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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15
Owe YOUNG pagAM.
Truly Touching Situation Brought
About by the Outrageous
Dust.

The wind swept a cloud Of dust about
them as they turned the corner of the street,
relates the Cleveland Plain Dealer
Did you get any dust in your eyes, dar.
lingsH be asked fondly, holding her closely
TO him, as though to keep the too eager wind
away.
Yes" she murmured, searching for the
handkerchief.
(Which eye, dearestw
"The right one, love. Did you get any
thing in yours" she asked anxiously, seeing
has handkerchief appear.
Eyes, darling"
(Which eye, dearest"
"The right one, love"
GLOW sweetp she exclaimed, with q sad
light glowing in her well eye do you sup
pose, dearest heart, that.it could have been
part Of the same piece Of dust that got into
our eyes, darlingY
II hope twas" he said, beaming with one
eye and wiping the other.
''Wouldn't it be sweet, dearg
Wouldn't il, loveU
And the wind howled around the corner
rs though it was in pain and from the house
three doors below a dentists sign fell of
into the street.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15
misunderstanding
PROPOSED ADDITIONS WILL Am
GREATLY TO ITS BEAUTY.
An Architectural Marvel Which Has
Grown with the Country-Suppos-
edly Completed Several Times
Plans of Walter.

A commission designated by the last
session of congress has been investi.
eating proposed additions to the ma
tional capitol building at Washington
and will recommend the extension OF
the east front of the building to con-
form to plans drawn by Architect
Thomas U. Walter way back in 1865.
This will add another to the many
additions and extensions the original
building, as designed by George Wash
ington, has received. Still, through all
Of these the harmonious proportions
of the great pile have been main
tanned, the architectural scale followed
and the rounded whole will yet be a
thing of beauty and inspiration to all
who look upon it.
The capitol to-day contains 43O
rooms. and with the contemplated
addition it will have about 450 rooms.
When the extension is completed the
whole edifice, including the works of
art and fittings which it contains, will
have cost very nearly $fS.000,00O, a
sum much greater than the fathers Of
the republic ever imagined would be
necessary for a capitol building
The corner stone of the original cap.
itol building was laid on September 5.
1898, with a speech by Washington
and a grand military procession, fol-
lowed by barbecue. The plans of the
structure were altogether in the hands
of President Washington himself and
the site selected was of his own choice.
The federals government came to
Washington in the year 1900, and on
November the senate and house were
called together for the first time in the
new building, then incomplete.
Following the partial burning of the
building by the British in 1874, Pres
ident Madison was authorized to bor-
row 100000 to restore the structure.
This work was finished and the build
ing pronounced complete in November,
1917. Ten years later the building
was again completed" by the addi-
ton of rotunda and dome.
Thomas u. Walter became connected
with the structure in 1851 and de-
signed the wings, the construction of
which was inaugurated on the Fourth
of July of that year. The addition of
the wings made new and larger dome
necessary, and this was begun in 1855,
and ten years later the building stood
completed" again.
There were many long and heated
debates over the additions, which we're
begun IN 1851, and Jefferson Davis
prominently participated in the sem
ate. He was in favor of the extern
sions and a capitol building COM
mensurate with the growth of the
country. During one speech he made
the significant remark that "if this
union stands" the country would need
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15
DIGGING OUT DOLLARS.
Famous Writer Received First Sub
stantial Recognition from
'sThe Black Cat

