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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-27
for future generations this home OF
General George WASHINGTON.

for future generations this home OF
General George Washington.
In this connection it is interesting
to know that during the ten-day annual
meet of the Board of Regents in the
month of May a banquet is given to
the Governor of Virginia. After the
feast is ended and the toasts are drunk,
the entire association conduct the Gov
ernor about the house and grounds,
that he may know, by personal observa-
ton, that the pact entered into so long
ago is being faithfully kept.
1t is the custom of the ladies Of the
association to live al Mount Vernon
during the yearly session. At this
time the old home wears an air of I'M
wonted gaiety. The kitchen gives out
the most appetizing odors, and. stimu-
lated to unusual activity by tales of the
old days, the corp Of Virginia servants
are anxious to show their fitness for
the honor of "servin' de ladies'" Even
the brick oven, a relic of colonial days,
is called into use, the beautifully
Drowned bread, pies and cakes attest
ing its superiority.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-27
Vast Plan of Construction.

"There is enough labor today needed
on the public highways to employ all
the idle or surplus labor for century.
The Improvement of the roads, the
dredging streams, and especially of
the Mississippi, where annually mill
ions of damage is done by the over
flow, the irrigation of arid lands, the
preservation of forests and the drain
age of the swamps are the great pub
lie problems that should be occupying
the public mind. Municipal, state and
national laws should be enacted now
for the building of roads, so that
when the industrial storm comes ii
will not be too late to breast it,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-27
] II. SHANNON.

That the land is the source of all
real wealth, has been said by ph1loso-
piers time out of mind, and now with
the urban districts draining from the
country much of the flower of its man
hood the cry is going up from the lips
of legions of wise men, Back to the
Landw All manner of colonization
projects are being devised and tried
for the purpose of diverting foreign
immigration from the cities to fields
and to relieve the pressure of conges-
ton in the over-grown centers. One
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-27

feels the thrill of patriotism stirring
the hearts of the people.
But DO the thousands who annually
sail down the Potomac to visit the
stately home of George Washington
know that to a woman's initiative is
due the restoration and preservation OF
the beautiful Mount Vernon OF to-day?
Away back in 1853 this home was in
a rapidly deteriorating condition. John
Augustine Washington, son of Gen
eral Washington's nephew, was the
owner of the estate. The descendants
of Washington evidently did not inherit
the clear business sense of their illus
trious ancestor, for in General wash
ington's time the farm yielded a hand
some income. Now the fields were ly-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-27

J.. d. ROCKEFELLER AND HIS NEW WlG'
feature of the ominous flow of people
to the cities is the phenomenal develop
ment of manufactures. There may
come a time when manufactures VIII
so overbalance agriculture that there
will not be enough basic wealth pro-
iuced to afford a profitable market
for, the factory-made goods. When
the industrial situation shall become
so unbalanced, commercial crash of
stupendous magnitude must ensue.
As Helpless Babes.
Then the city-trained men who
know not how to make bread out OF
the soil will clamor for work, curse
fine economic condition of the period,
denounce the state, threaten the re-
public with all sorts of fantastic theo-
ries. and there will be acute friction
between the few rich and the multi
tude of poor. Gradually men will
drift back to the land and learn to
make their living with the pillow and
reaper and a satisfactory equilibrium
between agriculture and manufactures
will once more be reached. Before
this result is attained, there VIII
be intense suffering. Families that
are in comfortable circumstances will
know the meaning of misery, and
families now affluent will fall into
beggary. All this is not dream.
Men of clearest vision see 1t coming.
RockefelIer's Prophecy of Panic.
1t is what Mr.. John d. Rockefeller
sees when he predicts, as he did in a
recent interview IAN industrial crisis
of worldwide extent and unprece-
dented severity"
Mr.. Rockefeller says the crisis will
be brought onabys overproduction In
all lines. The STANDARD Oil magnate
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-27

