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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-06-19
Spanish Mackerel, fresh and fine
at ]. c. Burdick's
constioofed BoweLs.

To have good health, the body
should be kept in laxative condition
and the bowels moved at least once a
day, so that.all the poisonous wastes
are expelled daily. Mr. G.. L. Ed.
wards, 142 N. Main ST., Wichita, Kan
sas, writes: 81 have used HeEbine to
regulate the liver and bowels for the
past ten years, and found it reliable
remedy SOC at
Ndilling.s Drug Store.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-06-19
You Know What You are Takioo,

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
50c
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-06-19
IMPORTANT TO TEACHERS.

S. A. Mynders, State Superin-
tendent of Public instruction, has
issued the following circular to
county superintendent, contain
ing some very important informa-
tion to school teachers:
The act passed by the last Legis-
lature making the school and civil
districts coextensive will take effect
August l. Under this act, in all dis
tricts not heretofore coeXtensive, d.
rectors will be elected at a special
election to be held on the first Thurs
day in August, but in all districts
where the school and civil districts
are already coextensive, no election
will be held. Directors elected in
August shall serve until the regular
election in 1904. All directors elected
in August of this year will qualify on
the first Monday in September.
The present directors should take
the scholastic population this year as
usual, on the blanks furnished by this
office.
For schools opening the first of Sep
tember, the present directors have
the right to contract; for schools open
ing after that time, except where it
has been the custom to elect at the
close of the previous term, the new
directors should elect and contract.
Under this act, no school can be
maintained with a scholastic popula-
tion of less than seventy. This does
not mean attendance.
This clause does not necessarily
abolish any school that should be con-
tinued, as the act provides that where
the scholastic population is less than
seventy the school may be maintained
if by abolishing the same would re-
quire children to walk over two and |
one-half miles to another school, or if
there are natural barriers. The pur-
pose of this provision in the law is to
the small schools with
larger ones, thus enabling US to run
the schools longer and furnish better
school facilities.
Schools under contract for summer
terms may be continued, but the di-
rectors should be urged not to continue
schools that have not the required
population after that time.
When the present school districts {
are abolished any money left to the
credit of school district should 20 to
Jhe civil district in which the child
ives. a
The law provides that the child can Y
lttend the school nearest to it, wheth- i
IT IN its own or another civil district,
% that it is impossible to take off 5
rom any one school any part of the +
cho!astic population in order to make T
he number above seventy for any 5
chooI. The manner of apportioning +
he money where chilren attend school
n a district other than their own is
ully set out in the act.
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. !
I cannot too strongly impress upon a
on the necessity for great care in the u
and licensing of teachers. t
Tnder no consideration should an in Ii
person be employed to Fl
each in the public schools. We can t
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-06-19
SUPREME COURT.

Decisions of Cases on Obion Docket
Handed Down by Court in Session
at Jackson and Proceedings of In
terest to our Citizens:
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-06-19
Scates-Bell,

State Superintendent.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-06-19

'Tisn't safe to be day without DIR.
Thomas Eclectric Oil in the house,
Never can tell what moment an acci-
dent is going to happen.
For sale at Moss Pharmacy.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-06-19

You will need ''Tanglefoot." Just
received fresh supply. It catches the
flies and prevents disease. Also poison
fly paper. For sale only by
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-06-19
Bigger than yer!
Come and Celebrate With Us.
SPECIAL FEATURES.

Parade of Fraternal Orders
and Mariners Parade.
Military Drill by young ladies
of the Lucky Thirteen Club
Young ladies in uniform on
horseback and many other
novel features.
Speeches by the States best
orators.
Grand Fireworks Display at
$50 at night.
Race.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-10-07
FOR THE CHILDREN
Robbing Birds Nests.

