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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-06-23
Mrs. Jane Ambarr Dead


Mrs Jane Amberg, the Oldest res
ident Of Hickman died June IS, and
was buried IN the family LOT at the
City Cemetery. She was the widow
of Joe Amberg. the PIONEER mer-
chant who died in 1878 of yellow
fever Long before the war he es-
tablished the Amberg mercantile
house here now owned by 3 G.
Amberg which is the oldest estab-
lished business house in the city.
Mrs. Amberg was SO years old
and visited Hickman on her l4th
birthday 1t was then known as
Mills Point She frequently relat-
ed many interesting incidents IN
the history of the city She leaves
two children, H. @. Amberg, of
Hickman, and Mrs. Sailie Parrot.
Of Circlegille, Ohio, and a brother,
John Mayes, of Maiden, Mo. She
was faithful member of the Meth
odist Church and always took great
interest in the services when able
to attend Hickman Star.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-06-23

+. G. Wehman and wife to M. D.
and Fannie Fields, lot in No.13, $500
S. W. Goodwin to J. 4. and Will
S. Goodwin, lot in No. 13, 50, 500.
M. d. and Fannie Fields to J. A.
and M. q. Wilbanks, lot in No. !,
$3.50.
Cyrus H. Mccormack ct al. to s.
S. Alexander ct ali, lot in No. Is,
So. 500.
S. w. WEIGH ct al. to r. N,
Whitehead, lot in No. 10. 81 100.
r. N. Whitehead to w. n. White
head, lots in No. 10, SIS. 100.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-06-23
coon BYE.


Good bye, old friends!
Louisville was glad all over to
see you, and IS sorry that you are
going away, She viii not forget
YOU soon, and she hopes you will
look back fondly upon her.
Yesterday when we Louisvil.
lians saw you marching through
the streets we were reminded once
more of your courage and forth
tude and sacrifices Of the sixties,
and we were filed again with adj.
miratiou, while our hearts yielded
to the magic spell of that fine sem
timent which brought you togeth-
er in our city, and which has
drawn you to each other through
the past years. Each limping fig
ure and battle scar, each tattered
flag and suit of gray told its story
of daring and privations, and sum
moned to the imagination pictures
Of valorous deeds amid bursting
shells, kissing bullets and all the
madenlng and frightful turmoil of
battle. There loomed up visions
Of Manassas, and Fredericksburg,
and Gettysburg, and Chancellors-
vile, and Appomattox. And there
uprose recolIections of a noble,
bearded Virginian who led you
through those'four years Of con-
flict and who was not less brave at
the moment Of surrender than
when at the outset he started forth
fun Of hope and vigor. You and
he lost your fight, and most Of you
now recognize that it was well
that you lost it, but you fought q
good fight, you fought hard and
fought square" for what you be-
lieved was right, and we Louis.
williams just couldn't help standing
right up and cheering.
Cen Stephen d. Lee says the
day is fast approaching when the
burden of our entertainment will
no longer require the famous hos
pitality of Louisville when no
magnificent auditorium will be
needed for the scattered and ven
cradle survivors," But we hope
be will prove a poor prophet.
For we want you to stay among
the living many, many more
years, and we want to see you in
Louisville again. Courier-Jour-
nal.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-06-23
Have You a couohs

A dose Of Ballard Is Horehound Syrup
will relieve it. Have you cold? a
dose Of Herbine at bed time and FREE
quent.small doses OF Horehound Syrup
during the day will remove 1T. Try 1T
for who0ping cough, for asthma, for
consumption, for bronchitis. Mrs. joe
McGrath, 1927 g. 1st street, Hutchin-
son, Kan, writes: II have used Bali
lard,s Horeh0und Syrup Id my family
for five years, and find it the best and
most palatable medicine | ever used 4
25c. SOC. 81 Martin-A Allen Drug 90.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-06-23

r. B. Brown died at the home of
his sister, Mrs. Mamie Cloar, in
Troy, on the 4th'of June and was
buried at Mount Ararat cemetery
on the 5th. He Leases two brothers
and two sisters and an aged father.
He was the youngest Of eleven chill
dren. all dead but four. Weep not
for him. He was prepared to go.
and iInploreds his friends to meet
him around the great white throne.
A FRIEND.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-06-23
NUMBER THREE.

