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Milford chronicle., 1904-02-26

A report Of uncertain origin wbic,
obtained currency a few DAYS ago at.
trlOuted to the United States the in.
tentlon of purchasing and to France
the intention Of selling the small grouD
OF Islands off the coast of Newfound-
iand known as st. Pierre and AIiouelon
our Paris correspondent was able IN
send us the assurance that the ranort
was absolutely devoid Of foundation
The islands have a certain material
value for France. But from the purely
commercial point of view their value to
our neighbors cannot be very great
Their total area is only ninetv-tbrea
square miles, and according to the last
census the population was only 6.352 Of
whom only 400 are permanent resi-.
GENTS the balance being made I'D of n
1oating population of officials. gen.
larmeS and fishermen. Practically no
'egetatien exists on the barren. rocky |
surface of the islands.
This little group of rocky islands COT
Il the northern sea. is the sole remain.
ng relic Of the once great empire which
rance possessed on the North Ameri-
an conunent.-London Post
Milford chronicle., 1904-02-26
siIver and Wonnha

DR.. Reboul has made use with avool.
lent results of a sheet Of silver Iesf n
dressing wounds and ulcerations. Tbe
SILVER sticks Closely to the surface Of
the wounded or diseased tissue and a
small quantity Of cotton soaked IN caI.
lodlon is sufficient to keep it in placa
Mhen the wound is fresh II beoIs
quickly without Inflammation or s,n'
pu-afion. A perfect cicatrization Of
u!cerated cancer of the skin has been
attained by this Eeans.
The entise2tic properties Of silver
are not popularity known. Some wears
ago Dr. Rollln Of Lyons, in cultivatino
microbes In q bouillon which he brd
paced In a silver cup, found thar tbs
microbes perished and at the end of .
rev hours completely disappeared and
the ract was all the more renarl,abIa
as the same microbes multiplied when
placed IN another vessel. Pursr,,o bys
investigations, DR.. Rollin analvzed +bo |
oouillon which was contained in the /
silver vessel and found therein verv
small trace Of silver. which insnitely
small quantity had rendered the bouii.
on antiseptic.
Milford chronicle., 1904-02-26
France's Last stronrboId

~. s, "a 80 = .N.s--zu
Milford chronicle., 1904-02-26

morning? Is not the social shrine also
very poor foundation upon which to
build the altar of Jesus Christ? Is not
most Of its inhuence spiritually depict
ing? Some time ago l read wonder
ful book entitled The Call of the
Wild The central figure of that story
was magnificent dog, cross between
St Bernard and Great Dane. He
was stolen from his California home
and sent far north into the Klondike
regions, where he was compelled to
drag the miners sleds over the Alaskan
SHOWS. Jack London, the writer. with
a master hand traces him from a great.
big, loving house dog down and down
until he is a dog thief among dog
thieves. He traces his degeneracS down
and down until at last TIE bayings of
the wolves call him into the darkness
of the northern forests, and THE call of
The wild" is answered by the response
II the wild"
Milford chronicle., 1904-02-26

diately succeedf the time when the
business man takes an account Of
stock, We find the spring fast comes
Just before the days when che house
( wives are turning the houses upside
uoWn in their semiannual attacks upon
I the dust and the moths. 1t is the time
Z winch we husbands dread. but it is the
+ housecleanins time. which every pru-
( uent wife declares is essential for the
( physical health Of her family. 1t is alb
solutely necessary to keep physical dirt
out ot house, vet in spite of all pre.
cautions it will keep creeping in eyerv-
where. Although the workmen in the
fhlladelphia mint are as careful as
they can be, the dirt and the fine parti-
cles OF gold will sift through the floor
cracks. So great are these siftings thar
every year the floor is taken nm and
the dirt is separated from the gold. and
thousands Of dollars worth of gold are
thus collected for the United States
treasury. In spite of all our precau-
uons the minute, innumerable stains Of
sin Will creep into the heart There
lore each year it is very desirable to
obey the call to the Lenten spring fast I
once year is certainly not too often {
10 take a spiritual accounting and to {
conduct serious self examination Tho [
,aI 10 a fast should reach the ear of i
very Christian. What does that mean2 Y
snail our wives and mothers and sis
efs 80 TO the grocer and the butcher
ina the baker and say, "We do not b
want any more meat or vegetables or L
read for the next forty days?" Does "
mean that all the members of a homo OF
haH 90 without physical nutrition as NJ
'r- Tanner tasted for forty days and Il
'eonard Thress tasted for fifty d.vs re
nd Rev. c. H. Dalrymple tasted for he
lir'y-hlne days and Milton RathAurn cl'
lsted for thirty-six days and EstelIa he
: Auenzel tasted for forty-one davs? yo
a. no. The habit of fasting. inspired tn
Doastful folly and the desire of see Sc
3 now long we can live without tos4. an
9 Iood' is just as sinful as the oDDo- wi
-e extreme Of gluttony. to SEQ how hu
ach one can eat without utterly do kn
'oylng the smooth workings Of the di- all
stive organs. ma
1000 AouNcNltdlluE does NOT ! u
AN the complete abstinence from I
yslcal food. 1t docs mean emphatic cal
J the reconsecration and the redadi. ant
ION OF the domestic Greside 70 Iesus anC
rist through self abnegation. II mel
ans that we shall have PRAYERS ot 1t
cradle. 1t means that we shall con
'e prayers in the bedroom and pray. cello
IN the parlor and prayers in the Sit. mos
room and prayers in the kitchen Of ;
have the dining room spread with JorC
oSpel banquet Of the bread of life - was
leXt week you were to entertain the We
OF England or the emperor of Ger ture
y, you would turn your home nm for
down 70 make it attractive for tho poss
ent Of his majesty. Shall we NOT in ty d
same way by spiritual housecleon- he I
prepare for the entertainment Of form
heavenly King by casting out of and
$ all sinful thoughts and desires work
ID ma lodgment in our hearts? carry
Milford chronicle., 1904-02-26

