputy Sheriff Bomar, was affirm
ed.
Floyd and Jesse Stephenson,
charged with numbering Davy
Vaughn in Weakley county, and
under ten years sentence each, get
a reversal and 60 free.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-06-26
UNION CITY BUSINESS COLLEGE.
Union City to Have New Commercial
And Business College.

The following comes from the
columns of an exchange respecting
the new institution:
1.-THE Union City Business Col
lege promises to be the leading col
slege OF it's kind in the State of Ten
/ nessee.
ssThe promoters of this institu-
& tion are among the most wealthy,
brainy and influential men of the
South. The college starts with a
capital stock of $4,000. Every
modern improvement will be given
the school The equipments will
be the best. The faculty will be
composed of teachers of experience
and reputation.
among the trustees of the
Union City Business College are:
HON. RICE A. PIERCE, Congressman
Hon. w. I'll. SWIGGART, Attorney
81 Hon. /. S. PARKS, President First Ma
UI0nal Bank
FaLDER J. FL. ROULHAC
al. MYNDERs, State Superintendent
Schools
RUSSELL E. GARDNER, Manufacturer.
ST Louis
H. SHERRILL, Wholesale Lumber,
9ducah
HARDY, Merchant and Manu-
lrer
WALKER, Mayor
3RICE, Editor, Troy, Tenn.
LDwELL, Lyceum Bureau,
lille
MCDONALD, Superintendent
stt County Schools.
3PARKs, Cashier First Nation
Ink
:1PIERCE, Attorney
(. DAVIDSON, d. d. S., Hickman
6F. w. e. MILLER, Principal High
School
RoF. A. E. DARRAH, Superintendent
City Public Schools
The catalogue is now in press
at Brandon Printing Co., which
.ill be the most elaborate catalogue
r issued in Tennessee, contain
sixty-four pages beautifully IL
lustfSted with half tones and cost
ing S2so per thousand copies.
This school has the hearty CO.
operation and financial backing of
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-06-26
ONE OF THE HOPEFUL.

Lots of philosophy in the follow
ing what matter if the critical
fail to discover any poetry in it!
The author takes a hopeful view
Of the situation-and that counts
for much in this despairing world:
BILLYJLLE AT HOME.
In order to keep the family at
the seashore we've got to stay at
home-and swim in the mill pond.
There's nothing like being in
style, and following the fashion,
but its pretty hard to keep it up
on dollar day and faith in To
morrow
Home is not only where the
heart is = but more frequently
where the sheriff is hangingaround,
waiting for a chance to forclose
the mortgage.
While we were bathing in Wells
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-06-26
OUR FOURTH.
What Exchanges Say About it-A
Great Day.