Miss Willie George left on We'd
nesday. June Z, for Missouri to
spend a few mouths with her
brother, Mr.. Sam George. We wish
her delightful time.
The death angel visited the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Powers on the
9th inst. and took from them their
sweet little babe. The remains
were laid in Crescent cemetery.
May Gods grace be given to the
bereaved father and mother.
Mr. ID. e.. Kirk, who has been
sick 50 long, Is convalescing.
George Cross, grandson of Mr..
Abe Stanfield, died Tuesday, June
8, at Mr.. Goldie Wilson's, which
had been his home for over twelve
months. George was about 10
years of age and was much loved by
his friends. He has gone to bet
ter world than this to meet his
father and mother. He leaves a
sister and brother to mourn him.
His body was laid in Antioch ceme-
terry TULU.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-06-23
Money Saved Here

Look through onr read-to-wear department
Stylish silk Suits, Skirts and Waists at half the
price charged elsewhere.
25c Embroidery; one Of the best bargains that
will be announced this season Fine Nainsook
Cambrick and Swiss edges and houncings,
countless patterns Irish Point, anglaise, blind
and open work effects, insertion to 10c
match not the cheap kind, yard 49,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-06-23

Can't be perfect health without
pure blood Burdock Blood Bitters
makes pure blood Tones and invig-
crates The whole system. Moss Drug
Gtara
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-06-23

visit Hickman, Ky, on the
Fourth Of July. See the four ex-
perts SWIM the Mississippi River;
also yacht and skitf races Of all
kinds.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-06-23
For Tiptonville
VIA HICKMAN

The SteamerCaruthersville leaves
Hickman every morning Sunday ex-
cepted on the arrival of the NC. a
st. 4. Ry. morning trains, connect
ING at Slough Landing tor Upton
vile, with fast hack line at Upton
willie arriving there AT II a. m. Re
turning viii arrive in time to con
meet at Hickman with thains for
all points north and east.
r. +. SHEPARD,
Manager Shepard Line Steamers.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-06-23

Only one remedy in the world that.
will at once stop itchiness Of the skin
in any part of the body; DOans ONT
ment. At Moss Drug Store, SOC.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-06-23
Double Daily Service to Mexico.

Over lq hours saved from st. Louis
TO City Oh MexicO via the shortest and
quickest line, the Iron Mountain
route aud connecting lines through
Little Rock, Texarkana, Longview,
San Antonio and Laredo. Through
Pullman sleepers from st. Louis 2:2l
b. ia. and $40 b M. daily Elegant
dining car service N0w,is the season
to visit enchanting Mexico. Low
rates, liberal stOp-over privileges For
information, rates, descriptive litera-
ture, see nearest ticket agent, or adj
dress n, Il. G. Matthews, e. n. Az,
Iron Mountain route, 301 Norton
Building, Louisville, Ky.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-22
Jerome and Murphy.

Mr.. Jerome's question to Murphy, where
did you get it?' is very much to the point,
but it is not half so embarrassing as now
put as when 1t was put to Croker. New
York has changed since then. In that Gay
Croker the biggest of the grafters. His
was lonely eminence. There were many
operators in his line, but none with his
skill, or power, or success. 1t annoyed him
greatly, therefore, to have fingers pointed
al him. But rich as Murphy may be as the
result of his political pull and activity, and
as well known as his sources of income are.
he is so easily topped by the life Insurance
worthless a get-rich-quick individual that
he would command little attention If no
campaign were in progress. He has doubt
less done as well as he could, but would
probably have raked in more if he had gone
into business instead Of into politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-22
The School Art Competition.

