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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-05-12
BUYING PERFUMES AND TOILET WATERS !
FROM p H. 0.

Health in Number Twelve is rea
sonably good.
Mrs. ] D. Hays is improving rap
idly. This will be very satisfactory
to her many relatives aud friends
in the county.
Mrs. J. c. Lee is reported by her
physician, Or. Napier, as being nc
better.
Little Roger, son OF Mr. and Mrs.
A. r. Caldwell was sick enough
last week to have Dr. Cox with him.
w. p. Stubble6eld had the honor
of accompanying Mr.. Henry Wilson,
of Hornbeak. to Humboldt and see
ing him married to Miss Mary Full
ghum. Elder Long, of Union City,
officiated.
Mrs. J. ]. Jones, Of Obion, is yis-
iting friends and relatives in Mum
ber Twelve.
Mr.. Ed Roney had the misfortune
last week of losing fine mare and
colt.
Messrs. Edw. Parker and ]. T..
De Almond, of Jackson, were in our
midst last Sunday. Mr.. De Almond
is Baptist preacher and preached
at Protemus Sunday evening to a
nice congregation, after which the
choir practiced as usual.
Miss Esther Garrison spent one
day last week pleasantly with Mrs.
]. M. Caldwell.
mMessrs. e. w. Wetherly and j.
M. Delay are in the county repre-
senting the Cedar Hill Nursery at
Winchester.
Mrs. ]. M. Caldwell and daugh-
ter, Ruth, were visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Cashon, of Hornbeak, last
week.
Prof. B. F. Flowers, Of Troy, paid
his sister, Mrs. e. M. Davis, visit
one night last week.
Marvin Chapel, of Number Seven,
was through here last week and
spent one night at Uncle Ace Hick-
mans.
Mr.. ]. d. Gore found one of his
milch cows last Friday night in a
sink hole. The COW was drawn out
but died.
Last weeks rains caused the
creeks to overflow doing much dam
age to farmers, moving fences, over
flowing wheat, corn and clover.
A. B. Hutchinson lost a fine shep-
herd dog and ]. D. Killion several
head of hogs in the overflow.
Our roads are badly washed by
the heavy rains. Small bridges and
some large ones were moved from
their places, but ]. D. Mcbride, our
commissioner, with his overseers
and hands, will soon have every
thing in shape again.
Our annual sacramental services
were observed at Protemus Sunday
conducted by the pastor, Rev. B. r.
Holder. A very large crowd was in
Brother Holders SER
mon was taken from Ephesians Al
Brother w. +. Elinor and son, Joe,
and Sisters Susan Donnell and FL
lie McAnally were the additions to
the church one month ago. Brother
John Moore and wife have become
members. This makes six first
class members this year.
f. M. Brown, Number Twelve's
is reported sick.
Yes, cousins. by all means let's
have our picnic the 26th inst. Let
Barleycorn come on and be at home,
ind all go prepared to have jolly
rood time. We are in favor of a
.wo days outing on Reelfoot lake.
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road bridge when he missed his
footing and plunged into the wa
ters below His companions gave
the alarm and aid came immediate-
ly.
When rescued the boy was ex-
hausted, having clung to the limb
for more than thirty minutes.
Dahnke's syrups are the finest.
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Mechanics and Farmers Savings Bank,
Paducah, KY.


Ali parties indebted to thesestate
of DR.. A. Fowler, deceased, will
please come forward and make set
tlement- and al parties having just
claims against said estate will file
the same with me for payment.
April 3, 1905.
Al. ], HARPoLE, Executor.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-05-12

Everybody goes to Dahnke's for
lunch.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-05-12

Dahnke's syrups are the fnest
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-03-22
HUGE STATUE or suDDHA.
The Mammoth Reclining Figure ut
RanguD Burmn.


