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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-16

Attorney Tom Morris, Of Obion,
who spends a great deal of time
with legal matters at the courts in
Union City was il town this week
looking up some abstracts. Ia a
social chat with the young lawyer,
who BY tue way is rising rapidly in
the profession. we learned that the
city Of Dbion besides putting ia a
new lighting plant is making a
number Of valuable improvements.
The CHassaways, from Columbus arc
putting III their heading mill and a
cotton seed oil mill and cotton gin
are to be erected BY Memphis
firm These concerns will be es-
tablished with very expensive
plants and operated on a large
scale. Mr.. Morris also gives US his
word that Obion now has o. 200 pop
ulation and that they expect to
take the census next year with
5000 inhabitants. Good for 0bion.
Everlasting energy and backbone
will bear its fruit some day and
that il what has been behind the
movement sinee that well known
gentleman, Uncle Billy Wilson,
laid out the town which was orlgi-
nally called Crescent City,now Obi
On and monument 10 bis pluck
and enterprise. The young attor-
ney is his grandson and a worthy
He mentlous these
things concerning bis home town
with pardonabIe pride. and We are
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-16

Mrs. Williams and son, Chas
Williams, were called to Mineral
Wells, Texas, last week upon an.
nouncement Of the death Of David
Pursley, a nephew Of Mrs. Williams.
The young man was % years OF
age and died of congestion on the
8th of December. He was a son Of
D. r. Pursley formerly Of this city.
having been reared partially in
Gibson County At Mineral Wells
he was keeping books for mining
company and was reported to be
doing we'll He was member of
the Methodist Church and young
man Of excellent character and at
talnnentss The remains were
shipped from Mineral Wells to
Dyer where interment was held.
Funeral service was conducted by
the pastor Of the MI Il Church at
Dyer Monday
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-16
A CASE or n
Many wore Lie II II MIN CIT.

The following case il hnt ono ~
many similar occurring daiiv IN IJnion
City. 1T is an easy matter To verify
Its correctness. Surely vou cannot
ask for better nroof than sllcb cnn.
elusive evidence. y, =
q Alnona ~ Eost r4,uh 49,.
- =. ~ - xAisnunu, ~ 5.asb I1lgn sJFeebl
mo end Of remedies far nv lxidnaves n
| fact there was "a medieina / co,ll5
| hear of during nv thirty wears AZ I'M.
ferinC thaf dia nn 1' t,y nv u ~
seemed to do me the least bit OF good
There was constant duh heavy ach-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-16
A BIG BLAZE.

@. ". Jones, DR.. F. W. Watson and
NJ A. Walden are the Priccipal
Losers.
Monday nights fire destroyed
two buildings and contents, 10.
Guiding the stock Of drugs, medi.
cines and fixtures belonging to
Clifford v. Jones, the Office instru-
ments, books and x Ray machine
owned by Dir. F. W. Watson, and
stock Of groceries carried by N.
A. Walden.
The buildings were located cor
ner Main and Division streets
northeast and we're the property
of the Kroger heirs. We under
stand that Mr.. Jones saved only a
few articles, including some show
cases, while Dir. Watson saved a
few books and quite a number of
instruments.
The fire originated in Vaden's
grocery store and occurred be-
tween II and II o'clock. No one
knows how, or the cause, but it
is supposed that it was transmit
ted from the stove to some goods
which were piled very near to
keep from freezing. Nobody was
on the street nearby when 1t start
ed and it had gotten beyond con-
troll before the fro company
reached the locality. The laddies
did some brave fighting, however,
and used every effort to keep II
from spreading It was finally
thought to be entirely extinguish-
ed, but to be on the safe side two
watchmen were left 10 charge of
jones' store. The unexpected
happened, however. The FIRE had
lodgded between the roof and cell
ing over Jones store and smoul-
dered there for some time before
it broke out and before anyone
knew it. When the blaze broke
through it had gained such head
way that no one could do any
thing With It and before the fire
company could return the house
was abIaze all over the roof. The
building was Of frame and soon
destroyed.
Jones' losses we're valued At
s6, 900, including drugs, medicines,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-16

All hunting and tresspassiuq is
strictly forbidden on my farm. All
offenders will be prosecuted to the
full extend Of the law.
Nov. 26, 1904.
Mrs. joseph e. EVANS.
Union City. Tenn.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-16
Ben Smoot Is home from Fultor

