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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-08

Ninety acres Of land, good two-story
house, go acres cleared, rest In woods,
all under a good fence, plenty OF wa
ter, good out houses. VIII sell cheap
on easy terms. win take two good
mules as part pay. -Four miles west
Of Union City in District Ten. Call
on Or address B. A. Long,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-08
Carriage Service.

Carriage to any part of the city
for rs cents. Passengers and bag
gage from the trains a speciality.
Ladies wishing carriage to call and
ali those desiring this kind of con-
veyance please ring the Wells
Transfer Co., telephone 300. 33tf
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-08
Trained Nurses.

Young women DESTROYS of becom-
ing trained nurses may make APP
plication for three years profess
sional course in general hospital
duty to Box 653, Birmingham, Ala.
Candidates not to be under Is years
of age or over 30, and must be well
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-08
Wounded Man Improving.

Intelligence was received yester-
day from Troy that John Wells,
who was shot last Sunday night by
young Holder, is rallying, with
hopes of recovery. The young man
was thought to be in dying con-
dition for two days or more, but he
is now taking turn for the better.
This is good news. The Sheriff
has offered a reward for the capture
OF Holder, but he has not yet been
located.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-08
For sala-oash or Credit.

Two mules and harness, S sheep,
l wagon. / wheat drill, ] binder, /
mower, rake, / cultivator, / two
horse pillow, l one. horse pillow, har-
row. Call on or address l. w.
STONE, Union City, Tenn. 32.4
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-08
ulcer Falls Easv Prev.

This is to certify that DR.. "A. ID.
Talbot has cured my daughter,
Bruce, IN three treatments of ULCER
of eight months standing. II in
terested calfand investigate.
1872 GEORGIA A. BRATToN.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-08
Dissolution Notice.

The firm of Carter & Long, doing a
mercantile BUSINESS, selling buggies,
harness, etc, in Union City, Tenn, is
this day dissolved by mutual consent,
w. S. Long, Jr., retiring from the firm.
All accounts due the firm are payable
to the undersigned, who assumes all
indebtedness of the firm.
This August IA, 1905.
J. r. AFTER.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-08
located

H. e, Wallace, the photographer,
has removed his studio to the build
ing on west side of First street,
second door south of First National
Bank. He has had constructed one
of.the finest operating rooms IN the
country on the ground floor, where
he will sustain his reputation for
producing frst.class artistic pho
Biography. 34tf.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-08
Rernarkahle.

GLADYS, a pretty little mother
spaniel owned by RebecCa Brewer
(colored) has very kindly added to
her kennel couple of orphan kit
tens, nursing them with her own
puppies.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-08
Farm for Sale

Farm containing $50 acres, good
water, good buildings, ETC., one
mile south of Jordan. Will sell all
or part. For particulars address
E. T. Applegate, Jordan, Ky. 81. 4
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-08
Cow For Sale.

For sale One COW and calf Cow
5 years and calf one month old.
For particulars apply to or address
c. JACKSON, Union City, Route 8.
as $40
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-08

The Commercial holds the respect 81
Of the people Of Upion City and Obior
County, and its subscription list in
creases every day
THERE'S A REASON
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-08
Ear Rent.

The middle building Of the new
Kroger Block east of the M. g. O..
r. r. on Main street for rent as
soon as completed. Apply to Mrs.
Al. K. Garland, Henderson, Tenn.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-08

TO the East via. st. Louis or Chicago
The Mobile & Ohio Railroad has re-
summed sale OF tickets to New York
and other Eastern points via st. Louis
and Chicago. Call on agents for rates
and tickets.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-08
Pay Up.

Come in and pay your account.
We need the money. Hardy Bros.
& Sheriff.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-08
Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway.

Best Route to New York, Baltimore Philadelphia and the
East via Washington The shortest and quickest time
Through dining and sleeping service r. E. PARSONS
D. p A. 257 Fourth Avenue, Louisville KY, viii furnish
all the information desired.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-08
Lauderdale Springs. miss.