Fhe Mammoth Reclining Figure nt
RanguD. 8urmn.
TO the eastern traveller the st,tua NJ
Buddha is familiar sight. From
Coioihpo, In Ceylon. to Kobe In japan,
ne Is everywhere greeted by the same
calm. fmpassive and mysterious face
OF the eastern preceptor Of perfection.
But In no city in the ocient do the
form and face Of Buddha constitute
so frequent or so essential part of the
city's decoration as in Rangun, Bur.
ma, starting place OF Mi. Siplings
famous Road to Mandalay," the
stronghold OF Buddhsts. Notable
even among the countless statues OF
Rangun is the mammoth Duddha, rep
resanting the strange teacher not
standing or sitting crosslegged, as in
the majority Of statues, but reclining
OH II huge raised couch, his mighty
form stretched out for 200 feet. while
his shoulders rival the width OF that
wonder OF the ancient world, the Colos.
su, OF Rhodes, their titanic breadth
reaching tifty feet
But one among the wonders of Ran
gun, this mighty figure rests near the
famous Shoay Dngon, the center of the
Bl'rmcse Buddhist world crowned by
the golden pagoda, which rises BOD feet
| above 1t, its walls covered with pure
| gold, tho gift of n prince who contrib.
uted his weight in gold to the pavodn.
In the Shoay Dagon there are countless
| other statues of Buddha, rs we'll as
relics of Gautnma, the last Buddha.
All. equally with the huge reclining
Buddhn. form part Of the religious
rites OF the Buddhis,s. for the cs-
sehce OF buddhism consists In the
struggle to become like Buddha, to at
tain his perfection by obedience to his
| precepts. 10 do this 1t Is necessary al
ways to have Buddha In mind and it
Is for this reason that cvory city in the
Buddhist world Is literally crowded
with his images. Buddha himself is
not deified. Potentially every Bud
dhist may attain his perfection, but
only by the eternal imitation Of his
| practice.
But, while statues such as Rangun's
huge colossus are important in BUD
dhist worship, Of even more Importance
are the relics Of Buddha.
| 1t was about the Shoay Dagon that
the Burmese made their last fierce fight
when the British came to Rangun. a
Venetian traveller of 800 years ago Wis
iting the Shony Dagon has left de-
scription Of this famous temple, con-
ceding Its claim to rivalry with his
own Venice, that would serve as q con-
temporaneous description, and today,
as in untold centuries past, the Bur-
mese still bring their offerings Of flow
ers and fruit, candles and paper flags,
to lay before the huge reclining Bud.
dha, whose hands would afford COM
Portable standing room for four Of tho
worshipers and whose gigantic face
wears the strange, ;iscrutubie express
sion Of calm which is the outward
mark of spiritual Buddhism. = New
| York Tribune.
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! Best Part off tho Picture.

3sWhen I was a youngster,"' said a
Philadelphia painter who is today
'one ofzthe bright stars in the Amer
acan art armament and whose fame
also reaches across the Atlantic, 81
kept the pot boiling by painting por-.
traits Of enterprising storekeepers
at bargain prices. Once tailor who
aYas anxious to transmit his features
to posterity asked me what my. price
was for q half length. I told him
$1O0.i 81
s5.. s'The picture was painted and ap-i
proved. Then the knight Of the
thimble took out his pocketbook:
and wanted to know how much he
should pay. 5.Sl.
s & told you before we started i
replied, that my charge for a head
was I;as1 90; rs
"sOh, / know that, said he, but
how much for the coat It's the
best part Of the picture 2 New
IL York Herald. s5s 4; M 81 q
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Why. Ne Doesn't.

"Why dent marry 7" said con-
firmed bachelor in reply to ques-
fioner. sI will tell you of the little
incident which cured me of my lean
ings toward matrimony.
s.I was working my way through e
crowd in a efop, and I stepped upon
the hem Of a iady's skirt. She turn
ed quickly round, with a furious
look, and was evidently about to ad-
dress some fierce remark to me when
change came over her face sudden
~.
:" oh, I beg your pardon she
said. Z was going to get very an
cry. You see, I thought it was my
husband
Il smiled family as I walked off,
aayy;nagg aayynag 70 20 myself, 1f wives get angry
30 much more quickly with their
husbands than they do with other
men, what is the use Of being hus-
band p" .4
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A Protective Duty.

HH
The .wilistling boy has been cele-
brated in sentimental poetry. It re-
mained for a New Jersey farmer to
clinch sentiment with sound prin:
ciple.
y He wanted a boy to pick his
grapes and went among his neigh
bors looking for one who whistled.
he found such. a boy without diff
Guilty and sent him up the ladder
with the order not to cease whis-
Ting until the last grape was picked.
Any one who has tried to whistle
and eat grapes at the same time
knows hoy little of the farmers
harvest was DETECTED into the boys
stomach. But the tale recalls that
older one Of the boy whose father
sent him down cellar to draw q
pitcher of cider and ordered him to
whistle. while he was doing it. The
whistle ceased for a time, however,
and then went on again. When the
boy reappeared he was asked why he
had stopped.
Only to wet my whistle" he said.
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! Tho Rainy Day Hoe, Come.

