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The San Francisco call., 1904-03-28
Not So SlOzV, May Be.


Two Of the chorus girls in a recent
New York production that made hit
in this city had to come all the way
from that city to be handed gold
brick. Shortly after their arrival they
expressed an opinion in an interview in
an evening paper that the "Johnnies"
here were real mean and not at all
like the New York "Johnnies."
Some of the local "Johnnies' made
up their minds to have some fun at
the expense of the two girls and one
night they were introduced to a sup
posed wealthy Klondiker. He took them
to swell rotisserie and during the
dinner he began to show them big mug
gets that he had brought with him
from the Klondike. He generously
handed them nugget each, and for
day or two they wondered what they
would do with so much gold.
The comedian of the company was
told Of the gold brick and for a night
or two every time the girls were near
him he would drop on the stage a gold
nugget" similar to the one each of the
girls had fastened to her bodice. This
led to inquiry and the trick that had
been played upon them was exposed.
The nuggets had come from a brass
foundry on Fremont street.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-28

three days after the seizure; If the Il
cense was issued prior to the seizure no
payment is to be exacted, otherwise tha
81 fee will be exacted. In the case OF
cat 81 fine and the purchase Of coli
lar will be necessary to satisfy the de-
mands of justice. After the seizure the
publication for one day of a notice and
the allowing Of three days grace, II the
owner does not claim a stray animal
the department Of health is to have the
power to dispose Of the animal.
The most important provision OF the
new bill is that which allows the Mayor
whenever he deems it necessary for
public safety to issue an order prohib-
iting all dogs from running at large un-
less muzzled or led by chain after the
publication Of the order in the official
newspaper of the city. All dogs run
ming at large may be seized, and re-
deemed by owners. No person is al
lowed TO interfere with an Inspector Of
the health department while engaged in
the duties of the dOg-catcher, and any
such interference is made a misde-
meanOr.
The health department is also to have
the power TO build dog and cat pound.
1t may also destroy any dog deemed
vicious, whether licensed or not. after a
three days notice and the affOrding OF
the owner an opportunity to be heard.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-28
For DySbebtics.

At the forthcoming st. Louis Expo
sition there is to be a restaurant for
dyspeptics, managed by a woman who
has won a reputation as a lecturer on
hygiene. Baked apples are to be the
speciality. Let the visitors indigestion
assume whatever form it will, the
baked apple is TO be depended upon to
cure it. Sometimes Gin patent medi-
cine advertisements, particularly indi-
gestion is pictured as a horrible, an
gular, unfeeling monster. The caterer
to the dyspeptics has arranged, says
the New York Evening Post, to pelt
this dragon with baked apples until it
faints and dies. Baked apples soothe
the jaded stomach, please the fancy,
and, when they are rich and sugary,
delight the taste. Biscuits and cake
will be barred" from this gastronomic
haven; it may be that bananas will
also be ejected-the experiments have
not as yet gone far enough to deter
mine that point.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-28
Another FaLLacV Pricked.

The popular idea that fish nour-
ishes the brain is pronounced falla-
cious by the Lancet GondOn). Fur
thermore, that paper asserts that it is
doubtful whether any given food in
common use contains constituents
which have a selective action, or the
property of ministering to one part Of
the body more than another. Says
the writer:
GAS rule. when a food is assum-
ed to have specific reparative proper
ties-as. for example. a sO-called brain
or nerve food-the fact really is that
such food is easily and quickly assim-
Hated to the bOdy's general advantage
in a word, in such a case repair
quickly overtakes waste and a real
purpOseful nutrition and restoration
are accomplished. The administration
of such elements as phosphorus or
iron in medicine is, of course, a differ
ent matter, but these elements are
evenly distributed in the materials OF
a daily diet. 1t is often stated that
fish is a food which ministers partic-
ularIy to the needs of the brain be-
cause it contains phosphorus. AS a
matter of fact, fish does not contain
more phosphorus than do ordinary
meat foods. and it certainly does not
contain it in the free state. The no.
ton that fish contains phosphorus had
no doubt its origin in the glowing or
phosphorescence in the dark This
phosphorescence is not due to phOs-
phorus at all, but to micro-organisms,
The belief, therefore, that fish is a
brain food is just about as reasonable
as the idea that because a soup Is
thick and gelatinous 1T will stick to
the ribs or as sensible as the cele-
brated advice to Verdant Green to lay
in a stock of Reading biscuits to as
sist his reading. Fish, Of course, Is
excellent food. partly because Of the
nourishing nature of its constituents
and partly because Of its digestibility.
But 1t is in no sense a specific for
brain or nerve"
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-28
Wifely Economy.