On line Of Mobile 81 Ohio Railroad.
Low rounp trip rates daily. Apply to-.
N. & q, r, r. agents for particulars.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-08
New Train to Hot Springs
Leaves Memphis l1.15 p. III. daily
-YIA-
IRON. MOUNTAIN RUOTE

ARR Is Little Rock $40 a. M. and Hot
Springs at 500 a. m. Through Pull
man sleepers and chair cars. Schedule
and service unexcelled. Low round
trip rates to Hot Springs In effect dali
ly. For descriptive literature, folders
rates, etc, consult ticket agerts or
address r. T. G, MATTHEWS, Il. PA,
room 30l Norton Bldg, Louisville, Ky.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-19

said "Such marriages seldom make
for happiness"
II never borrow unhappiness," she
told me-
This Sebuke afflicted me momentarily
was silent, studying the fire. Then |
looked at her There was no expires
sion in her face one way or another. It
might have been made Of stone.
By and by l got up to go. She, too,
arose. Contrary to all precedent be-
tween us, put my arm around her. |
kissed her cheek.
Il hope you will be happy" sighed.
after all, life is very short, and love
Is the scarcest and sweetest thing in
it."
As descended the weary stairs, part
light, part dark, and emerged into the
street, discovered in my heart just
store for Cornelia. Before reached
home contrasted it, with some degree
Of bitterness, with my own life Of
constant work. My room was like a
cave for loneliness when entered it.
The rosiness Of her prospect left its
impression upon me. 1t remained to
such an extent indeed that before the
week was over I climbed those stairs
once more to her three roomed fiat.
regretted my distrust of her. l
wished by some slight personal service
to compensate before she went away
found the fat closed At my knock
the woman who lived in the adjoining
fiat opened her door and thrust out her
head.
1t was frowsled head, not yet well
combed, and 1t rose from a collarless
throat
"Are you looking for Miss Hard
man?" she asked.
"Yes," l answered.
'She has gone home to the west" she
said "She went home yesterday"
ITO the west!' I exclaimed. Il
thought
She fractured my sentence by com
| ing into the hail. She shut the door
and stood braced, her back against it.
'That poor girlr' she lamented. q
never felt so sorry for anybody in my
life as did for that poor girl
'Why? questioned.
She had paused theatrically, await
ing this question to roll the history o
| Cornelia's wretchedness OH her tongue
"She was the strangest girl | evel
saw" she began explaining. "She nev
er told you anything. You had to fnt
out everything for yourself.
Il never saw anybody SO still mouth
ed as that girl was. She didn't tell me
but l found out that if it hadn't heei
for her people in the west she woult
have starved here in New York. One
in great while she got registered let
ters. They had money in them. Sh
had to sign for them. That was how
knew they had money in them. Sh
never got any work from the newspa
pers-at first maybe little, but no
afterward | think she got SO infatuat
ed with the little German she couIdn'
write Writers are like that sometimes
they tell me.
"She went without everything afte
the German went away. She let hin
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the first in spite of her excellent
introductions from some dear
writer friends. There was in her ma
ture an inexplicable something diff
cult to understand, certain sphinx
like calm, an impenetrability, the wari
ness Of the animal that covers up its
tracks for fear Of detection, that looks
upon the world as it's natural enemy,
from which it must conceal all things
possible of concealment.
Cornelia was from the far west. She
was said to have had some little sue
cess with her work of writing with a
magazine or two Evidently she wrote.
Always upon her desk was a type
writer, into which some paper had
been coiled. There were often unfin-
ished sentences upon this paper.
However, in contradictory evidence
one saw nothing of her work in print
that is, next to nothing. On the wall
of her sitting room a newspaper article
elaborately illustrated with photo
graphs taken by herself was displayed.
The photographs were good, the article
mediocre.
This was the sole specimen of Corne-
iias work ever exhibited to me.
She lived in three room fiat at the
top of great new building Of flats in
miserable neighborhood.
After our first introduction there
were months that did not see Corne-
liza. Then she called upon me.
After little in her quiet way she
spoke Of young German whom she
had met.
They were engaged, she said: Soon
they were to be married.
l. She was glad. She was very tired OF
the constant work for magazines and
newspapers, Of trying to follow up hel
work, of waiting for it to appear sc
that they would send her her money
The existence was a strain upon ths
nerves Of any woman. She often won
| dered how I endured It. Except that
wrote with such exceeding rapidity
when I did write-I passed over the
implied inference that this was seldom
she was sure that would succumb.
With that she arose and extended mt
an invitation to meet her f1anee. AS sh'
stood in the light of the window oh
served the crowlike blackness of he
hair without curl, the straightness o
her nose, peculiar pallor that was no
of New York in her complexion.
Prompted more by curiosity thai
| anything else, / accepted her invitation
and in due time made a visit to he
fiat. I climbed six breathless flights
part light, part dark. and entered.
/ was amazed at sight Of the younI
German with whom she was infatu
ated. I compared the two, resting m,
eyes first on one and then on the other
Years younger than Cornelia, apparent
" he was also far her inferior in poin
of intellect. was astonished that sh
could for a moment consider him.
: may have been that his lack of know
edge Of the language accentuated hi
intellectual inferiority but before ha
made my adieus found myself regre1
ting the fact that an American woman
particularly an American woman gif
ed with the ability to write, could S
descend The difference in intellet
was not my sole regret The differenc
In their heights! Cornelia was exactl
one foot taller.
Strange to say, 1t seemed that at il
tervals she felt the necessity of m
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-19