In another part Of today's Star will be
found full explanation of the method
by which this paper PROPOSES 10 donate a
series of art collections to the public
schools OF the District In planning this
enterprise an effort has been made to give
every school building In the capital an
equal chance. To this end the buildings
have been divided into three groups. those
belonging to the higher school system.
those of the graded system having twelve
rooms or more, and those of that system
having less than twelve rooms. Two col
lections arc to be given to schools of the
high. manual training and normal school
class. four to the twelve-room building
class and nine TO the class of smaller build
ings. fifteen gifts in all. These fifteen
gifts aggregate 167 pieces, being perfect
reproductions of some of the finest speci-
mems of classic art extant.
BY this subdivision OF the schools into
classes, according TO size and Importance
an equal opportunity is given 10 every
school pupil to secure honors and ar;
decoration for his own building The pupil
of the small school in a suburb can be as
promisingly active in his canvass as the
member of one of the populous high
schools The element of competition is
added to the enterprise for the reason that
the schools favored by the returns will APP
preciate their achievements far more thar
though they did not represent active ef-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-22
Nicknames and Diplomacy.

just why Baron Speck Won Sternburg's
enemies in Berlin should think LAT he is to
be criticised because President Roosevelt.
according to report, calls the German am
bassador ''Specky." passes understanding.
Surely, il Is to IT, credit of a diplomat
thai he grows into the good graces of the
executive of the country to whose capital
he is accredited Surely. 1t is not to his
disadvantage. nor that of his own govern
ment. to acquire such familiar footing
abroad that he is addressed playfully, IA
military and affectionately by nickname
Now this may he a matter of euphony.
Perhaps the Berlin critics of the baron
think that it is undignified in him to allow
even the President OF the United States to
address him by so cacophonous title as
''Spccky." Maybe these ponderous leu
tons think that Mr.. Roosevelt is slyly hav-
ing fun with the baron. Maybe they mag
me that the baron's somewhat peculiar first
name has tcked the incomprehensible
American sense of humor. AMI that the
entire German nation has been affronted
thereby.
Now II this is true, it is really too bad.
Far be it from the American mind to con-
ceive a jocular attitude, even in the pri-
vacy of the presidential household toward
the sedate people whom Baron Won Stern
burg represents efficiently. And it should
be as far from the German mind to mag
me that there is any loss of dignity on the
part of the kaiser's official representative
because Mr.. Roosevelt has adopted him as
a warm personal friend and has estab-
lished his friendship on a nickname basis.
Why, the whole American people have
been calling this same President Teddy
for some years, called him that when he
was subordinate official of the govern
rnent, when he was a soldier, when he be-
came governor. and even when he briefly
welded the vice presidential gaveL And no
American today regards the President the
less respectfully because in his CONVERSE
tion with friends he calls him Teddy"
nor does the President resent this famill-
arity with his name.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-22

forts on the part of their members. Tnua
will pride in the school room be increased,
and the collection obtained In this manner
will stand in the years to come for inua-
vdual successes.
There will be time enough for thorough
enlistment of all the friends OF all the
schools. SO that the vote may be fuii
one. Every preparation is being made to
insure prompt and reliable counting OF
the votes that are cast. and 1t Is expected
that the full tally will be printed from
day to day, SO that all may know the
progress of the competition for these beau
tiful works of art
The Stars hope is that through this
means not only will the fifteen school
buildings successful in this competition be
decorated handsomely, but that the spirit
of art appreciation and art desire will have
been stimulated throughout the District.
1t may be that this example will be fol-
lowed and that other gifts will be made
to the schools. There will be many bare
rooms after these fifteen collections have
been distributed many buildings without
any adornment whatever save those pro-
vided by the teachers. The field ts at
tractve to all who are sincerely concerned
in the welfare of the schools of the capital
The voting begins today. May 1t rise to
a lively pitch and evoke the best energies
of the little army Of pupils and teachers
and the larger army of their parents and
friends
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-22
High-Pressure Fire Service.