Boston, July, 19O4.-There is an old
adage that no door shuts without an
other opening. With the necessaries
OF living constantly mounting higher,
old sources of income disappearing
and old lines of effort closing up, it is
encouraging to find that che ceaseless
change and progress of the times is
opening new fields of endeayor to the
intelligent and ambitious. The Bos-
ton Daily Globe gives notable exam
pie in the case Of the famous Jack
London, the brilliant war correspond
emit, now at the front, who secured his
iirst substantial recognition as writer
right here in this city, when he was
Just about to give up in despair
Nothing" he says, remained but
to get out and shovel coal. had done
It before, and earned more money at it.
| resolved to do it again, and GER
tainly should have done it, had it not
been for The Black Cat.
Yes, The Black Cat. The postman
brought me an offer from 1t for a
4,OOO-word story which was more
lengthy than strengthy, If would
grant permission to cut 1t down half.
Grant permission? told them they
could cut it down two halves if they'd
only send the money along, which they
did, by return mail ! forgot my coal
shoveling resolution, and continued to
whang away at the typewriter. AS
Tor five dollars offered at some indefinite
time by big magazine. for story of
similar length. finally received 1t.
after publication and a great deal OK
embarrassment and trouble"
Nor Is Jack London the only writer
who has been lifted from obscurity to
prominence by the lucky Black Cat,
which, as the New York Press has
truly said, has done more for short
story writers and short-story readers
than any other publication. Newton
Newkirk, the popular writer, who halls
from an obscure Ohio town, achieved
success through The Black Cat; so did
Stanley Edwards Johnson, the New
England author, Frank Lille Pollock,
OF North Carolina, and many others.
Each of it's famous prize compete
lions has brought new writer's to the
front. In its most recent, the 2,100
prize was won by young Texan who
had never before written a story, and
the second, $1,000, went to a lawyers
wife in an obscure Missouri town
1t has just inaugurated another con-
test in which $4,000 will be paid to
writers in sums of from 500 to $500.
This will, no doubt, add many new
names to the list of those who have
arrived" through its recognition.
The conditions are announced in the
current issue of The Black Cat, and
will also be mailed free to any one by
the Shortstory Publishing company,
Boston, Mass. Even those who cannot
write winning story themselves may
earn ten dollars by giving timely
tip to some friend who CAP. G
But all should bear in mind that 1t
will be entirely useless for any one to
send story to The Black Cat contest
after October l. or without first read |
ing and complying with all the pub
lished conditions. Here is a chance for
the reader to dig dollars out of his
brain. for what life does not contain
at least one tale worth telling?
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15
No Mister.

Elihu Root, who has returned 10 the
Practice of law in New York city, has en-.
gagged new office boy. Said Mr.. Root:
was Mr.. Reilly" said the boy. "Vho 4
Mr.. Reilly" asked Mr. Root. "The iani-
tor, sir" An hour later Mr. Root asked
Jimmie, who opened the Window" ''Mr.
Lantz, SIT" And who is Mr.. Lantzg''
''The window cleaner, sir" Mr. Root
wheeled about and looked at the boy.
See here, James," he said, 1--WE call men
by their first names here We don't mis-
ter them in this office. Do You under.
standy" Yes, sir" In ten minutes the
door opened and small shrill voice said.
There's a man here as wants to see you,
Elihu. Nashville Banner.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15
Not Well Informed.

Kinglake. the historian of the
Crimean war, was approached by a
spiritualist one day, who told him thar
the speaker had had command from
the recently deceased Mrs. Kinglake TO
convert William Alexander Kinglake''
. his doctrines. We'll" said Kinglake.
even in Heaven one has right to ex-
pect accuracy. My name is Alexander
William Kinglake." The commission
er left at once.--Chicago Daily News
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15

1t is said that Wall street Is complain.
ing of a lamb famine. The tender young
ones are getting few and far between. and
the Others are getting bit too sheepish.
Consequently, the fleeing firms are lind
ing it hard work keeping the wolf at the
door. baltimore American
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15
TULANE UNIVERSITY
OF LOUISIANA


Full courses in Languages Sciences, Engineer
ing, Law, Medicine. Splendid department. for
women in Newcomb College. Tulane makes
leaders in all vocations. Its facilities for In.
struction In Engineering are unsurpassed, I'M
excelled opportunities for the study Of Sugar
Chemistry, Expenses low. Board and accom-.
mediation in fine dormitories at low rates. Op.
portunities afforded academic students for self
help. MKT SESSION BEorNs OcToBER tsr. SENS
FOR CArALoouE AND ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR.
Address THE PRESIDENT.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15
Considsrata 70 the Last.