liant man? Do not thousands upon
thousands of people so to the great
cathedrsls of Europe in order to hear
the music, just as those same musical
lovers would sit at the feet Of List,
a Paderewski or a DaEroschg
We know that the finest living mu,
steal composer of Italy leads the Yad-
can choir and the finest Organist of all
London is master of st. Paurs famous
organ and that Plymouth church was
not more noted for the fact that it had
one of the greatest of preachers than
that it had one Of the greatest c. mu-
sicians, who was able to make its or
gan pipes weep and sob as well as
sound a mighty hOsanna. Are not some
Of our churches on account of their
wealth being more and more secular
zed into mere social clubs? Do not /
many professional men go to church /
lot for the spiritual good they may get
'ut of those churches, but that they
nay be able to come in touch with
hose who worship in those congrega-
ions? Is it not becoming more and
more the custom for the members of
he church boards of trustees to Judge
I the success or the failure of the
hurch by the criterion of money-bv
le way that church in its collections
able to take in as well as give out
-ealth?
Milford chronicle., 1904-02-26
Preparations For Chris,

me Lehten season in the home means
simply the spiritual preparation far
Chflst TO visit the home. Whom AZ
,! in iarquhar Tupper, the famous Eng
tsh poet, came to visit US in Brool,Ivn
We gave to him the very best room in
tne mouse. We gathered together tho
most famous literary men of tba oi+,,
10 meet him. At that party 1rorono
Greeley came, and William Curo,,
bryant came and read his "'Tbono+or !
SIS ana George William Curtis came |
ana think John G. Whittier came
wen remember my mother giving 70
ne Iupper's popular book. "ProvarhiaI
ihIiosophy.' and saying: "Read tbo+
Oook. You should know ubo ,r,r+i,,
arquhar Upper is before he cones
ina then you can honor him ne bo
'IouIu !, De hohored.' In like manner
ne Lenten season in the home is nm
appropriate tine for the spiritual nren.
Ia ton for Christs coming 70 ~
ome. The children should be told on {
Oout MN and be prepared to woIco,,,o
ne saviour as a friend. The cool, ord
le chambermaid should be told aI t
oout hlm' so that they may know how G
hrlst loved Martha, the busy cool, as i
ell as the gentle Mary who SAT- of bis {
eF. Home friends should be told sn s
'out hlm' SO that they also may come v
ana honor the divine guest. Az we
the Brooklyn home read and rersad V
e writings of the English poet in or, &
x 70 Know what his thoughts might o.
; SO TO prepare for the advent of 7
lrist IN the home we should read and Sc
read the words which he spoke unto &c
disciples of old. We should prepare W
greet Christ not as a stranger bnt de
long loved and anxiousIy awaited hC
end. "'1''eu da
Milford chronicle., 1904-02-26
For Better Church Life.