BOYS who rob birds nests do not al
ways realize what a cruel thing this Is
to do. I used not to think much about
it myself until an incident occurred
that showed me how keenly our feath-
cred friends mourn the loss of their
homes. One spring two linnets built
their nests in some bushes near my
window. We We're all very much inter
ested in TO- wee home, and when we
found four little eggs inside the nest
took every precattion to prevent 1t
from being disturbed. But one morn
ing when we went as usual to peep at
the nest we found some cruel hand had
robbed and destroyed it.
We felt very sorry, but thought the
brides would perhaps build again.
Alas, no! When they returned and
found their beloved home broken up
their grief was painful to see. Uttering
all the while the most piteeus cries,
they frantically flew IN circles high
above the nest. Then they hoped all
round and beneath the bushes, think
ing, I suppose, poor mites, that the
eggs had fallen out. For two days they
continued their search, and on the
third we thought they, had left, as we
did not notice them about. We were
partly right, for the father bird had
really gone and did not return again,
but the body of his poor wee mate was
found by US chill and lifeless Oh the
ground by the bushes. and we felt
quite sure then that the loss of her
dear home had broken her tender
heart.-Buffalo News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-10-07
Daniel webster's Boyhood.

Websters early life contradicts the
popular notion that man is the crea-
ture Of circumstances. He, on the con-
trary, made circumstances his crea-
lures. One of his friends writing after
his death said:
"His school time was much inter
rupted, and from his own lips learned
that Webster's struggle for an educa-
ton was continued from his early
childhood to his thirtieth year. Every
step in advance was contested by OBJ
stacles, which he met with lion heart
and with lions courage overthrew.
"His books were few at this time.
There were a copy Of Watts hymns,
cheap pamphlet copy Of Pope's Essay
on Man and the Bible, from which he
first learned to read, together with an
occasional almanac. He used to say
that at the age of fourteen he could
recite the whole Of the Essay on Man
"He entered Dartmouth college in
1897, but was desperately poor. A
friend sent a recipe while at college
for greasing his boots. He wrote back
and thanked him very politely. But
he added, my boots need other doctor
Ing, for they not only admit water, but
even peas and gravel stones
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-10-07
THE TRUE BLOODHOUND.
How It Differs from the Imported Gu.

How 1t Differs from the imported Su'
ban Dog.
The Cuban dogs which were pro-
cured to exterminate the Seminole In
dians, and only succeeded in extermi-
mating q lot of calves, were not the
true bloodhound. The Cuban hound
differs in every essential point from
the bloodhound proper. They were de-
rived from various crosses of Pug
naces," or dogs of war, of which the
Great Dane and the mastiff are exam
Piles, while the bloodhound was origi-
nally cultivated from the older races
of "Sagaces," that is, sagacious or in
telligent dogs.
The name bloodhound was given the
breed during the reign of Henry Ill.
The breed originated from the old Tai
bot hound, which was brought over
by William the Conqueror. All author
tiles agree that the Talbot was iden-
tical with the st. Hubert hound,
breed from st. Hubert's Abbey in Ar
dennes, which according to old
legends, was imported by st. Hubert
from the south of Gaul about the sixth
century. This is the condensed his
tory of the breed, and the name blood
hound, when applied to dogs Of differ
ent descent, is misnomer.
The bloodhound will not tear or rend
the object of its pursuit. On the con-
trary, when it overtakes such object
1t simply evinces joy and gladness.
The bloodhound will follow the trail
of Indians, or any other living creature
which leaves trail.
In size the bloodhound differs as
greatly from the Cuban dog as it does
in appearance, disposition and intelli-
gence. 1t stands from % to 25 inches
high at the shoulder and weighs from
70 to 100 pounds, while the Cuban
dog measures from 80 to sc inches
at the shoulder and weighs from
$50 to 200. 1 have heard Of their
weighing as much as 300 pounds. I
can find no evidence to show that the
bloodhound was ever bred or used in
Cuba for any purpose. They are rare
even in England. and this seems
strange when we consider their many
admirable qualities. However, Ameri-.
can fanciers are becoming impressed
with the true value of the breed, and
such breeders as ]. L. Winchell of Fair
Haven, Vt; DR.. C. A. Longest, of Bos-
ton: Col. Roger D. Williams, of Lex
ington, Ky, and DR.. ]. r. Fulton, Of
Beatrice, Neb., have already raised the
standard of its excellence to a higher
level than it has ever reached before.
There is only one class of persons
who have any reason to decry the use
of bloodhounds in tracking criminals,
and that class Is the criminals them
selve, and they have abundant reason.
The trained bloodhound is the crimi-
nails Nemesis.-Forest and Stream.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-10-07
A-otiprN s11o.
B-TRENCH SILO.