st usually take a great deal of pleas
ure out of the marriage ceremony" "
said Justice of the Peace Lawson a
few days ago, while at lunch. "Gener-
ally after 1 unite two fond and loving
hearts, / feel at peace with the world,
but the other day 1 tied a matrimonial
knot and felt mean and miserable Tor
the rest of the day.
"It was a little after 9 a. m. when
young fellow knew well came to my
chambers and asked me to marry him.
Surprised, and, of course, pleased, an
swered Yes; bring in the lady.
well, he stepped out into the cor
ridor, returning in moment leading
woman, several q would hate to say
how many) years his senior. She will
never take a prize in a beauty show,
and when acknowledged an introduc-
ton to her 1 made up my mind that
she could take first prize at any place
where good nature was scarce.
well, 1 tied the knot, and just when
the couple were leaving, the groom
turned and, pulling a SO gold piece
from his pocket, walked toward me-
1 was just getting ready to say Thank
you, when with two long steps the
bride was alongside of him. She
grasped the hand containing the $40,
put her other hand into her purse and
handed me 81 80. 1 could not stop the
Thank you,' and did not try to- stop
the other remarks that came from my
lips when they left"
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-28
The Fearsome Mite.

In our laboratories, under suitable
conditions of food and warmth, a
bacillus splits in half an hour into
two parts, each of which splits again
in half an hour, and so on, and it has
been estimated that single bacillus, if
given similar conditions in nature,
would, within week, give rise to
progeny numerous enough to fill the
Atlantic Ocean. Such overbalancing
is largely prevented by the protozoa,
which feed upon the bacteria, increas-
ing as they increase and decreasing
as this food supply gives out The
protozoa1 in turn, are eaten by animals
like the worms and shellfsh, these by
others, and so on, the balance of ma
ture being so delicate that no form in
creases disproportionately for any
length of time, although, like the
locust plague, or the California fruit
tree scale, or the gypsy moth, some
forms may occasionally predominate.
Since Pasteur demonstrated the fact
that many human diseases are due to
minute living things, which grow and
multiply in our bodies, there has been
a tendency to call all microscopic or
ganisms, whether harmful or not
germs" or microbes or bacteria
indiscriminately. This confusion may
be cleared by the statement that pro-
tozoa are the lowest known forms Of
animals and that bacteria are the low
est known forms of plants, while
germs and microbes may apply to
the disease causing forms in either
group.-Century Magazine.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-28
UTAH's YOUNG MoRMoNs.

RECENT dispatch from Salt Lake says that the
II young Mormons throughout the entire State of
4 Utah have taken preliminary measures to unite
in an organization which shall have for its object tae
strict enforcement of the pledges given the Govern
nent when Utah admitted State. They have
announced determination to bring matters to head
at the April conference of the church by declaring be-
fore that body resolve leave the religion of the
unless the practices of plural marriages the
of the heads of the Mormon hierarchy, revealed in
coldblooded by President Joseph Smith at
the Smoot inquiry, done away with immediately
This stand taken by the younger element in the Nor
mon church is worthy one for it is indicative of the
spirit which should permeate the whole body of the
in Utah 1t is the elevation of citizenship in the United
States over membership in the Church of Latter Day
Saints. From the time when Joseph Smith, the first
prophet, shut himself in his farmhouse in New York
and read the mystical tablets down the present day
the exercise of the Mormon faith has been nrica to
the of good citizenship those
in the creed of Mormon for the primal doctrine of the
church, as confessed by President Smith himself is
obedience the revelation of God through the appointed
elders all civil law to the contrary Notwithstanding
1t was this conviction which led to the armed clash
with the militia of Missouri during the Mormon settle
nent there the late thirtes Again was disregard
OF the laws of Illinois which moved the Mormons to in
trench themselves in their sacred city of Nauvoo and
withstand siege for several days After their hegira
Salt the presence of body of Federal troops was
felt necessary for the preservation of the sovereign laws
of the United States But with the lapse of years and
the growth of younger generation so fanatical as
their forebears, driven to desperation by persecu-
tion there developed seeming amenty to the laws
of the land the part of the saints which permitted of
the admission of the Territory to statehood
The Smoot inquiry at Washington developed the fact
that among the very heads of the church
pledges regarding poygamy have been utterly disregard
ed and the natural inference might be made and would be
made that such the practice from the highest the
lowest had this body of young Mormons voiced their
denunciation of the bad faith of the members of the
hierarchy as promptly and with vigor as they
have The movement of the young Mormons is long
step in the right direction and must be productive of
great service to the honor of Utah.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-28
Rough on Molhe BrniSer.