The church service was simple and most
impressive, and was in accordance with the
requests Mrs. Baker made. There was no
singing, she herself being a musician OF
rare ability, with tender thought of her
family, desired that nothing should be done
which would make greater their grief. On
eonta IN. " Star.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15
a Never Failing Produot.

One day the pupils had learned that
in a certain region 1t rains continual
" for six months. The teacher then
put the question, What do they raise
there?T and from little boy came tho
answer, promptly:
Umbrellas. Little Chronicle.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15

A sunny man attracts business success;
everybody likes to deal with agreeable,
cheerful people. We instinctively shrink
from a grabbed, cross, contemplate char
acter, no matter how able he may be. We
would rather do little less business or pay
a little more for our goods, and deal with
an optimist.-Success.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15
al Lasting Cure.

Grinnand Barrett - What cured
Cawlboy of his desire to be trage-
dian?
Irving Heury-The open-air treat
ment. He walked home from Fond-du-
Lac with the thermometer at zero
Puck.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15
Browns Advantage.

Greene-How Brown stuttersl An aw-
full affection, isn't it?
Gray-Oh, / don't know. He can mo-
nopolize the conversation without having
to say a great deal.-Boston Transcript.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15

IL was hardly necessary for worlds fair
officials n Cd to Morocco to secure bandit
Some real live specimens, who would make
Raisuli look like an amateur, could beliouna
no further away than Wall street.--Detrois
Free Press
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15
Ladies Can wear gboaa

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot.
Ease. A certain cure for swollen, sweating,
cept no substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address A. S. olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15
Singular and Plural

FUNNY there was a time when
the BARRIERS used to speak of my hair"
You mean before you began to get
bald?7
Yes. Now they speak Of my hairs. q
-Philadelphia Press.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15
Law Is Too Rigid.

A New Yorker who took legal advice on
the subject has discovered he has no right
to. shoot a young man next door who is
learning to play on the violin. 1t appears
the unwritten law applies only to wind
instruments.-Sioux City Journal.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15
NO Boot.

Reuben-Yew say that yer NAV likes
mo. Cynthy? Haow bout father? Ell
We wan | got married dew yeN mink
he'd throw an old boot at me fer luck7
Cynthia-Yes, Rube; but more'n like
ly his foot would be in the boot--Judge,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No nts after first days use of DIR. Kline >
Great Nerve Restorer. Free So trial bottle Il
treatise. DR.. Kline, 93l Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15

A Chicago man applies for a divorce.
claiming that he was in a trance when
he was married. That won't do; they an
feel that way at the time.-IndianaPo It's
Journal
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15

The missionary societies will be wise not
to arrange to spend the money Turkey owes
them before collections are made.-Ohio
State journal.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton has an equal for coughs and .colds RI
i. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb ls. 1900
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15

A summer girls idea of economy is to
make one hammock do for two.--Chicago
Daily News.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15
Enriching the Langunrs.

Mrs. Mccall You haven't got that pom.
pous butler any more.
Mrs, Nuritch-No, we discharged him.
He didn't--er- buttle to suit us.1Milwau-
kee Sentinel.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15

/. If IL were not for the parodies many
a great poem would go unread. Chicago
Tribune.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08

rate. If the Billings merchants have
my sense they will stand by the local
papers in such a fight, especially as in
supporting their home newspapers
they are building up their own COM
munity, while the foreign Helena daily
is a sheet subsidized for a special pur-
pose by its owners and that purpose
is purely a selfish one.
There can be no more fatally short
sighted policy on the part of a bust
man in a country town or city
than to divert the support due his
home papers to outside solicitors. He
is simply undermining n ground on
which his prosperity rests, when he
does this. Stand by home industry
and especially the home newspaper
whose only chance of prosperity and
ucces rests in building up the bust.
ness interests of the community in
which it is published. There are other
communities besides Billings where
this advice applies.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08