When Mr. Bascomb had unfolded
the weekly newspaper and spread it
out on his knee he made an exclama-
.stion Of delight.
other, !" he said genially to Mrs.
Bascomb, who was at work on seme
extrao rdinary darning on, the gar
ments Of her fifth and youngest son,
there's going TO be the biggest fair
for ten years over to Centerhy, with
can exhibition, nf 3 p eE;;iag ring uonttriv-
! 'sfaaces o. that it really seems as il I
ought to see. y w " eretfs that couple
Sof dollars berry money that you
mentioned you'd laid away against a
rainy day ??'' 5s:ss i.
3Sss The rainy day came last Mon
3 day, said Mrs. Bascomb contented-
ly, and that 50 went for an nn1-
Sbrella and three pairs Of rubbers
and two car fares. = z
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! Riahtsous lndianasion.

A lawyer making a specially Of di-
yorce cases was recently consulted
by woman desirous Of bringing
action against her husband for sep
iaration, Il 4. B
The lady related a narrowing sto-
nv Of her i'll treatment at, the hands
OF her better half. Indeed, the law
yer; was 40 i'm pressed BY her recital:
of woes that for d moment he was
startled siat \ oIff his usual profess
lsional comp posure. M adam, he ex-.
claimed from what yon cay j gath
,er that this man is a perfect brute.o
herenpon the applicant for di-,
:vorca rose with dignity and said:
sisSsir, 1 shall consult ano other law
yer. came here to get your iavd-'I
vice asi to d divorce, not to- hear my,
husband abused Harper 'sS Week-
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REMARKABLE sTRlKE-our.
Harry Stovey Struck Twice at One
Pitched Ball.


Harry stovey Struck Twice at One
Pitched Ball.
eff baseball continues to be the
popular American game for the next
10000 years duplicate of Eddie
Beatin's third strike on Harry Sto-
vey in 1887 or 1888 will never be
seeo," said veteran shortstop to a
cleveland Press reporter.
"Beatin--a little man-had the
most astonishing slow ball that was
ever offered up to batter. The
batter could never tell whether the
ball was coming like an automobile
OF q messenger boy.
"The Cleveland team was PLAYING
the Athletics in Philadelphia this
day, and.we had the game 3 to in
the eighth inning. In the ninth,
with two men out, the Athletics
managed to get three runners on
the bases. Then came Harry.
"Stovey was grand batter, a
lightning base runner and superb
all around player. A single meant a
tie eeme, double victory for the
Athletics.
"Beatin had his nerve with him
and put fast one straight across.
Strike! yelled the umpire.
"Beatin grinned from ear to cal
as he poised for the next delivery
1t was an inshoot, and Stovey let il
60.
""Two strikesp was the verdict.
eve all expected Eddie would
waste the next one-give Stovey 6
ball out of his reach, to keep hin
guessing-but Eddie had plan ot
his. own.
"With exactly the same motion
with which he had shot the frsI
strike over the plate, he offered one
Of those marvelously slow teasers
The ball seemed to just hang in the
air like Whit Of smoke.
"When Stovey thought the bal
ought to be somewhere near him
he made q terrific swing at it, miss.
ing it mile or less, for the ball was
still long way from the plate.
eThen something funny happen.
ed. just as the umpire started his
cry, Three strikes!' Stovey drew
back his bat and swung at the ball
This time he hit it to center, and
two men came dashing in.
"But the umpire said nay, called
Stovey out and the game was over
with the score 3 to l in our favor,
An awful uproar followed.
why doesn't that hit count
Why doesn't itY yelled Stovey in a
fine frenzy.
Because. Harry said the ;:ni-
pire quietly, there is no rule allow
ing you two strikes at the same ball.
You were out full second hefor.
you made that hitp"
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DOGS or ALASKA.
They Sometimes Woar Shoes, Wl,ieh
They Afterward Eat.

u hey sometimes Wcar Shoes, Which
They Afterward Eat.
In Alaska even dogs wear shoes
at least part of the time. It is not
on account of the cold, for a shaggy
Eskimo dog will live and be frisEy
when o man would freeze to deathl
Mhe dog does all the work of drag
g1ng and carrying, which in the
country falls to the horses, and in
trotting over the rough ice of the
mountain passes his feet soon ha-
come bruised and sore. Then his
driver makes him soft little mocca-
sins OF buckskin or reindeer skin
and ties them on with stout thongs
Of leather In this way he viii tray-
81 easily until ais feet are thorough
ly healed up. Then ne bites and
tears his shoes with his sharp, wolf
like teeth and eats them up.
Wonderful animals are these dogs
of Alaska. Although they are only
aittle fellows-not more than half
The size of a big Newfoundland-
they sell from $75 to 5000 each,
more than an ordinary hoEse will
sell for in this country. They will
draw 200 pounds each on sled, and
they are usually driven in teams of
six. They need no lines to guide
them, for they readil-v obey the
sound Of their masters voice, turn
ang or stopping at a word. Il
But the Eskimo dogs have their
faults. Like many boys, they are
-oyerfond of having good things to
eat. Consequently they have to be
watched closely or they will attack
and devouD stores left in their way,
especially bacon, which must be
hung out of tleir reach. At night
when camp is pitched the moment d
blanket is thrown upon the ground
they will run into it and curl up,
and neither cuffs nor kicks suffice
TO bulge them. They lie IS close.
to the men who own them as posi-
ble, and the miner cannot wrap
himself 30 close that they won't get
under the blanket with him. They
are human, too, in their disinclina-
Hion to get out in the morning.
New England Farmer.
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The Device Worked.