The New York tabbies are taking to
the veldt, for the Board of Health has
decreed that no cat is hereafter to be
kept without a collar on it's neck on
which is engraved the name and ad-
dress of the owner. The department of
health is to have the power to seize
any cat or dog not licensed or provided
with collar when at large in the
streets. These animals are to be i'm
pounded and released on the presenta-
ton of the license for the dog within
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-28
MENamzlNlAaTERS IN
THE fORlNzheWO WORLD
MOXfT@

patriotism-these the ideals of his ac-
ton. And behind the code Of service
of the Samurai was Buddhism, long a
living force, which taught him that
serenity Of soul was better than all the
joys of worldly life, that Nirvana. the
death Of all passions and appetites,
was the gateway to the everlasting
peace; taught him to hold nothing so
dear but that he could give it up
freely and cheerfully If need might
be. The time came when the need
was, and the Samurai to a man
obeyed the call.-St. James Gazette.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-28

MINERS INCH - w. NJ, Santa
Rosa. A miners inch for measuring
water is not the same in all the States.
In California it is fifty cubic feet per
second. A second foot is the guam
tity represented by a stream one foot
wide and one foot deep and flowing at
the average rate of one foot per sec
ond.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-28
AnS7Uers to Queries.

LIQUOR BILL-A- ]. E.. City. In the
state of California an action may be
commenced at any time within two
years after a debt has been incurred for
liquor sold at retail, but the action can
not be for more than s..
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-28

Russian military authorities are confidently of the
opinion that the Far Eastern will be long one To
outside nations that have from whatever
timental they indulged there is everythnp to
indicate that the conflict will be long enough to satisfy
the most vindictye designs of both combatants
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-28
sNowFALL-L., City. The FOLLOW

SNOWFALL-L., City. The follow
ing is the record Of snowfall in San
Francisco since 1876: January 21,
1876, light snow fell for ten minutes;
December 81, 1882. heavy fall from
1880 a. m. to 4:20 D. M, amount sos
inches; February s, 1888, few flakes
during the day; February 7. 1884,
snow fell at intervals during the day.
depth varying from to 2 inches: Feb
ruary 8, 1887, snow during the day.
depth on Market street and Grant ave-
nue. 81 inches, in Western Addition Z
inches; January 4. 1888, a few flakes
during the day; January Is. 1855.
snow to the depth of 4 inch; March ?.
1894. a few flakes during the dav:
March ?, 1896. snow mixed with rain
fell at intervals during the day; March
3, 1896, heavy snow during the night
depth inch.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-28

TIBET-M. S., City. Tibet is an ex-
tensive region of Central Asia in
cluded in the Chinese Empire, stretch
ing from 70 to 103 degrees east and
from the chain of the Himalayas to
nearly 40 degrees north, being separat-
ed on the north by the Tagh Range
from Eastern Turldstan, and on the
northeast by the Nanshan Range from
the Chinese province. 1t is 400 miles
long from east to west, and 500 miles
in breadth.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-28

The excursion of the Promotion Committee through
the southern counties promises be of the
best combinations of business and pleasure that the year
will offer 1t be train of good things, and every
business man whom the opportunity should
get aboard.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-28

getting along toward the time when primary cleo
will claim attention, and it is therefore pertinent
one good citizen to ask another "Have you registered
YETI"
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-28

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men oy tha
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen' 81, ESQ Cal-
Hornta street. Telephone Main 1042.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-28

Townsends California C1ace frpi+s
choice candies. In artistic hre-etc a
boxes y nice present for Eastern friends :
115 Market street. above Call building
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-30
R. H. McCLANAHAN.
Contractor and Builder.