The Commissioners estimate of $t50,OoU
for the establishment of high-pressure
fire service for the business section of the
city will be familiar to members OF the
District and appropria lions committees or
the two houses. 1t is repeated recommen-
dation, one of that large class requiring
frequent urging before it is finally granted.
There is no argument against this PROPOSE
ton 1t stands more strongly today. than
ever before With the filtration plant in
action, serving the community with only
a small margin over and above daily needs,
it IS the sheerest folly to continue inde1-
initely to rely upon the city's water mains
for fire-ighting work. especially in that
portion of the District where the fire dan
ger is greatest. 6
When Congress comes to consider this
recommendation for a high-pressure serv-
Ice the capital will present an anomalous
aspect, a city thoroughly up to date in Its
water service, giving its people pure sup
ply at a heavy expense, and so dehclent IN
the matter of re-fghting equipment that
ii Is forced to draw water for quenchinS
flames from the filter beds whenever there
is need for the services of the steamers.
The Commissioners estimate that this
work will cost $4,000 There is, however,
no guarantee that 1t will not cost more II
the work is not promptly authorized. Every
season that is allowed to pass without ac-
ton surely adds to the expense of this I'M
dertaking when the word Is finally given
And there is definite belief in the District
that Congress must eventually see that this
is a sensible. necessary provision for the
safeguarding of the city. With this high
pressure service it will be possible to grant
fire protection to the entire business dis
trict, far more effectively than ever in the
past, without the addition of single
steamer to the equipment. With the waters
impounded at Fort Reno reservoir and sent
into town by series of special mains it
will be possible to fight fires in the bust
ness section without the aid Of a piston, the
hydrants serving sufficiently well to flood
the burning premises.
This will be the cheapest possible means
of extending the fire department of Wash
ington. If Congress wants to economic in
the expenditures of the federal capital here
is E chance which should never be missed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-22

stricted to the honey bee, but that the same
forgetfulness OF rheumatism. acceleration OF
movement and activity could be produced
by applying humble bees or yellow Jackets.
The new remedy was not advertised as D
soothing lotion. 1t was said to be varia-
ton of the miistard-plaster principle Most
rheumatic patents objected to the new cure
because 1t was more in the nature OF sur
gerry than medicine.
Now comes q scientist who thinks he has
discovered that there Is therapeutic value
In the bite of the tarantula. A pathologist
in the University Hospital at Philadelphia
received from friend in Central America
several tarantulas. II was q charming gift.
News dispatches have announced that "a
dog which had been suffering with chorea
and was subjected to the bite Of the taran-
tula was temporarily so much benefited
that the doctor believes 1t may eventually
be found that the tarantula poison is an
antidote for certain diseases affecting the
nervous system"
The experimenter has said that If. on
further experiment. animals are not affected
by the bite of the tarantula / will try 1t
on myself"
A prophet is always in great danger Of be-
ing wrong, but it seems reasonable to as
sumo that the tarantula-bite remedy will
not spring into instant popularity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-22
THE MARYLAND ISSUE.
From the Baltimore American.

From the Baltimore American.
The democratic bosses have now grown
so desperate that they have begun to ap-
peal to leading members of the party not to
desert 1T in what they pretend is its hour OF
need At the same time and in the same
voice they are denouncing traitors all
democrats who refuse to pay heed to their
appeals but who declare that they mean to
resist to the utmost the outrageous and
vicious assault the bosses are now making
upon honest suffrage in Maryland.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
1t is not the kind of reform that will APP
peal to the people of Maryland. They APP
pear to understand the purposes of the
amendment too we'll to be further infiu-
enced. 1t may not be too much to expect
that as the campaign progresses and Mary
land knows more of the plan to take the
as negroes there will be open revolt in
other sections.
From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
The faction led by Senator German, In
Maryland Is endeavoring to induce the
voters of that state to ratify an amend
iuent to the constitution of the state, dis
franchising the negroes In the state. The
stock argument being made by the adj
vocates of the amendment shows that they
do not give the real reason for their
When they give as reason negro domina-
tion," they render themselves ridiculous
and not entitled to respect. 1t is pre-
tense..and an insult to the white voters of
Maryland. as well to the intelligent ne
groes There are four times as many
white people In Maryland as there are coll
ored.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-22

small minority in all that region, without
recognizing and taking heavily into ac-
count the southern people.
But southern opinion has changed.
From TIE Birmingham Age-Herald.
Men of all shades of opinion are readily
captivated by Theodore Roosevelt. They
like his pluck, his dash and his sincerity.
In the south, as in the north. thousands
of democrats are as quick to express sem
timents of high esteem for Roosevelt as a
man as are his own partisans. and the
people of Birmingham are eagerly await
ing his appearance here to give him
splendid ovation.
From the New York Mall.
1t is plain that President Roosevelt has
not gone south with a paddock on his
mouth nor with an intention to smooth
out his relations with the radical element
From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
Come Closer said President Roosevelt
to the veterans al Soldiers Home. The
President is. getting closer TO the southern
people and the southern veterans every day,
and who knows but what he has 1t IN mind
and heart to do something substantial toI
the disabled soldiers of the confederacy1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-22
The Sporting Vocabulary.