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR MISS HARDMAN?
have some money because his father
hadn't sent him quite enough, he said.
I heard them talking about it in the
hall. That left her almost penniless.
She never complained, but you could
hear her talking to the iceman and the
milkman, apologizing to them. Some
times she kept perfectly still in her
room when they rang, pretending she
wasn't there"
She shifted from one foot to the 9th
er Apparently Cornelia's history was
to be strung out indefinitely, at least
SO long as / cared to stand and listen
| to it.
l cut it short.
But what about the young German
she was going to marry?" asked.
She shrugged her shoulders.
HE went away" she said, land
never came back He never even wrote
to her. She didn't say so. No, but |
watched the mails. saw that there
never was a letter with foreign post
/ mark; not once. You never heard her
/ complain. She talked to me of going
to him, of having her dresses made in
Paris, OF going to the baths in the sum
mer time, Of his father, his mother and
his sisters.
/ ITO hear her talk you would thins
she was to be the happiest woman In
the world, but the wallis are thin, and
could hear her crying in the night
Many and many time have wakef
and heard her crying in the night
/ She shook her head and sighed.
/ aYou couldn't guess it from the WAY
she acted" she finished, "but he news
wrote to her even once after he wen
away"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-19
A Shot From Behind.

One of the most interesting features
of the tragedy in 1859, in which King
Kamehameia ". shot his secretary,
Mr.. Nelson, arises from the manner in
which the monarch fired his revolver.
1t Is said that both men were in a
room alone and were drinking beer.
The king walked over to Il mantel
above which was hung large looking
glass. He toyed with a revolver for
awhile, his back to his victim. and
then, taking note of Nelson's position
at the opposite side of the room by
means of the mirror, he pointed the
revolver over his shoulder and fired,
the ball striking the secretary with
fatal effect-Pacific Commercial Ad-
vertiser
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-19

"Alfred does" she said firmly. "You
can tell that from his manner, his
bearing"
"But not from his English"
s'He has had hardly time," remarked
she, "to learn the English. He i'm
proved much before he went away.
taught him. I could not see him off.
One grieves so to watch the boat leave
the dock
"But helped him get ready. write
to him every day. Soon am going to
him. l shall not expect letter from
him for a week or two. The boat may
be delayed this time of year-the
storms, you know; the winds. But
that will not prevent my writing to
him every day. Soon l am going to
him." she repeated. He wanted me
to marry him before he went away,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-19
Slightly Suner1luoua.