One of the best and most widely
known contractors IN Northwestern
Tennessee is Mr.. r. H. McClana.
han. Mr.. McClanahan has erected
buildings in Union City and other
towns of this locality for the past
fourteen years and is recognized as
a builder of accuracy and skill,
whether for a small residence or a
large building.
He was born and raised IN Obion
county and began his contracting
business in a small way. Some Of
the contracts to which attention
may be called are SIS, 200 residence
in Obion, a $1,000 residence in
Trimble, the building occupied by
Hardy Bros. g. Sheriff. and the new
Reynolds Opera House. Mr.. Nc
Clanahan's contract of $4,000 for
erecting the opera house, exclusive
of seats aud scenery, will be COM
pleted Sept. IS. This is remarka-
bic work, as operations we're not
begun till June 20. The building
is of brick with a seating capacity
of $50 Owing to the mastery way
in which it was constructed its
acoustic properties are the best of
any building of its class in Tennes-
see. Mr.. McClanahan always adj
heres strictly to his contract.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-30
TURNER PHOTOGRAPHERS.

Mr.. ]. NJ. Turner came here one
year ago to locate permanently, af-
ter having had p years experience
in some of the best galleries in the
country. Located over the grocery
Of S. D. Woosley, he operates as
fine set of instruments for out-of-
door, fash lights and gallery work,
as could be found IN any city.
All of Mr.. Turner'S work, which
everything from developing
work for amateurs to the best
grade OF cabinet pictures. is guar
anteed, and with the improvement
in the near future which he contem-
plates, his gallery will be thorough
ly modern and up to date, Work of
fine quality is done in platinum and
carbon. The name of Turner on a
portrait is an indication of its SUI
periority.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-30

soonest and most unique styles OF
tailored and ready-to-wear garments
The house is special agent for the
famous Schloss Bros. & Co.'S tailor.
made clothing. Mr. r. Fl. Harper is
head of this department.
The shoe department is stocked
with representative lines of all kinds
of shoes from the cheapest to the
finest grade of hand sewed work in
Mems, Women's and children's shoes.
1t is large store in itself, second to
none in the section. This department
is under the management of w. G.
Clagett and Walden G.. Davis.
The finest quality of furnishing
goods is found in the haberdashery
department, of which Charles Corem,
VIM. Walker and viii McAdoo are
special statesmen.
The dry goods department has one
of the largest and most complete
stocks in the western part of the
State, representing the leading fac
tories, mills and wholesale markets
in the country. under the able man
agement of Mr.. O. V. Wantland, as
sisted by Mr.. A. l.. Hunt and Misses
Addie Gardner and nellie Naylor
Mr.. A. L. Hunt is in charge of the
department of carpets. mattings rugs,
house furnishings and lace curtains.
1t is needless to dwell upon the mer-
its of this elaborate stock.
Ladies of Union City and vicinity
have found the millinery department
of the Coble & Clagett Co to be. not
only fashionable in making and trim
ming new styles of hats, but thor
ougly artistic and original. The mill
linery room is under the supervision
of Miss Mollie Bourne and Miss Nor
man, assisted by Misses Mcclure and
Nichols, all slSillful and experienced
milliners.
The dress making department is UNI
der the able management of Miss Ollie
Miller and four assistants.
This store is notable as the only
exclusively cash store in the city, en-
ploying regularly a force of 20 people.
The firm pays special attention to
mail order and does a considerable
business in this line
This is an Incorporated company
with the following officers and direc-
tors: W. g. Clagett, ]. A. Coble, d.
N. Walker, r. H, Harper and w. J.
Nichols. The firm is interested in the
Nichols & Clagett Co, of Obion, Tenn;
Coble, Garrett & Co, Of Mt. Pleasant.
Tenn; and the Coble-wallxer Grocery
Co. of Union City.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-30
RETAIL MERCHANTS
OF UNION CITY.