The bell is tolling. the band playing
Nearer My God to Thee" and the
passengers know, even before they
raise their eyes to the fair sweep Of
Virginia's shore line, that the steamer
is passing Mount Vernon. A pretty
custom-the tolling Of the bell and the
playing of the fine old hymn. A hush
falls on the crowded decks, and one
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-27

non. accompanied by only few serv-
ants. Miss Cunningham, the regent,
was prohibited from crossing the mill
tary lines and could not join her. For
four long years Miss Tracy remained at
the lonely home, managing the estate
and guarding the buildings.
The plan Of the rehabilitation OF
Mount Vernon, by returning to Its
rooms the original furnishings, or arti'
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-27
over the revision Of the tariff. He DE-
clared that it would be an easy job
A. ca..t = c. n

cALeu lndI IL Noulu De an easy JVb'f
As Simple as Can BE.
"What would you do with the
tariffY he was asked.
why" he replied, Its as simple as
can be. All you have to do is to lower
the tariff on wooden goods and to make
a big reduction in the shoe schedules.
Practically that would satisfy every
one, and If you did no more the coun-
try would be pleased"
The Illinois representative was In
formed that he had been preceded by
a member from Massachusetts who
thought that all that would be neces-
sary would be to put coal, hides and
wool on the free list
"Hides on the free listr' exclaimed
the Illinois speaker. mot while l
have the strength to stay here to fight
it,"
"Now you see what an easy thing 1t
is to revise the tariff" said the
speaker.
"If | was God" again remarked the
speaker in his quaint style, II would
make some changes in the tariff.
would put them into effect before any
body knew what they were to be made.
Then there would be no unsettling OF
business and at least some people
would be happy"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-27
STEM INDUSTRIAL CRASH.
STANDARD OIL MAGNATE PRE-
Diets CRISIS AND SUGGESTS
PALLATIYE MEASURES.

Would Have Nation Begin Work of
Vast Internal Improvements. Ex-
Premier MeIine of France Also
Sounds Warning.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-27
HOME OF WASHINGTON.
HOW WOMEN PAVED THE WAY
FORRESTORAT TON OF MT. VERNON

Historic Place is Now Exactly as it
Looked During the Lifetime of
Great Statesman-Ceneral = ThOus-
ands Visit it Annually.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-27
Question an Absorbing One.

What alarms so many prominent
protectionsts is what they claim Is
the danger of unsettling the business
conditions of the country. The the
retical adjustment Of the tariff &C
ording to the principles of protection
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-27
Day of Distress Near.

The richest man in America is posi-
tive. however, that the crash will come
about 1907-year after next-and so
sure is he that the trouble is on its
way, that he is already weaving a
plan to provide work for those who
will be thrown out of employment,
and thus ameliorate the panic. He is
certain that the number of men who
will need help will be about 1000, 900,
and when is added to those men the
number of dependents, the total is APP
palling. Mr.. Rockefeller thinks this
vast army of unemployed should be
set to work by the government on in
ternal improvements, the building of
new roads, improvement of old ones,
dredging of streams, irrigating land,
etc. He says;
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-27

impends will be precipitated by over
production Of manufactured goods.
He says Consumption must have its
bounds, and SO with the consumption
of manufactured articles. When a
man has filled all his requirements in
clothes and furniture a mere lowering
of prices, which is all that mechanical
improvements generally mean nova
days, can no longer attract him.
Therefore, when the output is not re-
strained the market necessarily be
comes choked."
Mr.. Rockefeller is specific as to the
time when the crash is to occur. 1t is
likely that he errs in this, because pre-
dictions as to periods of depression
and readjustment are seldom fulfilled
as to dates. Crises as a rule come I'M
expected and the immediate reason is
most apt to be due to Over-expansion
of credit, and oyerproduction of secur-
tiles than TO actual overproduction Of
goods but when to the cause of over
expanded credits is added overproduc-
ton of manufactures and lop-sided
industrial system. recovering from the
crash is more difficult.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-08-12

The discovery of lost city of an
tiquity in the land where tradition has
located the Garden of Eden in the
plain between the Tigris and Eu-
pirates rivers is the first great
achievement of the Chicago Univer-
sity exploring expedition in Baby
lonia-
The ruins that have been unearthed
by Prof. E. ]. Banks and his one hun
bred and twenty native workmen are
identified by him as the remains of
the city of Adab, possibly the oldest
city in the world, certainly one of the
group of the oldest cities of which
there is any knowledge or tradition
Prof. Banks began work on the
mounds at Bismya early in the pres
emit year. The location and vast ex-
tent of the ruins, as indicated by the
tumuli that rise above the level plain,
promised from the first rich fruits to
the explorers. This, with the near
ness of the ruins to Nippur, which
have yielded the most splendid results
Of modern research into the ancient
history of this land where civilization
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-08-12