pulp issexposed to the weather the sur
face decays to depth of six or eight
inches, forming a crust which protects
the remainder. In the silos described
this fact is taken advantage of. One
form consists Of large open bin with
slopings sides built on the surface of the
ground the other Of trench or exca-
vation with sloping sides and fat
floor covered with plank.
Silo Amay be made of refuse lumber
and Of any size to suit the convenience
of the feeder. That shown in the figure
was 12efeet wide 30 feet long and
6 feet deep and would hold about two
car loads .ofipulp. The silo B is simple
and inexpensive and may be convenient
ly made by excayating passage
through or5in the side of the hill. 1t is
recommended that the bottom should
always be planked and provided with
means whereby the water may be easily
and quickly drained from the pulp. The
planks should be set up well from the
ground and be far enough apart to
leave crack between them after they
have swelled. The sides may or may
not be planked, but less pulp is lost if
they are covered with boards. A silo
of this sortswas 600 feet long, so feet
deep, 20 feet wide at the base and 80
feet widesatsthe top. The bottom only,
was plankeds and had a gutter under.
the floor Ihiah thoroug ughlyS drained the.
pulp. ItHss leans carriers
-Whie1 l,t6Ig GIT the pulp directly from
the sugar factory. Small silos can be
readily filed by driving wagon along
side Of the top Of the silo and shovel
ing the pulp into it. 1t is not necessary
to cover either form Of silo with a
roof.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-10-07
Traitorous Feet.

A good many amusing stories are
told at the expense of servant girls
and domestics generally but this
which comes from Chestnut Hill is at
the expense of the mistress rather
than the maid 1t was new servant
girl, who was, as rule, truthful, but
who would tell harmless White fib
when her mistress required it.
One day the rector called, but for
some reason the lady did not wish to
see him. Answering the bell, the
maid very politely said her mistress
was out.
Now, in the drawing room, leading
directly from the front hall, there was
a folding screen which stood two or
three inches from the floor. Behind
this the lady secreted herself.
$50 your mistress is out?' mildly
said the minister.
"Yes, sir" answered the maid.
well" remarked the caller. as he
looked toward the drawing room, 1.-The
next time your mistress goes out, will
you kindly suggest that she take her
feet with her?"-Philadelphia Ledger.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-10-07
One woman,e way of Paintino.

The bright -. - a bright Phila-
delphis ,wspaper man has to do some
of tt housework herself, as her hus.
bands income does not justify the
luxury of employing help. The other
day, finding out that the floor needed
painting, she procured the necessary
materials, and early in the afternoon
set to work.
When her husband returned in the
early evening he found her in tears in
the centre of the room. She had paint
ed the floor all around herself, and
there she was on little dry island in
the middle, afraid of crossing the wet
paint for fear of spelling all her work.
Her husband, instead of initiating Sir
Walter Raleigh, procured a board and
released her from durance vile. Then
he meanly told the story.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-10-07
RotI,schild's MaximS.

The following twelve maxims form
part of the will of Mayer Anselm
Rothschild, the founder Of the great
banking house at Frankfort. They are
now attracting attention in Europe
and are recommended to those who de-
sire to succeed in life:
I.-Seriously ponder over and thor
oughly examine any project to which
you intend to give your attention.
u.-Reflect long time, then decide
promptly.
III.-Go ahead.
Iv.-Endure annoyances patiently
and fight bravely against obstacles.
V.-Consider honor as sacred duty.
yI.-Never lie about business al
fair.
vII.-Pay your debts promptly.
vIII.-Learn how to sacrifice money
when necessary.
IN.-Do not trust too much to luck.
E.-Spend your time profitably.
NI.-Do not pretend to be more i'm
portant than you really are.
NII-Never become discouraged,
work zealously and you will surely
succeed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-10-07
News md Notes.