The man of this story is very light
sleeper, one who is easily wakened and
who is long time getting to sleep.
In a Vermont hotel he had at last got
sound asleep when loud rap, repeat
ed, awOke him.
whats wanted!'
Package downstairs for YOU"
"Well, it can wait till morning, !
suppose?"
The boy departed, and after a long
time the man was sound asleep again
when there came another resounding
knock at the door.
"Well, what is it now?' he inquired.
"'Tain't for you, that package!-
Boston Herald
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-19
Who 7

Who taught the raven In drought
to throw pebbles into a hollow tree
where she espied water, that the water
might rise so as she might come to it?
Who taught the bee to sail through
such vast sea Of air and to find the
way from flower in a field to her
hive?
Who taught the ant to bite every
grain of corn she buried in her hill
lest 1t should take root and grow1
Bacon.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-19


presence and the need of turning me
into confidant Of both sorrow and
happiness.
Verbally she confided the happiness;
instinctiyely I felt the sorrow in
telepathic way common to me.
Some months afterward she made me
a visit.
She sat very still in a rocking chair.
looking out my window with laeksa :
ter eyes. She folded her hands in her
lap and began to talk to me.
HE has gone home" she told me.
'sHis father sent for him. You know
that Alfred belongs to very aristo-
cratic famil in Berlin.
"They all do, from their own ac-
count" inserted.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-19
A Gard.

This is to certify that all druggists are author
lied to refund your money il Foley's Honey and
Tar fails to Care your cough or cold It stops the
cough, heals the lungs aud prevents serious re-
suits from a cold. Cures la grippe cough and
prevents pneumonia and consumption Contains
no opiates. The genuine is in q yellow package.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-19
sound Reasan.

"Lend me your umbrella, dear. It's
raining, AMI I've got to go to the vestry
meeting again tonight
But, John, why don't you take the
one you've been carrying for the last
week.
What, TO the vestry meeting? Why,
that's where / got Philadelphia
rrarc
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-19
JOHN LESTER, HOBO.
NO ADDRESS.
BORN IN BOSTON.

"Thank you, Mr.. Lester. | hope you
are as genuinely hungry as-as your
profession would Indicate
II am. Miss Waring. l can do full
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-19
r E. JOHNSTON,
Attorney at Law.

Will pracuice in the courts of Louisia-
ma and Arkansas, and in the Federal
courts. Office at court house, Benton, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-19
TOANNES SMITH,
Attorney at Law.

Office at the court house, Benton, Bos.
sier parish, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-19
SAT- f e RSTONE BROS
Plain Dealing, Louisiana.
DEALERS IN

GLOTHING, Boots and Shoes, Furni-
y ture, Stoves, Mattings and General
Merchandise. Highest cash prices paid
for Cotton, Furs, Wool and Beeswax.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-19
A Latter Day
Sphinx
BY ZOE ANDERSON NORRIS
Copyright, 1906, BY Ice Anderson Norris

CAN'T say that was prepossessed
the first in spite of her excellent
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-12-21

ton of the late Isaac Bassett, assist
ant Goorkeeper of the senate, John
Chancey holds the record for long SER
vice at the capitol. Bassett was APP
pointed a page in the senate by Dan
lei Webster in the early '30s and re-
malned continuously in the employ OF
the senate until his death, more than
go years afterward. His was a pic
turesQue figure during the latter years
of his service. He was tall and wore
a flowing white beard which, with long
white hair, carefully brushed down to
his coat collar, gave him patriarchRl
appearance. He wore a suit of blue
broadcioth always, his summer and
winter garb differing only in weight.
In the old days when snuff taking
was the custom, Bassett always kept a
box OF the finest rappee on a ledge near
his chair, which was placed at the foot
Of the vice presidents rcstTuTu. This
supply of rare good snuff was at the
command OF the senator's, and II was
no uncommon sight TO see the cider
Salisbury, of Delaware, OF Sumner, OF
Massachusetts,, walk dignifedly to this
box and help Themselves to q pinch %
the fragrant titillating mixture.
Bassett's duties in his declining
years were light and dignihed. He
acted as a sort of mentor to the mis-
ehievous young pages and saw to it
that the latter behaved themselves,
even il he hsd to enforce discipline
with a box on the ctr. The ehdcient
clock in the senate chamber was his
especial care, and in the last days OF
the session 1t was his custom to turn
the hands back so that noon would not
be reached before the senate had COM
pletei its work AS congress ends by
law rt noon on the fourth Of March
every other year. old man Bassett was
called upon to act rs q Joshua and
turn time backward by moving the
hands OF the biz clock
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-12-21