The policeman was vfsibly en-
barrased. Finally. he stamered: IF
you wish to lodge a complaint just
give me your name We thought it
was murder"
The professor, seeing the joke. re-
covered his good spirits.
mot murder. gentlemen, but sur
gery-mechanical surgery. My cardl"
1 grasped the cardboard and read:
PROF. VOICER, vENTRnOQUIST.
Assisted by
His Mechanical Doll
"But why do you hang her on the
wall at night?" my curiosity prompted
me to ask
ITO keep the rats from gnawing the
waxi" he said, and that all there was
to it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-08-12

of Israel, set forth on his journey into
Canaan. And for centuries before this
had been the capital city of Babylonia,
while Babylon was not yet known to
fame
All about Adab are the relics of a
most ancient civilization
To the east lay the ruins of Shir-
puria (now Tello) on the canal that
5000 years ago connected the Tigr1s
and the Euphrates. Here recent ex-
plorations brought to life library of
10000 in scrfbed tablets. To the south
west are Erech and Ellasar of Biblical
fame, the later the seat of the wor-
ship of the sun god.
The discovery of the city of Adab
is an almost marvellous sequel to the
finding of the code of King Khan
murabi. 1t forms a new link in a
chain of remarkable revelations of
long hidden secrets of the past, it's
unfolding due to the activity and in
telligence which have marked the
work of exploration of recent years in
Babylonia- 1t is a record of achieve
ments in a sequence that suggests the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-08-12
Floating Mines a Dancer.

Floating mines from Port Arthur
continue a menace to navigation"
says the Pekin Times. "The Hsinch,
from Tientsin, reports sighting one
of these drifting dangers. The en-
gines were stopped and for upward
of an hour the captain and officers en-
deavored to explode it by means of
rifle shots. The firing proving inef-
fectual, boat was lowered in charge
of Mr.. Miller, the chief officer, who
placed the mine in tow, but after tow
ing for two hours it exploded with a
terrific report Capt. Pratt of the
steamer Yushun reports a floating
mine which was exploded at 100 yards
range. This is thought safe dis
lance. The only thing to be careful
of is to have sufficient overhead COW
ering as a protection against falling
fragments. The steamer Kungping
reports sighting a large spiked mine
twenty-three miles from Howski is
land. Rifle shots were fired at it and
the mine exploded, several fragments
of it falling upon the deck of the
vessel"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-08-12

fictions of fable more than the chron-
icles of historic fact.
NJ. de Morgan French explorer
late in the fall of 1901, began work at
the site of ancient Susa, the capital
of the kingdom of the Elamites. He
was led to this place by Inscriptions
found in the ruins of Babylon, from
which he learned that many of the
most important monuments of the
Babylonian kings had been carried off
as trophies of war by the Elamite
kings to their capital city. He soon
discovered the stele of Narem Sin,
who was king of Nippur in $500 B. c.,
and shortly afterward startled the
world with the news that he had
found the great tablet on which King
Khammurabi had inscribed his code
of laws.
Khammurabi (the King Amraphal
of Genesis xiv. ID reigned in 24O0 B.
c., nearly 1900 years before the time
when Daniel read the mysterious
handwriting on the wall at King Bel
shazzar's feast in Nebuchadnezzar's
palace at Babylon, when Cyrus and his
Persians captured the imperial city.
In the introduction to his code
ments as the first king who ruled at
Babylon, though he was the sixth of
the first dynasty of the monarchs of
Babylonia. Among his titles to fame
he declares he was 1.-The king who lent
life to Adab," from which it is under
stood that Adab was one of the towns
looted and wrecked by the Elamites
in their early raids, and that Khan
murabi restored the ancient city
From the inscriptions on the bricks
of the buildings first uncovered Prof.
Banks learned that the ruined city
| was named Udnunki. But, as was the
| case at Nippur, the city was built upon
| the ruins of another city, and that still
upon another. Deep down in the soil
| beneath the ruins were other ruins
! centuries older than those above th EN-,
! and from these Udnunki was identified
| also as the Adab that far antedated
! the days of Abraham. Adab was old
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-08-12
I rushed toward it, but the man was
quicker.