Ben Smoot is home from Fulton
Pat McAndrew, OF Neoga, III
was here this week.
Miss Jeffie Groves, Of Obion, vis-
tied friends here Sunday
Squire w H. Nichols was ur
from Kenton Wednesday.
Walter Morris made a business
trip to Memphis this week.
Little Annie Laurie Caldwell is
much improved At this writing.
w @ clagett, Ben Harrison and
Walden DAVIS spent Sunday in Fui-
ton.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-16

indeed glad to reproduce them.
There il, moreover, we predict, a
splendid future in store for Attor.
ney Morris. His splendid ability
and character will no doubt be
sought BY those who wish to honor
him In the counsels Of his people III
the course Of short time.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-16
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Burned out and need money
All accounts must b. settled al
once. Please call at Beckhanl's
Buggy Store if you owe me any
thing and settle. Must have all
to build a new store.
CLIFFORD ". JONES.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-16
SHAREHOLDERS MEETING.

There will be meeting Of the
shareholders Of the First National
Bank Of Union City, Tenn, ii their
banking rooms on
Tuesday, January, u, 1904,
for the purpose Of electing directors
and officers for the year 1905. All
are requested 10 be present.
HARRIS PARKS, CASHIER.
I1se Sunshine Elnnr fllA hnat
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-16

Neglected colds make fat grave
yards. DR.. Woods Norway Pine Sy-
rup heals men and women 20 happy,
vigorous old age. Moss Pharmacy.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-16
AT The M Z. Church

Next Sunday the services at tie
M. e. Church will be accompanied
with special music. The choir
will be assisted BY Wagner's or
chestra. Following is the pro-
gram
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-16

Your money will go farther If you
buy your toys from Morgan.Ver
lline Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-16
A LETTER FR 3 NJ
SAN IA ola U s.

TIE BIG STORE,
Dec. IS, 1904
Dear Chill dren:
Be sure to send your letters to me
right awap, care of Morgan-Verhine Co,
or drop them in the mail box in front Of
The Big Store, where ! have bushels and
barrels Of Dolls and Toys for sweet lit
tie girls and good little boys.
Tell what you want me to bring you
and all about yourselves. Ny the great
heaps Of lovely things I have for you at
my store. Come and look at them as much
you please Your
SANTA CLAUS.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-16

The Christmas shoppers say Cartan
has the incest line Of toys, novelties
and the most useful presents to be-
found IN town. You will miss a treat
If you don't see them.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-16
MoRNIN


Organ Voluntary.
Anthem, Behold Bring You
Good Tidings, John Weigand
OffertorY Anthem The Birth
day Of King w. Fl. Neidlinger.
Anthem, Bethlehem Homer
n Bartlett
Post-lude.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-16

Children get fat eating Ebbert's
home. made candy.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-16

Voluntary Christmas Anthem
Ed Z. Cramner.
Ofertory Christmas Anthem
No. 0l-Ed. r. cramner.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-16

Fresh, hot Cream Bread daily at
Dahnke's.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-16

~ 0utttNtt.
Post-lude
The Washington times., 1904-06-26

II passed were closely watched, and all
sorts of traps were set for them; Dul
although the thefts continued our el-
forts were without result, ana our Inys-
wasn't solved until we discovered that
the theftS were taking place In the
office Of the publishing house itself, the
thieves being its own employees.
''AS many letters are stolen outright
as are rifed and resealed- 1t is as easy
70 detect one class OF offenders as an
other. Naturally, II Is imposslDle 20 pre-.
vent thefts altogether, but IT Is a part
of our duty TO advise postmaSJers as 10
methods whereby losses and depreda-
lions can best be traced. and II Is groW-
the department to steal and escape de-
lection.
In Registered Mail.
'"yben thefts Of registered mail take
place it is owing usually 10 the fact
that a package or letter has been placed
in the wrong pouch and thus diverted
from its proper course. In such cases
il falls into the hands of a man who
has not given receipt for II. and II he
is inclined to steal. there IS his chance.
The Government provides an indem-
nifty Of $25 for the loss Of a registered
letter or package. In cases where the
loss of registered letter or package
is due to the careressness of a clerk OF
his violation or any OF the regulations
he has TO settle But If the piece Is
destroyed by fire or stolen by burglars
the Government itself fOOts the bill"
One of the most puzzling cases the
post office inspectors ever had to handle
/ took place a few years ago when this
Canadian-American mail was steadily
robbed during a period of several
months. No pouches ever failed 70 reach
their destinations. and this made II i'm
possible 10 tell whether the depreda-
tionS took place I'm the mailing or dis.
tributing offices in Canada. on the Ca
madam mail train, at the transfer office
| in Detroit on the American postal cars
| or in the Office Of destination.
The Washington times., 1904-06-26