Visitors, I suppose, bother you q
great deal, sir" said a reporter to a
famous statesman.
sI have no less than forty visit
ors. 9 day." the statesman replied.
"Of these forty, twenty on an aver
age / must see."
s.How do you get rid Of them
quickly enough? How, without Of
Tending them, do you show them
that it is time to gor'
My secretary" said the states
man, comes in, to me when the
time limit has expired and tells me
very audibly that my wife wishes to
see me-
Ha, ha, hap laughed the report
er. q suppose, now that"
But just thenithere was an inter-
ruption. The secretary entered the
room and murmured to the states
man: :5.- s5
our wife, sir, wishes to see
you. =" Chicago Chronicle.
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Escaped In Time.

Is that the way you always get
off q street carp" exclaimed the po-
sliceman as man leaped off trolley
.car and barely missed bringing about
"a collision. #.
No, sir, it isn't, !" was the rsply,
2ssbut there was special need for hur-
.ry in this case"
sry bogus nickel on the con-
ductor 2" .si 4 a +. s.
s,ss No. A man asked me whether
Caesar killed Brutus OF Rrnhn ILL
Cd Caesar, and I got q hump on
me" fi .l .,s55:sitl5 : ...l .aI q q
Couldn't you have told him ~
81 could have told him that Bru-
.tus was the man who did the killing,
but then the burned fool would have
kept on and asked me what ne did
it for, and I wasn't going to stay
there and admit that I didn't knoRib
Chicago Tribune. 5
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FIRST TIME TABLE.
The Very Modest Rssinnins of she
Railway Guide.

ff' ndiiWdJ GutQe. -tY.
It was in 1889 that George
Bradshaw, the Quaker engrayer and
map maker of Manchester, was first
inspired to publish his saTime Ta-
ble." 1t was tiny pamphlet bound
in green cloth and was nothing more
than collection of the monthly
time tables issued by the seven rail-
way companies then in existence in
England. OF this volume there are
now only four copies in existence,
but they are worth their weight in
gold.
So encouraged was Bradshaw by
the success of this time table that in
1S40 he published his Railway
Companion" a volume of thirty
eight pages with maps which sold at
shilling. These early guides were
published rather irregularly because
of the difficulty of learning the
changes in time from the railway
authorities. They resented Brad
shaw's interference and put every
obstacle in the way of his obtaining
information. At last, through the
Quaker's perseverance,, they finally
agreed to adjust their time tables by
the beginning of the month. There
after it was smooth sailing. THE
guide continued to grow and pros
per and to make itself necessity.
These early railway guides make
interesting reading. The trains are
described as first class, second class,
mixed, fast and mail. Third class
travellers had the choice of sitting on
the roofs or in open wagons resem-
bling cattle trucks. Gentlemen rid
ing in their own carriages were
charged second class fare. Baggage
vas carried on the roof, and passen-
gers who sat there were cautioned
to wear their overcoats and provide
themselves with g.aze spectacles.
First class fare between London and
birmingham was nearly double what
it is today, and an annual subscrip-
ton ticket from London to Brighton
and back cost G1O0.
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The Dragon Tree.

The dragon tree (Dracaena draco),
which yields the astrlngent gum resin
called dragons blood, is an old settler
OF the Canary islands. A veritable CO.
lossus Of this family once grew in tho
town OF Orotava, Tenerife, which was
eighty feet in circumference at the
base, hollow inside. with a staircase
for visitors to nscend to the branch
ing top Of the trunk. Humboldt re-
marks that its antiquity must have
been greater than that Of the pyra-
mids. This giant went down in hurri-
cane in 1867.
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ANCIENT DOG Toaes.
They Were Used to Eject ouarrelina
CANNES From Church.