| Inc Lenten season is an annual nIe.
IOr tne capitalization of the church
! ministers Of the different Pro+asto,,t
enurches are more and more getting
INTO the custom Of going into a ..re,
treat at least once year. where bv
iaStlng ana prayer they nav sDiri+roi-
~ prepare themselves for their 90
cleslastical ministrations. Ar ioos+
once a year as church nemba-s -.
should so into a spiritual .re+rao+ ,,
IN that retreat" we should coll -.
our Heavenly Father that the Holv
spirit may bless us in our relation.
sAlp with or midweek PRAYER meet.
mss and Sunday schools and Christian
Enceavor societies and tless US in on
relationship to his great church a.
large. uieu at
After Jesus Christ drove the D,orou
cnungers out Of the temple. were the |
to secularize the bonsa ~
GOD into n place for mere educa+io,ol
and literary and musical and sootai
IND financial enjoyment forever chm.
ioned! Do not some Of US. eonsciors-
y ana unconsciously, fall into the -
OF OF coming to church merely on 30.
cunt OF the oratofical gifts of the
reacher? Did not thousands unon
thousands Of worshipers sit at the sae+
a Beecher a Cumming, a Rowland
LII ana John Wesley. not because
ley were worshlping God but 70 49,.
ecause they were worshiping a bril-.
Milford chronicle., 1904-02-26
Heed the summons.

Oh, yes, my friends. the church Nom
Ders should heed the Lenten summons
They should heed the spiritual call
which scars above the discordant ones
OF the busy marts even as the clear
note of the thrush may be heard above
the bedlam of the woods sounding the
reveille of the morning. They sbould
hear the Lenten call which saws to the
clergyman, "Oh, ordained undersbep.
herd of the Christian pulpit. down on
your knees and prayw Lent calls IN
the elders and deacons and Sunday
school officers. Down on your knees
and pray 1t calls to the lay members.
whether bediamonded and in silks or in
humble homespun, Down on your
knees in prayer" Oh. that we might
all heed the spiritual Lenten call and
make Christ's church a veritable "bouse
Of prayer"
Thus, my friends, the spring fast
calls TO the men in the social worll
'nd TO the men i'll the business world
ma to the Len in the home ana to the
hen in the church to come to prayers
t calls ut this time because on tbe
.ohiAs Of Ash Wednesday we shall
Celebrate the beginning of one of the
most triumphant and yet saddest times
I all Christ's earthly existence. The
baptism was just over. Christ
as about to begin his divine mission
'e know not how far the human M
ire he assumed may have obscured
II the time the divine attributes no
assessed. 1t may be that in those for
days OF solitary thought and PRAYER
realized more clearly than in his
rmer wears the sublimity of his wor.
III OF his sacrifice. lie saw what his
DIX was to be. He saw how he must
Try the burden of mans sins and die
man and he resurretted before he
lld return TO his Fathers throne.
way this coming spring fast of tba
nten season be to you also a time Of
ritual awakening. May it be a time
len you will not only realize that
d mas glorious earthly work for
! TO DO but time when YOU can
lie that after work is done Won
III live on and on and with Christ
never die. May you during the
i coming forty days be much in
yer much in earnest beseechment.
you also feel and know that the
you are to be best fitted for that
MY work is by the depth of vour
'ntance as well as by the height of
glorious and triumphant faith.
God bless this Lenten season TO
Copyright 1904, by Louis Klopsch.1
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-11-11
RICH IN LOVE.

Never tell me that I'm poor
Troubles flag unfurled:
Little one there, In the door,
Loves me all the world"'
All earth's riches at my touch,
Since she loves me just that much
III.
Some sweet angel, in high place,
LAS all heaven knows.)
Dreamed Of roses, and her face
Blossomed like a rose!
In her love Life's joys impaired,
Since she loves me All che world!'
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-11-11

! desire to thank my many friends
of Union City and community for
their untiring help to restore me to
health during my recent severe ill
ness. ! was assured of the sympa-
thy of all and you rendered me your
helping hand which resulted in my
restoration to health. | appreciate
so much the divine help of the min
listers of Union City and the ply
steal benefit derived from the con-
slant attendance of my physicians
during the most critical moments of
my life. The home with a Chris
tian family to environ it with love
who rendered me their tenderest
care. / wish to thank the young
men Of the city for their untiring
help to me during my sickness and
to the older men for their help and
encouragement, the ladies for
their nourishments and the young
ladies tor the many beautiful flow
ers as tokens of appreciation and
respect, and the Martin-Allen Drug
Co. for a lovely bouquet OF lilies.
All of which ! remember with much
appreciation.
/ wish also to announce that /
have come to show you my great
appreciation and to do you service
in my special line of work, and l
still need your support and encour-
agement and will strive to do you
all the good I can and as little
harm as possible. Ny office is still
in the Walker building where |
hope to see all my old friends and
make new ones.
Very respectfully,
w. l.. HENDRICKS.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-11-11