A poor outlook for corn is the general
verdict for the corn belt.
Public sales will be made feature Of
the live stock shows at the worlds fair.
Forests are threatened by. many enc
mics, Of which fire and reckless lumber
ing are the worst.
An uneven apple chop, short in the
west, though large and of good quality
in some regions, appears probable.
! Prussic acid is now stated to be the
poisonous principle in sorghum, and
young plants are said to contain q
higher percentage Of it than mature
plants.
The use of nitrate Of soda as q top
dressing for wheat, rye and millet Is
pronounced desirable and profitable
practice by DR.. E. B. Voorhees, of New
Jersey, who claims that 1t increases the
yield and improves the quality Of the
crop.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-10-07
Sc1son md His Midsbipmen,

Nelson always took great interest in
the training of the young middios on
the ships which he commal...rd anf
never failed to be kind and conSiderat'
to them. If he saw any one of them
who was by nature timid lie would not
speak harshly to him and so drive out
what little courage the boy had. but
would offer to race him to the mast
head or some such place, and when
they had climbed there he would take
no notice of the middy's fears, If he
showed any, but would smile kindly,
saying, 81 wonder that any one could
fear to do such an easy thing as you
and 1 have just done" Thus the boy
got over his cowardice and learned to
love his captain, who throughout his
life showed the same consideration for
those around him.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-10-07
The Mn1texe nIiIL Cont.

A company is being formed in NAL
den, Mass, to establish Maltese goat
milk, dairy and sanitarium. 1t is COM
posed Of leading physicians, who want
the milk as remedy for malnutrition
and pulmonary diseases, together with
business men, who are in it for the
profits. They intend to test it by pur-
chasing goats enough to prove its mer-
its. The Maltese goat, Ike all others,
is naturally browser and not q graz
er. He lives on leaves and branches
which die for want of nourishment and
converts waste and unproductive lands
into fertile pastures. A gentleman re-
ports the increased value of his 900
acres of land by the use of a herd of
goats as being 10 cents an acre. The
Maltese goat has no offensive odor pc
cullar to the male common goat. The
milk has no peculiar flavor. 1t resem-
bles cows milk both in taste and color.
Cor. American Cultivator.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-10-07
Weather Wise eeoroians


"Tossed my outsoar connubial." Sh!
This is neither New England dialect
story by Mary Wilkins nor the idle
idiosyncrasy of linotype machine
toying at will with the matrices while
the operator is cursing the penmanship
of the unchirographical cub reporter.
1t Is what Local Forecaster Marbury
said about Atlanta's weather yester-
day. And he thought so much of 1t
that he wired it to Washington. And
washington thought so much Of it that
they wired it all over the country that
weather men in the different United
States stations everywhere might
know that the strato-cumulus clouds, q
very mild brand of the nebulous not
withstanding the label, covered less
than one-tenth Of the sky that covers
the Empire Building, the sausage fac
tory in Peters street and all things and
people Albanian. And it told to the
waiting world the condition and tenn
perature of the Atlanta barometer and
j'st how it had been doing all day and
o:her things of intelligent interest to
those only who live in the world Of
isobars and other meteorological
phenomena. Seriously, it was the
code signal, and being interpreted it
read: Barometer .2S.9S inches; ther-
mometer, 81 deg. at o'clock; wind
south; sky, clear; wind velocity, 8
miles; maximum temperature, 8S;
clouds, strato cumulus, coming from
the southwest and covering less than
one.tenth of the sky" AS for the rest
of the day in the weather market, 1t
was generally quiet and Atlanta's part
is accounted for in: Tossed my out
soar connVbial. al."-Atlanta Constitution.
RETTER THAN IT LOOKS.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-10-07
If 1T THUNDERS.
Something to Remember in All Sea
sons. -

sons.
When a severe thunderstorm is rag
ing, the safest place Is in the open,
close to the earth. II the body is
erect, it acts as an excellent conduc-
tor for the lightning to find its way to
the earth. For this reason it is dan
gerous to take refuge under a tree.
Doubtless most of the persons who
perished while under trees would be
alive to-day had they remained in the
open. 1t is also injudicious to huddle
under threshing machines, sheds or in
the grandstands of race tracks or
county fairs, especially under or near
the tiagstaffs which usually adorn such
structures.
Avoid standing in doorways, near
chimneys and fireplaces, close to cat.
tie or near the ends of wire clothes
line during thunderstorm. On the
other hand, there is not much sense
in going to bed or trying to insulate
ones self in feather beds. Small arti-
cles Of steel or iron, as knife, ket-
tie or key, do not attract lightning,
as it is popularity believed.
If one has been struck by lightning,
the first thing to do is to go to work to
restore consciousness, as lightning
oftener brings about suspended anima-
ton than somatic death. The condi-
ton of a person struck by lightning is
much the same as that of person res
cued from drowning. Try to stimulate
respiration and circulation. Do not
cease in the effort to restore ANNA
tion in less than an hour. as you value
the life of the sufferer-Buffalo Cour-
Ter
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-10-07
OIL FUEL IN HAWAII.
Is Preferred as Complete Substitute