OTedU lay.
Union City will celebrate the
Fourth of July in old time style
Brownsville States Graphic.
Union City has billed Columbus
thoroughly for it's Fourth of July
celebration. Columbus Critic.
Union City will celebrate the
Fourth in great style. Sixteen
lodges of Odd Fellows have been
invited to join in the parade
Obion Outlook.
Union City is preparing grand
Fourth of July celebration and in
vites all the world and the rest of
mankind to be present and partic
pate IN the Festivities. Fulton
Commercial.
Union City will have a great
Fourth of July celebration, and
everybody is invited to come and
celebrate with them. A number
of novelties are featured. New
bern Tennessean.
Union City is making big prep
arations for the celebration of the
Fourth of July. An interesting
programme has been arranged and
special rates will be given on all
railroads. Trenton Herald.
A big time in Union City on the
Fourth of July. There will be
lots of people to attend and good
time. Everybody is invited to at
tend this greatest of gala days in
our neighbor city. Hickman
Courier.
Union City will celebrate Inde-
pendence Day on the Fourth of
July as usual. This celebration
will be the occasion of quite a
burst of enthusiasm and the fes-
tivities will be on an extensive
scale. Humboldt Courier Chroni-
Gle.
Union City is making extensive
preparations to entertain large
crowd on the Fourth of July.
Union City never does things by
halves and the crowd this year will
doubtless be larger than that of
any time previous. Reduced rates
on all railroads. .-Obion Chronicle.
Union City is to have fine
Fourth of July celebration, with
all kinds of sports, fireworks, ora
tory, etc. AS Dyersburg will not
celebrate, the next best thing we
can do will be to join our enter
'prising neighbor. The railroads
give reduced rates. .-Dyersburg
Herald.
There will be q grand ceIebra-
tion at Union City the Fourth of
July, and an interesting program
has been arranged and a good time
is guaranteed all who may attend
free of charge. There will be fire
works, racing, speaking, ETC., and
the railroads will have reduced
rates.-Medina Gibson Co.. Her
aid.
Union City is perfecting ar
rangements for its grand and un-
precedented blowout on the
Fourth. There will be (D two
brass bands, (2) some big speeches,
(3) procession of uniformed Elks,
Odd Fellows and Of young ladies
on horseback, (4) games, (5) prizes
for the best saddle horse, the best
harness horse and the best pair of
mules. The committee on ar
for efecting the young
ladies' horseback parade is as fol
lows: Miss Ella WhippIe, chair
man; Mrs. Chas. Gibbs, Misses
Mamye Gardner, Hattie McRee,
Union City; Miss Mamie Marshall,
Maple Grove; Misses Martha Wade
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-06-26
JUST FROM GEORGIA. I"
LIGHTS ON THE HILLS.

LIGHTS ON THE HILLS.
Over Life's storming
The Fates work their wills:
Sunlight is streaming
Lights on the hills,
Loud is the thunder
Earth shakes and thrills:
Greater the wonder
OF Light on the hills!
Dew on the blossom
With honey it fills;
Fly to Loves bosom!-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-06-26

mill pond, one day last week, an
alligator made as if he would swal-
low US, but he was probably re,
minded of the whales unfortunate
experience with Jonah, and gave
it up as bad job.
"Blowed to nOthin'-
OF house bereft;
But thank the Lord
That the land is left
"The hurricane tossed
My rOOl tree high.
But rainbOW'S runnin'
Around the sky,
"No use to grumbe:
For Life's still sweet
With a drop to drink
And a crust to eat.
'"The old worlds rollin'
In Love and Light:
To JOY, good mOrnin'-
TO Grief, good night"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-06-26
Fish and Game at ]. c. Burdick,s
You Know What You are Taking.

When you take Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic because the formula is
plainly printed on every bottle, show
ing that it is simply Iron and Quinine
in tasteless form. No cure, no pay.
SOC.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-06-26

Spanish Mackerel, fresh and fine
at J. c. Burdick's
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-06-26
A WILLING VICTIM.

"Weather's too warm fer cor n
liquor, colonel"
THAT don't bother me-" replied
the colonel, 81 have the chills all
summer!"
"There's SO little money circu
latin in summer time," said the
Billville citizen, 'we actually have
to kill a rattlesnake to git rattle
fer the baby"
Frank l.. Stanton, in Atlanta
Constitution.
Spanish Mackerel, fresh and fine
at J. c. Burdick's
AS if inspired by the reports of
bribery in the Postoffice Depart
ment, a New York state banker
has gotten into trouble by trying
to bribe Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Taylor. 1t appears that
the Government advertised for a
site for a postofice in Corning, N.
Y, George E. Eaton, cashier of
the Van Denning Bank submitted
a piece of property for which be
asked SIS, 900, the amount appro,
prlated by Congress. He then
wrote letter to Secretary Taylor
which excited the latter's suspic-
ions and decoy letter was sent
in reply. This brought an open
proposition from Eaton who said
that his lot cost him $13, 900 and
he was willing to divide the So
900 profit evenly with the Secre
tarY if the latter would select his
site. Eaton was promptly arrested
and is now out on bail. The max
imum penalty in his case is $4,000
fine and one years imprisonment.