quicker.
words when. happening to glance out
of the window, he started up and
pointed to the house opposite. Follow
ing his terrified gaze, l beheld the
hypnotic gentleman in his shirt
sleeves, carrying the form of beauti-
full woman He seated her in chair
by the window, and, standing be-
tween the poor creature and the win
dow, completely hiding her from our
inquisitive gaze, bent over her. For
few moments he worked away as
if saving something, although We
could not see what he was up to.
Then he stepped aside, while Char
lie and 1 shrank back. sick with hor-
ror-the woman's headless trunk lay
back in the chair.
"Quick, Rexi The police!" Charlie
shrieked in an agony Of fear.
| Hatless, l dashed to the street
almost upsetting a policeman in my
mad flight
| concert" I cried, "a terrible muir
der has just been committed in that
house across the street Come with
me-" And followed by the policeman
| l ran up the stoop and violently rang
the bell.
We swept the astonished maid from
| our path, and dashed up the stairs.
| the policeman with drawn revolver
and I with his night stick.
On the second landing I paused and
| pointing to a door, cried: "That is the
room"
| The officer knocked.
'What do you want?" came a grufl
| voice from within.
"Open the door!"
go to the devili I'm busy"
Crash, with the united force of oul
bodies and the door gave way.
There stood the supposed hypnotis
in his shirt sleeves, while still in this
chair, but covered with a sheet, was
the body. I rushed toward it, bu
the man was quicker. A sharp blow
man felled him with the butt of hi
revolver. Collecting my scattered
senses I rushed to the chair, and, pull
ing of the sheet, beheld-a wax fis
I ure!
The man. recovering from tn
; policeman's blow. sat up
well. you blamed busybody, 1 hop
| you're satisfied" he beloved, as b
: | glared at me-
What does all this meant" the pei
! picked officer asked
/ Mean" the professor asked 81
' | means that I was at work repairin
3 | my doll when you burst in my doc
? and f1oored me- I think I may as
} you in turn, what you mean by thi
| conduct?"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-08-12
FIRST BOOK OF ARITHMETIC.

Supposed to Have Beer by Isaac
Greenwood of Harvard.
In a recent article referring to the
death of Col. Nicolas Pike it was stat
ed that among the curiosities he
leaves is a three-sheet autograph let
ter from Washington to his uncle,
Nicolas Pike, commencing him as the
author of the first arithmetic pub
lished in the United States,'' says the
Philadelphia Record.
But the author (Pike) and George
Washington the contrary notwith-
standing, Pixies book was not the first
arithmetic published in this country,
writes Artemus Martin of the United
States survey. Pixies arithmetic was
published at Newburyport, Mass, in
1888.
Holders arithmetic was reprinted
at Boston, Mass, 1719; but that book
was not by an American author.
An arithmetic was published at Bos-
ton, Mass, 1929. anonymously, but
supposed to be by, and is accredited
to, Isaac Greenwood, a Harvard profess
sor, which is believed to be the first
arithmetic by an American author
published in the United States. 1t
antedates Pike fifty-nine years.
Several arithmetics by foreign au-
thors were reprinted here before the
appearance of Pixies scholarly work.
''The Youths Assistant" by Alex
ander Mcdonald, was published at
Norwich, Conn, in 1855, three years
before Pixies book.
Elementary Principles of Arithme
tic," by Thomas Sarjeant, was pub
lished at Philadelphia in 1888, the
same year as Pixies book.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-08-12
rsWor AZ s : IS gr "