is that of c. E. Beck. located in the
old Crittenden stand on the corner
of First street and Washington
avenue Mr.. Beck established in
business six months ago and has
since enjoyed a very satisfactory
trade, with each month showing
an excellent increase. The main
store room is large and thoroug hly
stocked with a representative line
OF staple and fancy groceries, The
line of canned goods is as fine as
that carried by any grocery house
in this part of the State.
In the meat market all kinds of
fresh and cured meats are sold, the
house handling both home killed
meat and cold storage. The stock
is being enlarged in each depart
ment and speciality made of fresh
oysters and fruits having the lar
gest supply IN this line in the city.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-30
W. W. HALL & co.
Retail Drug Establishment.

w. w. Hall & Co, located on Mary
street, have long been recognized IS
one of the best equipped mercantile
houses of the city. The business is
one Of the oldest in Union City and
has been building up its patronage for
thirty-five years. The efficiency of
Mr., Hall is generally known through
his extended custom. He conducted
the business alone until three years
ago, when half interest was sold
to DR.. Rippy, who had practiced his
profession for eleven years in Union
City.
The fixtures of the store are thor
oughly modern and the stock com
plete in every line. The establishment
is supplied with practically every.
thing pertaining to pure drugs,
patent medicines, toilet articles, sta
soaps, rubber goods, druggist
etc.
In the prescription department the
firm is especially strong, as both
members have had extensive expe-
rience in this work All prescriptions
are compounded out of the best
known drugs. The continued patron.
age of the public is solicited
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-30

is doing an immense tailoring bust
ness.
Its speciality is the making of tail
ored clothes, for which it is well
equipped with handsome variety of
exclusive patterns. All kinds of sam
pies are carried and goods are bought
from st. Louis and Chicago. An ex-
tensive business is also done in clean
ing and pressing, and a force of four
skilled workmen is employed Mr.
Peter Heppner is tailor of Is years
experience and Mr. Sherman Suther-
land has been engaged in this line for
10 years in Union City. The reputa-
ton and long experience of the part
ners has made the business a success.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-30
H. E. WALLACE,
Photographer.

Located on Washington avenue,
one block from the courthouse, is
the gallery of Mr. H. e. Wallace,
one of the best photographers in
the State of Tennessee. Mr.. Wal
lace has twice won distinction for
his work, once in New York and
another time in Chicago. He has
been in this city for eight years
and his knowledge of and skill in
the business is generally recog-
nized. Mr.. Wallace has an elegant
set of rooms, seven in all, and pat
rons may feel assured of prompt
attention and courteous treatment.
All sizes of work is done from en-
larging to life size, to penny pic.
lures, but especial attention is paid
to the cabinet size. Any one con-
templating having his picture
taken could not do better than call
on Mr.. Wallace as his stock is OF
the very best material and his
ability above question.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-30
J. 5. SHAW.
Merchandise and Supplies on Reel
foot Lake.

At Samburg, Tenn, on the east
bank of Reelfoot Lake, Mr.. ]. S. Shaw
owns a general store and a park
which are maintained for the con
yenience of sportsmen and camping
parties at the lake.
AS the lake and grounds are free
and open to the public, it is visited by
thousands of people every year. Camp
ers come from Tennessee, Illinois,
Kentucky, Missouri and Arkansas, as
Reelfoot Lake is the best sporting
grounds in the United States for all
kinds of fresh water fish and ducks.
Shaw's Park is the favorite spot on
the lake shores to campers, as it is
the only park on the lake and, inclosed
by fences, is kept in fine condition for
outing parties. Every convenience is
afforded to campers in the park and
no charge whatever is made to those
who wish to use and occupy it for
The store is the largest on the lake
and its isolation from any town ena-
bles its proprietor to carry a general
stock of goods, containing any article
that visitors to the lake desire, includ-
ing groceries, clothing, dry goods, fur
nishings, and a specially is made of
sportmens supplies. A large business
is done in the sale of fishing tackles,
gum boots, shells and outfits com,
plete. In the past season Mr.. Shaw
sold $4,000 shells to sportsmen and
parties.
He has been in bushes there for
years and has enjoyed an
excellent trade from the beginning,
he increase from the first years to
he present time being over SO per
cent Spring water win soon be piped
rom the bluff to the park.