lating n passage from the Journal des
Debats," on certain excavations IN
Nineveh. He and his brothers taught
themselves TO set type and write n
half-practical system of school hand.
All Of them We're trained in the ''Ad-
vertIser' office to do every kind Of
newspaper work. from directing wrap
pers up TO writing the biography Of a
President within an hour after his
death"
A Rare Day.
Nearly every detail recorded Of. this
life is worth mentioning-H ale's boy
hood recollection of old Major Melville,
the original Of The Last Leaf" who
was believed to be one of the Boston
Tea Party; his conversations with Col.
Eben Clapp. who had been "out agin
Burgyne;" his breakfast and supper at
/ Harvard OF TWO pieces Of bread. a lunu
OF butter. and a mug of milk; his in
struction in German at the hands OF
Henry Wadsworth LOngfellow; his part
in the first attempts TO procure alumni
mum from the clay of the Charles
River; the regents freshman" whose
business it was TO provide the students
with footballs and the race Of the stu
dents down to the river through staid
little Cambridge town, clad only in
great coats and boots.
Hale was graduated from Harvard ir
1859. He was then seventeen. But he
stood well toward the head of his class
was chosen class poet, and was almost
alone among his classmates in havinr
already n thorough training in a pro
fession. His profession was journalism
and he had learned IL first hand. Be
fore he came Of age he was writing tn
greater part of the Monthly Chronicle
and the miscellany. and contributing
long articles to other departments o
the paper. He was already a success.
The Washington times., 1904-06-26
Poker Came From Persia Via New Orleans

A IL the evidence about poker which
IN has come to light points 70 its
origin I'm New Orleans. The
question is, where did New Orleans get
II from. or is it an Improvement on some
game known TO the population OF that
city, who. It must be remembered were
French and used French terms in any
games that they played? The New
York sun" has investigated.
There is no French game played with
only twenty cards. as poker was PLAYED
at New Orleans IN 1892. but there are
several French games in which all the
poker hands are 10 be found except four
OF kind. Ambigu, brelan. and many
others VIII az once suggest themselves.
But an these French games are PLAYED
with three cards only in the hand Of
each player Where could the inventors
Of poker have found game played with
five cards Ia each hand. and the pack
consisting Of twenty cards only2
The standard pack Of cards in Europe
from the earliest days has been what IS
called tho piquet pack, which IS the
same as our American edchre pack,
1hlrty-twO cards. There IS only ong
country IN the world that uses pack
limited to twenty cards, and that IS
Persia.
Played in Persia.
1heFe If Only one country IN the Worio
where poker has always been played
with five cards in the hand Of each
player. and that is Persia; but the game
IS not called poker II is called as mas
Those who are familiar with this an
Client Persian game unhesitatingly assert
th& sonne Frenchman must have
brought 80 20 New Orleans in it's print.
tive form. with the pack limited q
twenty cards ana the hand OF each
player increased 10 five The question
sun remains, How did n OaOsnge III
name?
The Washington times., 1904-06-26

It was at this period in mis- career that
Hale was put 10 the choice now to make
his life correspond in usefulness to It's
advantages. His father had devoted
himself to politics and mechanics. He
was the promoter of the Boston and
Worcester Railroad. and Its first presi-
dent, and in furthering the construction
of the road had aroused the douor of
half Of his neighbors as to the sound
ness of his mind. The first locomotive
was set in motion in 1884, and young Ed
ward Hale was a frequent passenger in
It's picturebook cab. But the youths in
clinatons were all in another direction.
He was impatient of the drudgery OF a
newspaper office. and he believed a
greater usefulness lay in the office of
a preacher. the noblestN on EARTH
He was entering a goodly company.
First came ''lnOtty, old. stub-twist Cot
ton Mather;' then sanity Ellery Chan
ming; then courtly Edward Everett; then
the soaring Emerson; then siedgeham-
mer Beecher. the elder; then Parker. the
New England Luther; then golden
mouthed" Starr King; then mystic,
: Oriental Weiss; then Freeman Clarke,
steady old St. James," then Bartol
the transcendentaHst; then impetuous
noble-hearted Phillips Brooks. 1t is q
| long list and a tribute even TO one
grounded as Edward Everett Hale was
| grounded that his name belongs with
the others, and is not che least lunin-
I GUS
JIe was ordained at Worcester. Mass
in 1916 and rose almost instantly to
position OF prominence among Congre
gationalist clergymen. For ten year
he was pastor of the Church Of tn
| Unity in Worcester. Then came a ca
| to a great ofiice-that OF pastor of tn
] Unitarian New, Old South Church in Rns
The Washington times., 1904-06-26