Is Preferred as Complete Substitute
for Coal.
The substitution of crude oil as fuel
in place of coal in Hawaii is proving
an unqualified success. On Maui the
Haiku Paia, Hawaiian Commercial
and Kihei plantations are using oil.
On this island Kahuku, Waialua,
Oahu and Honolulu are using it, and
EVA will be in few weeks. In this
city the Young Building is burning oil,
and recently the Rapid Transit Com
pany converted all of it's furnaces into
oil burners SO far as reported, the
change is working satisfactorily on all
of the plan ations, with uniform re.
duction in cost of, approximately 80
per cent.
In addition to the saving in dollars,
oil fuel has three distinct advantages
over coal. First, it requires much less
labor to handle it. This is serious
consideration OH the plantations where
every labor-saving device and process
should be fostered as Il means of meet
ing the demand for labor. Any ma
chine, device or process which enables
one man to do the work Of two, even
though its operation costs as much as
-the-two men do; IS aFdistInEr advance,
as it reduces the requirements for
laborers by 80 per cent. in connection
with that particular work. This is an
important consideration now, and it
may in the future prove most vital.
Second. 1t is 4 clean fuel. Instead
of a grimy, dusty and disagreeable
spot such as the regulation coal firing
room is, where oil is in use the fire
room becomes show place, as clean
as parlor, while the one fireman
wears a "biled shirt" and a standing
collar, if his tastes run that way.
Third. 1t is smokeless. Not COM
paratlvely so but absolutely smoke
less. If any smoke issues from the
smokestack it is proof positive that
there is some defect in the burner
used, or in the arrangement of the
furnace. An inspection Of the Rapid
Transit furnace and smokestack will
demonstrate this fact to any one who
desires to prove it.-EXchange.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-10-07
The Conscience Man.

The Conscience Man who lives with me
I hear and feel, but cannot see.
He lives with me both day and night: -
He's never wrong, but always right.
He has his house within my breast
And guards and warns me without rest,
And though an endless watch he keeps.
He never tires and never sleeps.
Sometimes a mournful scnS he SIS.
Which to my heart deep sorrow brings.
And when hear his sad. sad song
I know he's right and / am wrong.
And when seem to be alone
And think the Conscience Man has flown
I listen, and I hear. Beware
And know the Conscience Man is there.
I'm sure that he Is always good
And tells me all the things he should
And grieves to see me come to shame
And sorrows when I am to blame.
And ell my lie he pleads and prays
For me to keep from evil ways.
And believe that no one can
Be good without the Conscience Man.
Arthur Macy in Youths Companion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-10-07
Their Own Lookout.

There was an Irishman who after
reaching America was full Of home.
sick brag, in which nothing in Ameri-
ca even approached things of similar
variety in Ireland In speaking of the
bees of the ould sod he grew especially
roseate and said:
"Why, the baze in that country is
twice as big as in this, bedade, they're
bigger than that-they're as big as the
sheep we have in this counthry.'
t"Bees as big as Sheep" said his in
.credulous listener. why, what kind
of hives do they have to keep them
ores
country" was the reply.
"Then how do the bees get into the
hives" was the reply.
"Well,' replied the Irishman, that's
their own lookout
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-10-07
Roentuen RAYS for Tanning.

A Cincinnati inventor asserts that
he has discovered how to tan hides in
twenty minutes by the use of the
Routgen rays. The hides are soaked
in lime for the separation of the tibres
and the removal of the hair, as is done
now. This takes about four days.
Then they are soaked in solution OF
certain chemicals for about two hours,
after which they are exposed to the
rays for fifteen or twenty minutes, at
the end of which the are tanned. The
finishing proceeds under present meth
DDS. The new process is supposed to
save about four months time.