Unless it be John Stuart Mills Neill
alone excepted, it is noticeable that
none of the democratic editors OF
Montana goes into transports of de-
light over the Tammany banquet.
They affect to make light of it by say
ing that it was nothing more than
an assemblage of individuals and not
worthy of consideration as cutting
any political figure, and console them
selves by saying that whatever its
intent, no harm was done by it. But
how different would be the comments
of those selfsame gentlemen had some
other than Cleveland been projected
onto the horizon as the nan worthy
and capable of leading the democracy
next year. Had Olney substituted
Parker, German or almost any one
else LOT lut SdSe VI ouALdIuS IeOOoI
as the recipient of the Mandatory re-
marks he made their columns would
not have been wide or long enough
to contain, their illusions of common
dalton and praise. AS it is, they can
only say good boy" to the former
secretary because of the manner in
which he assailed Roosevelt, and pat
Hill on the back for the same reason.
Whatever enthusiasm the big feed"
and it's consequences may have arous.
ed in other fields of the democracy, it
failed to score above the freezing
point in Montana.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
r r AT SALT LAKE.
Billings Man One of Party to Double
Wedding.

Salt Lake Tribune: There was a
quiet double wedding at the Wilson
hotel yesterday afternoon, when two
sisters, the Misses Eva and Marietta
Hubbard, of Evanston, Wyo., became
the brides of Olof M. Hansen of Park
City and ]. Rob Conway of Billings,
Mont. respectively.
The ceremonies were performed by
the Reverend Charles E. Perkins of
st. Paul's church, and each couple
took it's turn as witnesses.
The bridal parties spent the evening
at the theatre, and left today for their
respective homes in Park City and
Billings.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
LOVE THAT is HOLY.

Without regard to the merits of the
case he may have, the appeal of the
Butte man for a speedy determination
of an action he has pending in the
courts there against a concern tor
personal damages is a pitiful one.
Sometime ago, long enough to have
had the matter tried, he began suit
against a smelter for recompense for
injuries he sustained while in the dis
charge of his duties as one of it's work
men. Because of those injuries he
was incapacitated for further work
and the accident reduced him to such
a degree of want that he and his fam
lily have become charges on the coun-
ty. On top of all this he continues
to be sick and is almost at deaths
door, all, he says, as an outcome OF
u ACCIDENT. AL DeSL, ne declares
in an affidavit he has caused to be
filed with the court, he has only a
couple more months to live and pathet-
ically asks that his case may be trans
ferred to another department of the
anne court that it may be heard be.
fore he passes away. He says he may
get judgment, which would inure to
the benefit of his wife and helpless
little ones, and as his lawyers inform
him his cause of action will abate
| with his death he wants the court tt
help him as far as it can to provide
something for the loved ones before
it shall become too late.
The case is a pathetic one ant
only affords another illustration O
the unselfishness of the love that ii
contained in many of the hearts tina
beat under the coarse garb of the hum
BILE toiler.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
MANY CASES DISPOSED or
[Continued from First Page.]