CANNES From Church.
among the many quaint customs
existing In remote country parishes
In Wales until early in the last CEN
tury not the leaec interesting ,ras
the use of the dog tongs, know. Is
"gefail gwn" in the yernacular.
These curious and somewhat formi-
dable instruments, it need scarcely
be said, were intended for ejecting
quarrelsome dogs from church dur
ing divine service.
The Welsh farmer, living in his
solitary home, some distance from
the church and combining his spir-
itual needs with his material occu-
pations, would take, his sheep dog
with him to church, looking after
his flocks and herds by the way. His
canine friend was in some instances
allowed to remain under the seat so
long as he behaved himself and re-
Trained from quarrelihg with other
dogs within the sacred precinct. At
the slightest sign of quarrel the
parish functlonary, who was provid-
ed with a stool, ''set at the church
door for the officer that clears The
church from dogs" forthwith eject
ed the offenders with the tcngs.
which were sufficiently strong and
secure against any resistance.
The intrusion Of dogs in church
was not confined to Wales. AS early
as 1897 the farmers in the parish of
Workshop took their sheep dogs
with them to church, while as late
as 1917 the same custom prevailed
at Kirton-in-Lindsey. One of Arch
bishop Laud's reasons for ordering
the erection of communion rails is
said to have originated in his desire
to keep dogs away from the altar
and from defling it. Sometimes
these dog tongs were of wood, some
times of iron. -. English Country
Life.
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Cato ofina crovys n india,

IN order to catch crows after the
gypsy fashion in India 1t siis nsces-
ssary TO. have q captive crow always
on hand his crow must bs laid
upon ITS back and its wings Ii, begged
TO the earth with fosked sticri rs. q I'M
ediately p free crow viii attack 1T
and the captiVe crow, seizing the
nee one With its claws, viii hold III;
light. Grow must then be-
taken and pegges esl dasbW also. Oth-j
.eE crows VII come, and two more
Will soon be ht. They must
also be- laid out with the pegs. and:
Then the four Ga tiiyes will take SsSur.
other crowg. his plan iss fol- lowed.
until the hunt ihas taken all the
crows he deaire
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The Turkey,a Real Nam..

The original name of the turkey was
oococcoo. by which it was known by
the native Cherokee Indians. It is sup
posed that our pilgrim fathers, roam
ing through the woods In search OF
game for their first Thanksgiving
spread. heard the oocooeoo calling in
the familiar tones of our domestioated
fowl, TURK, turk, turk" These first
Yankee huntsmen, mistaking this
frightened cry Of the bird FOR its real
song, Immediately labeled It ''turkey,"
and turkey it is to this day. Mech
moro beautiful and musical was the
indian name oocoocoo. the notes Pc
cullar to the flock when cumming them
eelves In perfect content ON the river
beaehes.-Sunset Magazine.
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Mas roo BAD. /. /.

There isl young woman; ina cer-
tain remote part Of i Philadelphia
who has aspirat ations to become "a
musician of note. Occasio sionally she
restimates her strength A short
time ago she was obligingl giving
an exhibition Of her ski1l to q s., pa I
troniziIig y llz comp BY picking her
steps through al Hungarian song.
One Olne OF the ympat hetic visitors ven
stured The remark 81 s,;2s g5is.s
e Do you know that thing Miss
.gSssmasher ia playing is awfully diff
cnlt ~ 81
Dificrlt +, echo led the other, who
plainly allowed an an atbsence of rnu-
ssical taste. iiffficult wish to
heaven ! it was imp ossiinl le Il hila-
sdelphia Ledger rs Essls
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Burn 1. !. saiion.;

The present day al boy, 81 said ~
prominent mem her Of the american
titato Spf Social Science. stiis to-
Is s ) lie mas neither
! reverence nor respect for his sef fders
aud stters. The other day L said
TO my son, being de desirous to irnpprsess ss
tho yonng ter with some sense 6f sre-
aponsib ility for i e ss 81
Sup pposing q should ba taken
SUI
become of oufP
sAAI Illy q II here, iis answer
led Instant 81 he question ss. what
would beconie Of you ?2' ~ TeSs xurk
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His s.ill,lt 81: !. =

Jndg &c Burton, as d yerY old
Z and izened lit le ma, u sg:in
\ ID case when an her bid
Sa,sasans scarcely at bic To wal &, casns
into court to give CIV iiderce Insteada
so going It'd The spiiitiness box lie ssweIit
toward the passage Iead ding to- ttssie
bench. slJlE s of the counsel called
out q him s,aek Sir. Where,
are ot i siii; III y5n
are Judge s?'s deed sir. siiri !, said
the old man, 90 b iing up s.f Judge
ss:;,s ibeiiiieya tsni
at FOR little IS, event earsj
of Irish