Hale runs on, 1T went upstairs and sat
on the ridge pole of the house while 1
read the six books OF the Aeneid
through IN the Latin. I do not remem-
Der that 1 have read them all at any
other time from that day TO this
OF passing the examinations DR.. Hale
has written this: II think that in this
accident is the beginning Of the scorn
and contempt with which. since then. l
have always regarded such examina-
tons"
In another place he gives a fine view
Of his boyhood. by saying: II was really
a country boy who had been all his life
prisoner within the streets OF town"
His father and mother-Mr. Hale was
one of the most progressive and infiuen-
tial mer in Boston, and Mrs. Hale was
the sister OF Edward Everett-detested
idleness Hale recalls that once some
OF his associates In the Latin school
asked him 20 go down to the wharves-
He asked what for. The men there
might be unloading casks or something,
The grown man notes that as a boy ne
| felt horrible disgust and terror" at the
idea of such an expedition with such
doubtful results. When he went home
ne had a kite to make, or a perpetual
motion machine to perfect, or a loco
motive to study, or a telegraph instru-
ment TO set up on top OF the house, or q
portrait OF Lady Mary Montague, 'ir
the plaster" or a pair Of stills TO finish
or a seat TO make for a truck, or a mum
Der of an amateur magazine to plan. H
hated school, and his whole famil,
abominated evening lessons. He raised
in one raisin box, radishes, morning
| glories, scarlet beans, Venus Flytrap
candy tuft, mignonette, and peppe
grass. Before he was eleven years OLE
his father1 who was the editor or tn
! Boston Advertiser"-the first daily II
New England--put him TO work trans
The Washington times., 1904-06-26
Farming Not Profession

FARMING, young man, is a trade
r. mot profession. It doesn't de-
4 pend on theories. 1t depends on
practice. And you can put it down as
gospel that these stories in the maya
zines of men who make independent for
tunes OFF of one crop of strawberries,
thing else, are so many fairy tales"
With that the commission merchant
looked complacently around his stand
measured the crates Of berries with his
eye, lit a cigar. and waited for a re-
ply. IT came but not from the reporter.
Il m not so sure about this theory bust
ness said the meat man across the
way. I've seen a good many farms
that wouldn't pay under practical farm
ing that yielded good. paying crops when
one of these agricultural professors took
There is such a place in st. Mary
county. near the river Nobody could
do anything with it.
We'll, young fellow with glasses
came sailing along and he bought the
place. Everybody laughed, of course.
But he is "a rich man today. And what
do you suppose made him rich? Why
sparrow grass, And he grew it by
In a moment OF two the discussion in
| cluded half a dozen markctmen. and
porter felt were justified by their sew
| eral Judgments:
That market gardening about Washing,
ton has been greatly injured by the in
! PRODUCTION OF wares from the South I,
! exhaust the early market at high prices
That the profits in growing small
| fruits depend almost entirely on thu
care with which they are packed fol
shipment
That the nearby country Is pretty
| nigh exhausted and that the hes
| branch goods grow ten miles or NOR,
away from the branch.
That the big profits go 10 the pro
ducers Of extra" goods and tina
| In more cases than otherwise the pro
ducers of those extra" goods are no
what the neighbozR GE2i 'tD<aetica
| farmers"
The Washington times., 1904-06-26