There he goes agafni" barton
clutched my arm in a frenzy of agon-
lied interest, and pointed to the house
opposite.
Charles barton was conva1escing
from an attack of fever which l, his
roommate, had been unable to nurse
him through. The day after we had
moved into the apartment my firm had
suddenly decided to send me to "F'ris-
CO." forcing me to a hurried depart
ure that very day. That night Char
ley was taken down. although l heard
nothing of his illness until nearly a
week later on arriving at "the coast"
Much as 1 1onged to be with him.
my business detained me in Frisco"
two weeks, while the return trip con-
sumed another. So that by the time
reached his bedside, after an absence
of four weeks, the fever had spent
itself.
had noticed on my arrival Darton's
extreme nervousness but attributed it
to the ravages of his malady. To his
occas ional furtive glances out of the
window, l attached the same reason.
1t was the afternoon of the day
following my arrival, as we sat to-
gether by the window of our little
sitting room. barton silently staring
into space, absent-mindedly drumming
on the pane, a puzzled look on his
face.
whats troubling you, old MANI"
/ asked, thinking to distract his at
tention from unpleasant thoughts
81 don't exactly know, Rex. But let
me tell you, and maybe you can solve
the mystery
Fire away!" 1 1aughingly cried.
you notice that little window
across the street, the one with the
green bottle on its edge?"
Yes, go on!"
''Well, that window is in the room
where I've seen the most unaccount-
able things take place. Every night
promptly at twelve, they begin-or
rather he begins; she is unconscious"
"He-she-what on earth are you
rambling about, Charlie?'
I'm talking about the man across
the street who hangs his wife on the
wall every night"
barton was becoming excited and
began to think he had not recovered
from his delirium.
There, there, old chap" began in
a soothing tone.
Now. Rex. don't start that line of
talk" he interrupted. L m not on
my head any more than you are. That
Is what the nurse and doctor did when
I told them about the place, but I
thought that you. my friend. would
know better"
1 saw that must humor him.
ST don't doubt your word, Charlie
I said. go on with your story
Somewhat Modified, he continued:
eft was on the first day after I was
able to sit up that l first noticed any
thing wrong in the room opposite.
Being restless and tired of the bed
slipped on my bathrobe and sat by
the window. 1t was shortly after mid
night. for 1 remember hearing the
clock strike twelve. A carriage sud
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-08-12
The Secret Chamber.

Into the secret chamber of my heart
Wherein no mortal enters, Lord, come
Thou,
And make Thy dwelling place ere day
depart.
The glory fades on yonder mountain
crest.
The long, slant shadows creep across
the way;
west;
1t will be nightfall soon; for. faint and
The paIlid moon silver crescent
hangs
Above the low reach of the horizon Lar.
The night is lonely and beset with fears:
ell with me
Through the long darkness till tie dawn
aDpearsi
o Thou who didst create the human
heart,
Didst Thou not make one sure place?
1t is high sanctuary where Thou arti
Thou knowest; all, Thou knowest! Words
are weak;
When the tongue falters and the lips
are dumb,
Thou knowest all the yearning heart
would speak.
wait Thy presence. o Thou Guest di-
Take then possession. Thou Guest di-
Julia c. R. Dorr
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-08-12

If not humanity first dawned upon the
world, and their almost equal prox-
unity to the ruins of the city of Ur
of the Chaldeans, whose temples and
palaces buried for thousands of years
still sleep beneath the hillocks that
rise on the banks of the Euphrates,
excited the hope of the explorers that
within these vast mounds they will
find records of history that will ante
date any that are now known to the
world.
The ruins of the ancient city are al
most in the center of the great alluvial
plain between the Tigris and Eu-
pirates, 14O miles south of Bagdad
and % miles south of the mounds of
Nippur, the site of the explorations of
Dr. John P Peters of this city,
decade ago.
The evidences of ancient human
habitation that led the explorers to
work at Bismya consisted of a series
of mounds from 35 to 40 feet high that
extended in a line along the valley
plane over a distance of three-quar-
tiers of a mile. From these mounds to
the ruins of Nippur directly north are
the remains of very ancient canal
known as Shatt-el-Nil. This connec-
ton of the two cities by an extensive
waterway is proof of their intimate
relation.
1t is the peculiar location of Adab
| that lends expectation of discoveries
| of extreme Importance to the work of
uncovering it's ruins. At Nippur the
cuneiform inscriptions on some of the
earlier tablets found by Dr. Peters in
dicated that the city of Bel, the lord
of gods, was great city, the home
of kings, more than 1000 years be-
| fore the birth of Christ. But south
of Nippur is believed by Oriental
scholars to be the seat of primitive
| human habitation.
A mound 20 feet high, on the banks
| of the Euphrates thirty miles south OF
| the ruins of Adab, marks the site OF
| the Temple of the Moon at the city OF
| Ur of the Chaldeans, where in the
reign of Khammurabi, king of Baby
| lon in 24O0 B. c., Abraham, the father