tiff withdrew his demurrer to defend
ants answer and was granted 30
days in which to make reply to the
answer.
w. c. Jenizen was given judgment
by default against Benjamin Kopp for
the sum of $2,884.22 {, and costs.
Hearing of the Ease of Austin North
VS.. w. D. White was set for January
20. This matter will be tried to the
court, both parties at interest having
waived a jury.
Another of the different suits
against Frank Savaresy was stricken
from the docket, that of the Mette &
Kanne Distilling company, an action
for debt. The order to dismiss vas
made on the courts own motion.
In the matter of the estate of George
B. Parker, deceased, the petition OF
the administrator for final discharge
was granted. @
Slater Brick company VS.. A. Motsch.
man, an action to ecove on a debt,
which has been in court a number OF
terms, was touched on once nor
Defendant had filed a demurrer to
the complaint. This was overruled
and the customary time given in
which to make answer.
plaintiffs demurrer to defendants
answer in the case of j. l.. Ash VS..
e. S. Ramp was held not to be valid
and overruled.
The petition of the administrator
of the estate of Anna M. Elmgren,
deceased, for permission to sell the
real estate belonging to the estate
was granted, without notice.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08

No matter what they think OF him
or say concerning him, the enemies
OF General Wood are forced to &C
knowledge that he has a happy faculty
of getting there" Despite the violent
opposition against him, the senate
committee has decided to report fav-
orably to his confirmation as a major
general. and it is safe to say the re-
port will be endorsed by the senate.
The vote of the committee, which
ignored party lines, goes a long way
to convince the unprejudiced ones
that the truth was stated when 1t
was said that the charges made
against Wood were the result of bias
and personal enmity, rather than be
cause of any desire to prevent the
confirmation of an unworthy man.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08

If democratic Mr.. Hay of Virginia
is really honest in his expressed de-
sire to know more about the identity
of the congressman whom the fourth
assistant postmaster general accused
of having unduly and improperly in
fuenced Beavers into recommending
increased clerk hire for crossroads
postofices it would seem that a sim
pier method than the one he adopted
would have suggested itself. A mere
request for the names of those refer
red to, in the report of the assistant
postmaster general would probably
have resulted in bringing out the de-
sired information. At least the bur-
den of proof would have rested in
that case upon the men accused and
the labor and tedium of an investiga.
tion such as Mr.. Hay proposes would
have been avoided.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08

WI ing 10 subscribe to the
geA NAY asthat the panic-proot
has Of .t41 ,15Je evoluted, The Ga
|gsl HItf the opinion that until
~ folloss being is created it is
the &oritatfty of the authorities and
ownee lpro, public places of amuse-
ment & see that the common laws
for the preservation of life and limb
shall be obeyed. Theatres, churches
and all other buildings where large
numbers of people are wont to con-
gregate should be applied with every
reasonable measure for the safety OF
those who go there. Plenty of roomy
and easily accessible exits, ireproot
material in their construction and
.fnishings and prevention OF over
crowding are among the things that
should be insisted upon. They may
not appeal with the same force to
the one who loves to dabble in mat
tiers psychological as does the consid-
GRAFTON of abstract propositions, but
to the everyday, matter of fact per-
son they are more pleasant of contem-
plation because more practical and
promising of better results.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08

For political reasons democratic edi-
tors will continue their ~arraignment
of the president for his course in the
matter of the recognition of Panama,
but within themselves, as reasonable
and intelligent men they will admit
that what he did was just and proper.
II they really favor construction of
an isthmian canal they will agree with
him that his actions were justified by
the highest considerations of our ma
tional interests and safety. The mes
sage he sent to congress is an answer,
and al able and clear one, to all criti-
cisms that have been made of the
administration and a justification OF
it's acts. 1t effectually disproves the
charges of collusion and conspiracy
with Panama as against Colombia and
also makes it very apparent and Ger
tain that in dispatching warships te
the isthmus the government merely
fulfilled its treaty obligations to keel
the way for traffic open, while at the
, same time it prevented ~unnecessar.
bloodshed and prevented the horrors
OF war. The message is one that al
should read, both for the information
Il centains and for the truth it set
forth.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
SOPHISTICATED POLICY.

Bozeman Chronicle: The Billings
Gazette and Billings Times make com.
plant against the invasion of their To-
cal field by the Helena Record, which
they claim is not only trying to com
pete with them as a local news gath.
erer, but is even soliciting advertising
from the local merchants at any old