came In Sulloway would have to look
to his laurels, but the giant from New
Hampshire can look down on Barch-
field He is six feet seven, while
Barchfield is only six feet four. Then
Sulloway is about six inches broader
across the shoulders than the new
Pittsburg congressman.
Sulloway is a quaint figure. He is a
man of considerable ability, which he
devotes almost exclusively to the In
terest of old soldiers, as he is at the
head OF the committee on pensions. He
Is modest and only occupies some six
lines ir the congressional directory,
where statesmen are wont to set forth
who they are and what they are. He
dresses in a long frocked broadcloth
coat, with Q velvet collar. This gar
ment is Of generous proportions and
hangs loosely on his big frame. Il
would AFFORD cloth enough for two or
three ordinary coats Mr.. Sulloway
allows his long brown hair to grow
Iowa over his collar and wears a mus
tache and chin Whisker of equally lux
urious growth. His hands and feet are
big and so is his heart.
This big congressman is a veteran OF
the civil war, but says nothing about
his record. He simply states in his
biography that he was admitted TO the
bar in 1868 and has practieed law
since 1864. He had. however, seen
much service, and offered his big body
as target for confederate bullets be-
fore that. At one time the simple
faith of the Salvation Army appealed
to him and he Joined that organization
and Yves proud to beat the big bass
drum in their street services.
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-12-21
WANT TO SAVE THEIR BACON
MidshipmeR at Annapolis COnsIder-
ing the AdvIsnbiIity of Maxi
ing Wholesale Confession.

Annapolis, Nd, Dec. Mldshipmen
here have announced their intention Of
urging the whole student body to go to
the superintendent and confess that
they have participated in hazing. They
believe that as 1t would not be prao-
tical to expel the whole school, such ac-
ton would save those who have been
OF may be caught
Nothing of late years has so stirred
the midshipmen as the methods by
which Admiral Sands, the superintend-
ent, is striking at hazIng, the reason
being that almost every midshipman is
in danger. Particularly are the mem
bers of the first and second class wor-
ried, as they have been more active
hazers than most graduating classes.
They are also the ones who are gem
orally on duty in the quarters, and Ad-
miral Sands action in the case Of Van
deveer, whose offense was failure to
report hazlng and not hazing itsslf,
shows that they are in danger Of dis
missal for similar offenses.
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-12-21

regard the Tong doctor as Aeir %
litical patron saint II is q social COM
muDity and Or. Barchheld keeps open
house, where many parties, in his ex-
pressive language, have been pulled
on Simple little affairs they are
some pumpernickel and cheese, e few
stems of beer and a friendly game OF
pinochls or slxty-six, furnish the en-
tertainment, but they have proven
powerful popular and have landed the
doctor in the house.
Last summer DR.. Barchheld accepted
the invitation OF Mr. Bartholdt, OF
Missouri, to become member OF the
Interparliamentary Union-a non-ofn-
cial body of statesmen of various coun-
tries, whose purpose Is to secure in
transitional arbitration. The union met
in Germany and discussed peace and
arbitration to its hearts content. The
American members were presented to
Kaiser William and had a very cosy
social chat with the war lord. AS soon
as The kaiser clapped eyes on Barch-
field he held out his hand. grasped that
of the Pittsburger heartily and, ok
ing over the strapping form of the lat
ter, declared:
How wish could enlist you IL my
bodyguard! What a superb grena1ier
you would make"
Barchfeld acknowledged the compli-
ment, but expressed 4 preference for
the halls of congress at Washington.
The kaiser laughingly admitted that
the life of an American congressman
might be more desirable than that of a
member of the emperor's bodyguard.