Poverty weaves garlands of
flowers for u.s." says a Georgia
philosopher. Now, that's news to
usl But we're not disposed to take
any chances with Poverty's rosy
real estate.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-11-11

G. w. Darnell to J. f. Cole, &
acres IN No. 3, ST., 100.
G. w. Darnell to w. B. Cole, Z:
acres in No. 3, 500.
p. Bell to p. S. Clack, "a acres
in No. 3, $500.
l.. B. Grain and wife to w. H.
Thomas, 20 acres in No. II, $500.
Mamie Il. Beck to Alfred DeBow
ct all, lot in No. 10, $425.
+. NJ. Cloyes to W. d. Wood, 103
acres in No. /, $1,000.
II. A. Wise to c. w. Miles, "a
acres in No. 4, 81, 800.
Everett Reeves to Jack Britton,
lot in No. 16, $50.
Green Cloar to A. P. Cloar, III
acres in No. 3, $1.50.
M. L. currey to Gracy Currey
Moss ct al, lot in No. Is, 5000.
]. X, Passmore to c, w. Miles
SO acres in No. |, S1,711.
A. ]. Nichols and wife to Fannie
II. Lowell. so acres in No. 6, ST, 200.
4. w Dickerson to c. c. Dicker-
son, IS acres in No. z, ST, 1o4
Mary A. and ]. f. Fletcher to ].
b. Akin, lot in No. Is, $50.
w. M. Cook ct al. to ]. w. Fer
guson, 20 acres in No. 10, $50.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-11-11
The Christmas pelineator

The December Delineator, with its
message of good cheer and helpful
ness. win be welcomed in every home.
The fashion pages are unusually at
tractive, illustrating and describing
the very latest modes in a way to
make their construction during the
busy festive season a pleasure instead
Of a task, and the literary and pictor-
ial features are of rare excellence. A
selection of love songs from the Wag.
ner Operas, rendered into English by
Richard de Gallienne and beautifully
illustrated in colors by J. @. Leyen-
decker, occupies a prominent place
and chapter in the Composers Ser
les, relating the Romance of Wagner
and Cosima, is an interesting supple
ment to the lyrics. A very clever
paper entitled ''The Court Circles Of
the Republic" describes some unique
phases Of Washington social life is
from an unnamed contributor, who
Is said to write from the inner circles
OF society. There are short stories
from the pens of + Hopkinson Smith,
Robert Grant, Alice Brown, Mary
Stewart Cutting and Elmores Elliott
Peake, and such interesting writers
as Julia Magruder, L. Frank Baum,
and Grace MacGowan Cook hold the
attention of the children. Many
suggestions are given in
and the cookery pages are
redolent Of the Christmas feast. In.
there are the regular depart
ments Of the magazine, with many
special articles on topics relating to-
interests within and with
1ut the hnma
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-11-11

The family medicine in thousands Of
homes for So years-Dr. Thacher's Liver
and Blood Syrup.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-11-11
To California

Via Scenic Colorado or True Southern
Route. Daily Through Pullman
STANDARD Sleeping Cars, st. Louis to
San Francisco, via the Missouri Pacific
Ry. and Scenic Colorado. Elegant
Tourist Sleeping Car Service every
Tuesday and Thursday from st. Louis.
Daily through Pullman standard
sleeping cars, st. Louis to Los An
geles, CAL via Iron Mountain Route,
the true Southern route. New tourist
sleeping car excursions via Iron Noun
tain Route and El Paso, leave st. Louis
every Tuesday and Saturday. The
service and equipment is strictly up
to-date. Round trip and low rate one
way tickets are on sale via Iron Noun
tain or Missouri Pacific system from
all principal points in the East. For
berth reservations and full informa-
ton, address
r. T. G. Matthews, II. p. A., Louis
II. q. Townsend, 6. P. 8 T. A., St.
Louis, Mo.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-11-11
FROM P. Il. o.

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Rob Morris,
near Protemus, bouncing boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Donnell
are the proud parents of fine boy.
Rev. Holder filled his regular APP
pointment at Protemus Sunday.
Text: What does it profit man
If he gains the world and loses his
soul?"
Mrs. Bob Lee Barnett, daughter
and Miss Lizzie Cashon, of Horn
beak, spent the night last Saturday
with ]. M. Caldwell and heard Rev.
Holder Sunday. They were work
ing in the interest of the c. P.
Church at Hornbeak and secured
about twenty dollars.
Mr.. Walker Curry and wife, of
Troy, were at Protemus Sunday.
David Reeves and wife and Alex
Curry and wife, of Ebenezer, at
tended church at Protemus Sunday.
w. P. Stubblefeld and Henry
Wilson we're with their girls, the
Misses Fulghum, Sunday.
Mr.. Bob Davis is having ]. M.
Caldwell to build him a new house.
Rev. Hardin will preach his last
sermon at Liberty Sunday for this
conference year.
Newt Barnett will take his de-
parture this week for the scatters
of the lake to hunt and fish this
winter.
Miss Jennie Jones, after spending
a month with her relatives at Polk,
has returned home.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-11-11
THE GREAT SOUTHWEST.