pochenspiel, or pochen- The Academic
des Jeux" speaks Of poque as de-
scendant or ofshoot from the older
game Of hoe.
The popularity of pOque Is. that after
the cards are dealt and each player has
taken from the common pool the counter
for the rank of the highest cards held.
he is at liberty TO bet upon the various
combinations Of cards he holds, trip
lets, pairs, etc. In the French deScrip-
lions of the game we are told that n
player opened the betting by saying,
or as many as he pleased, and that
then the others COULD see him. raise him.
or drop out in their turn.
In the German game, pochen, as II Is
played today, we find exactly the same
expression still in use: Itch poche eins, .
or, as many chips as the player cares
TO venture, and the answer OF the player
entering the betting against the Opener opener
poque and pochen are played with the
piquet pack. thirty-two cards.
Now, Il IS very curious that in the
English translation Of this Academic
J des Jaux," and in all the English de-
scriptlons OF the game of poque, we hnd
the players are instructed 10 say In Eng
| lish: Il pogue for so much" ana the
| following players are TO respond
poque against you"
Show this word "poque" to any ordi-
nary English-speaking person, not ac-
| quainted with French, and he would IN
| doubtedly separate IL into two syllables
and call IL po-que. In the German tIiS
/ word poche is already as near poker
as the vowel sound viii admit.
What more natural than that resi-
| dent OF New Orleans of French birth
or extraction, already familiar with the
game Of poQue and seeing asands played
/ for the first time. should use the ex-
| preston "Je poque dun 1eton," etc, and
/ that the English or German-speakinG
person, adopting the game, should say
/ II Do-due."
From this II is a short step TO droI
| the curious and difficult foreign name Of
/ asands altogether. and call the game
] po-que aza laaaT 10 ADeD MpoA0A
The Washington times., 1904-06-26

The name OF as mas is not only the
name OF a game-it Is now generally
used 70 distinguish the old Persian cards
with which as mas is played, from the
European cards. which are modern.
No Aces in Persia.
The old Persian pack had no aces
court cards, and spots, Ike ours but
each suit was made up Of pictures which
ranked: Lion. king. lady, soldier, and
dancing girl. This pack was called
Varak 1 as; varak 1 asands, or simply
as, from the game as. or asands, which
was played with ii. This ancient game
was simply twenty-card poker. as it was
first played in America at the begin
ming Of this century.
But II poker was originally known as
asands. how came il TO lose that name
1t seemed to the writer and also 10
Mr.. Jessel that the answer TO this
question must be looked for in the Ian
guage Of the people who brought the
game from Europe II they did bring H.
II they brought II TO New Orleans
from Persia. or II some resident of that
city was familiar with the Persian game
ana thought il an Improvement on the
French games Of ambigu and brelan,
{ the intrOducer was probably French
and more familiar with French games
and French terms than with Persian.
CurtOusly enough, one Of the oldest
and most authoritative works on card
games was published in France and ran
through a great many editions This IS
/ the famous Academic Universelle des
yeux. Chez Theodore Legras. au Palais
Paris"
In the 1865 edition or this work we
find the first description OF the French
game OF hoe
This game OF. hoe continues TO be de
scribcd until the edition of 1902. with nc
] tmnTnNempnf n %
I'm its form. In 1913, however, page 3O5
we find a description Of lie Jeu d.
Poque," which exactly agrees with the
! 6SEaG Saown - s1A 1srman childFsEs Is
The Washington times., 1904-06-26
* Clerks Cannot Feel Money In Letters -

The thefts were causing an immeasur-
able amount of trouble. Inconvenience
and business complications on both sides
Of he border. and the postonlce insDec-
tors spent months of hard work. anxiety
and worry Many plans were formed
and experiments made 10 eaten the
thief but all were futile Finally, when
about every theory that had been form
ed as TO the loss OF the mail had been
exhausted an inspector happened 10 no.
tice that a pouch used in the Canadian
American mail had in il a yellow thread
which was quite unlike the kind that
had originally entered into its construc-
ton.
The inspector examined the thread
closely and found that IL EXTENDED along
a seam. suggesting that the bag mad
been ripped open and sewed up again
FOR a distance that would JUST ADMIT thu
passage of a package OF letters Inc
work was very DEITY done, ana IN al
likelihood would have escaped observa-
ton had II not been for the yellow
thread No such thread was used IN the
Government repair shops. and slender
as the clue was 1t undoubtedly was
clue.
Followed for Months.
It was followed for months Postal
clerks were tested and watched who
might have an opportunity 10 rip open
the bag. and a close watch was kept
out for man with yellow thread. Sus-
piciOn finally narrowed down to Harry
Laraway. a clerk in the transfer once
in Detroit. who had easy Access 10 the
mail. which still continued to be rified.
An inspector made q quiet search Of his
rooms and clothing and found thereia
many rawlings of yellow thread
That settled it, The next night the in
spector bored hole under the floor Of
the mail room in the Detroit station ana
crawled in. From this place of con-
cealmcnt he saw l.araway rip open q
mail bag, extract a package Of letters
and sew up the rent with yellow thread.
A few weeks later Laraway was in the
l a nktentiarY.