Our political vocabulary continues to re-
ceive additions in words and phrases from
the sporting world. 1t is good recruiting
ground for happy and picturesque effects.
Mr.. Hanna's poker-table term will long
do service. He was not the first to apply it
to outside affairs, but his application of 1t
to the tariff question caught the fancy of
his followers and they never fail to use it
in discussing the question. They still insist,
quite as stoutly as he did, that the repub-
lican party should stand pat" The term
is very expressive, and conveys the whole
idea.
+ A short time ago Mr. Dalzell of Pennsyl-
vania, in an interview with a Star repre-
sentative used different term to convey
the same advice, but found 1t, as Mr..
Hanna had done, in the poker-table. lingo.
In summing up our present prosperity. and
arguing against any change in existing
tariff schedules, he asked, why draw to a
full hand?"
In New York, while gambling with cards
is not entirely unknown, horse-racing car
ries the day for at least half the year, and
turf terms are much in vogue both in poll
tics and society. You hear them on every
hand, and some are used almost with ar
tistie effect The other day. Leader Murphy
mayoralty race and particularly as to the
comparative strength of Hearst and WINS.
AS Mr.. Murphy is a sport, he fell naturally
and in this case happily, into the sports
terms. He said: Mcclellan will come In
first I don't care how the others finish.
But this is not peculiar to our politics.
The English had the trick before us, and
they turn it at times like artists. They
borrow from the turf, which is their great
est Indulgence. few years ago Lord
Salisbury, who was highly accomplished
man, and the master when he chose to use
1t of finished style both in writing and
speaking, closed a speech in parliament
confessing to a miscalculation In these
words: I'VE simply put our money on the
wrong horse"
The question of tainted words Is to be
disnosed of like that of tainted money.
The faint disappears when the employment
Is clean.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-22
Booth and Irving.

England's tribute to Henry Irving was
worthy of his great powers and his great
performances. 1t was recalled. too, win
appropriate feeling. that he had made great
sacrifices for his high ideals. He speht
large sums in an effort to keep his London
theatcr up to a lofty standard, but the
times would not sustain him. and in his OLD
age he was forced to take to the road
again, and even to present pays of only
medium merit, unworthy of his gifts TO
keep his head above water. Music hall
jingle and horse play. cheap but stirring
melodrama. and problem plays foul with
smut. had Overthrown in his own capital
the first actor of his day.
Our own Edwin Booth, we should all re-
member. trod this same hard read. After
ne had reached the top with US. and WAS
itch, he established, and sought to ma'a-
tain, a temple where the drama In its best
estate could be enjoyed by all who held the
playhouse in veneration and affection. The
structure was the finest of it's kind in New
York. and beautifully furnished. He opened
it himself with a supporting company OF
unusual excellence. For a time-a time all
too brief-he prospered. His till was f1Iled
every night. and praise of his enterprise
and devotion TO art was general and gen
crous.
But he could not hold the public to his
splendid endeavor Taste underwent a
change. What has since come to be known
as the Commercialzation of the theatar
set in and in time Booths venture failed.
The shows" triumphed, and the temple
devoted to real dramatic art was RACED TO
make room for business block. Stripped
Of his fortune, Booth, as more recently
Irving, had to return to the road and re-
sumo the habits of a wanderer. He pros
pered. of course but never. as his friends
thought, recovered from this blow to his
professional hopes.
The subject is much discussed. and some
interesting things are said on either side.
But however the public may feel, 1t Is
to the glory of these two great actors tina;
they resisted with all their means and IN
tluence what they conceived to be the de-
cay of taste in the line of their endeavor,
and stood up to the end for the best, ana
presented 1t with undiscouraged zeal ana
strength.