Twice afIonth.
Many farmers In the Northern and
Eastern States are selling their high
priced lands and locating in the
Southwestern Missouri, Arkansas,
Louisiana and Texas. Many who have
been unable to own their homes In the
older country are buying land at the
prices prevailing in the new country
IS, $40, SIS, per acre and up. These
lands are mostly cut-Over timber lands,
some of them possessing a deep rich
soil producing corn, wheat, oats clover,
cotton fruits and and vegetables.
Well improved farms are scattered
throughout this country. Many places
with small clearings and some inn
pr0vements can be bought very cheap.
Our descriptive literature gives FAIR
ly good idea of this country. 1t tells
about the soil, crops, climate, people.
schools and churches, water, health,
1t contains maps showing location OF
counties, towns, railways and streams
and gives names and addresses Of real
estate dealers In the towns.
Reduced rates for hOmeseekers and
colonists are In effect first and third
Tuesdays Of each month, by way Of
st. Louis, Cairo or Memphis and the
Cotton Belt Route. Let us send you
our literature and quote you rates.
Address Or
M. ADAM, Il. W. LEBEAUME,
Trav. Pass. Agts Gen. Pass. & Tkt. ARt
Cotton Belt Route, Cotton Belt Route
Cairo, Ill. Sc. Louis Mo.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-11-11
ELBRIDGE.
Weather fine.

Weather fine.
Everybody at work.
Deputy Sheriff w. M. Freed il
very low with slow fever.
Mr.. George Tubb, a prominent
citizen of Humphreys county, is
visiting his nephew, DR.. l. N. John
son.
The Cloverdale school which sus.
pended some time ago will not re.
sumo until Monday, the 21st inst.
Last week fine angora buck
went from the Cloverdale Stock
Farm to Social Circle, Ga, and this
week a pair of Berkshire pigs to
Valley Head, Ala.
The election is over and no one
should nurse sore toe, as doing so
will not mend matters. Lay aside
all chickering's and let the bygones
be bygones.
Recently in turning water from a
hydrant into a water trough num-
Der of forest leaves which had col
lected in said trough attracted our
attention. They would be drawn
into the vortex and submerged. then
HE themselves away to the farthest
end of the trough for time only TO
soon return and undergo the same
experience. While thus watching
the leaves we could but think how
similarly some people acted. We
thought of the Pike at the Worlds
Fair, of the, vast multitude that was
to be seen there from early morn
till late at night, and we could but
think how the masses are attracted
by the frivolities of this world and
let the good things of life go by
without inspection or thought. On
the Pike at the Worlds Fair there
was but little to be seen that could
be of any permanent benefit to any.
one, while there were hundreds of
there which were calculated
to give one information that would
be beneficial for future reference in
all after life. Hundreds and thou
sands of people visited the great
Worlds Fair this year and were at
tracted to the Pike by the whirl
and tom tom OF foolishness and
spent their time and money and all
they received in return therefor was
! submersion in frivolity and often
vulgar scenes, but like the leaves
hey would return again. We have
.alked with farmers daughters and |
sons who went there and returned,
,ut cculd tell one very little, if any
hing about the live stock, agricul-
.ure pr other exhibits, and even
Ionle whom we have talked to never
Jaw The live stock, but had the
Pike ny submerged in the
Pike. We heard a lady say a few
lays ago that after our county fair
he was talking to another lady
Who spent two days there and in
he conversation the FIRST lady re-
erred to some things she saw in
he ladies' building and the floral
display, when the other lady asked
where we're those? never saw
hem; l was at the grand stand
most of the time Submerged in the
Iorse races 1t is too often the
ase that we become absorbed in
he frivolities Of life and neglect
hat which is more essential.
U-ENow.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-11-11
Marriage Licenses.

c. w. Curry and M. e. Calhoun
Tom Mcclure and Edna Bryant
Henry Turner to Sallie Turner
Joe Bennett and Iva Myers.
w. L. Letsinger and Nellie V,
Kelley.
w. H. Mulvihill and Ruby s.
Arnold.
J. P. Lackey and Mamie e. Tay.
lor.
r. T. Morris and Matte Conner.
L. B. Gibson and Miss Daisy
Sheriff..