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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-13
Both LUCKY and ODD.

Midway between sentiment and su.
perstition lies feminine trait which
cherishes odd little trinkets that seem
to bring luck. That any jeweled bauble
can possibly change the capricious
whims of Dame Fortune remains as al
ways, a shadowy possibility. That a
pleasant memory attached to some
small ornament can be constantly re-
called by the treasured trinket is with
out doubt. So with divided affection
women still cling to the savage luck
charm as closely in 1906 as did their
barbaric sisters whose calendar was the
setting sun.
1t is with the most up-to-date busi-
| ness women that one finds the most
novel trinkets. Actresses particularly
wear unusual luck ornaments, and not
the least fetching of these is a gold
chain which never leaves the neck of
very pretty leading woman In a pop
ular theatrical company. Caught be-
tween the delicate links at intervals of
two inches are all sorts of semi-pre-
cious stones as well as genuine gems.
Each individual stone represents the
gift Of some good friend who has been
associated with her in her stage ca
reer, and the chain already holds
twenty jewels as we'll as a souvenir
pendant gold and enamel brownie with
diamond eyes. The different stones
include a rare yellow diamond and
topaz, several oddly shaped water
pearls, and clasping the chain at the
back large square garnet of richest
hue.
Then there is very popular teacher
in one of the big cities who has been
at the head of a shorthand school for a
number of years. Her luck souvenir is
a coin waist belt made entirely Of ten
cent pieces. 1t was started by her first
class of girls, every one of whom was
devoted to her. When their term was
over, however, their very meagre pock-
them to give only ten cents apiece. So
one of their members conceived the
happy idea of having the dimes Joined
In the form of bracelet, and each
girls initial was scratched on Lib
erty's cap.
AS class followed class, the idea took
root and the tenlink bracelet has
grown to a good sized waist belt with
four rows of coins. Some are thick
and some are thin, and many bear hard
ly resemblance to the newly minted
dime, but they all carry the initials of
some young pupil to whom the CHEEKY
teacher was an inspiration, and the
coins stand for everything in the world
to their owner. In fact so much part
of her has the belt become that she
never thinks of going anywhere with
out 1t, and she sleeps with it under
her pillow at night
In contrast to this luck charm of
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-13
THE CAMERON ELM.
FAMOUS TREE OF THE CAPITOL
SUBJECT OF A GREAT SEN
ATORL1L GRAFTON.

Don" Camcron's EIoouence Over
came Demands of Architects and
big Elm Blocks the South Entrance
to Nations Capitol.
One Of the famous trees Of Washing
ton is the Cameron elm, and roman
tic little story attaches to it. The tale
is interesting in itself, but is peculiar
~ so In view Of the country's long ruth
-ess and wanton disregard Of trees and
.le apparent present awakening of a
recognition Of the economic worth of,
ald sentimental devotion to them. 1t
should be borne in Eind that Wash
ilgton City is an ar5oretum of his
toric trees. Most of these are known
as memorial trees" because they
were planted by distinguished soldiers,
statesmen and artists now dead. The
Capitol grounds, the National Botanic
Garden, the White House grounds and
the park of the Department of Agri-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-13
lis WIFE Vas A WONDEp.

When the news of the death OF the
Hon. Yonks Van Dolsen reached
Wighamton 1t fell like a wet pail over
the place. Richard Van Dolsen was in
the wild Missouri Mountains looking
up timber tracks that had been offered
at tempting prices, and Mrs. Van Dol
sen had to bear her sorrow alone. She
shut herself in her house and would
see no one but Miss Arsdale. When
she appeared again she was in deep
mourning and fed East with her scr-
row.
There was no one In Wighamton
who could boast of such distinguished
ancestry as the Van Dolsens, except
Hetty Arsdale. and she, poor girl, was
the last Of her line. Poor in purse,
but rich in pride, Miss Arsdale was
source of considerable worry to her
many friends In Wighamton. Being
an Arsdale, she could not stoop to
work, nor could she accept indiscrimi-
nate charity. She was, however, CRATE
full for opportunities to relieve her
good friends of the regrettable neces-
sity of destroying such things, as they
no longer could conveniently keep. In
doing this she thought she was doing
favor and her friends respected her
pride, but found it extremely difficult
to keep her alive and clothed.
Everyone said that it was really too
bad that the death Of Yonks Van Dol
sen should occur at just the time 1t
did, three weeks before Miss Hetty's
wedding. Miss Hetty had long been
looked upon as a confirmed spinster,
but, after having passed the forty
mark some distance, had met one Hec-
tor McGregor, and their wedding day
was soon settled upon. Yonks Van
Dolsen nearly upset everything, and
Llrs. Van Dolsen went into black, shut
up her house and then went away.
Some days after Mrs. Van Dolsen
had left for the East, Richard Van
Dolsen arrived in Wighamton, and
while on his way home met his friend,
Tom Garrick, and the two men ex-
changed hearty greeting, after which
Mr.. Van Dolsen asked about village
news and learned for the first of Miss
Arsdale's approaching marriage.
Garrick walking by the side Of his
old friend suddenly said, "Dick, | sup
pose you know Mrs. Van Dolsen has
gone East?" well, no." said Van
Dolsen easily. but she rather expected
to leave before got back" He looked
at Garrick curiously. why do you
look at me that way, Tom, there's
nothing wrong with Elizabeth, is
there?"
No, not with Mrs. Van, Dick, but
Yonks Van Dolsen is dead" well, |
should say he was, Tom; its certainly
time he was" "But what is the joker"
Il guess you don't understand me,
Dick, | said Yonks Van Dolsen was
lead. Your wife felt his death deeply
and when she left for the East was
in heavy mourning for him."
Van Dolsen dropped the heavy yalise
Re was carrying and laughed until he
was completely out of breath and
the tears were streaming down his
face.
Elizabeth in mourning for that old
rhinocerous-hided reprobate," he cried, |
tom, you will kill me with your
talk"
They had reached his Office, and Van
Dolsen found the letter which he felt |
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-13

ton, Is scarcely second In importance
to the irrigation work. 1t means that
tens OF millions of acres of the most
fertile land imaginable, which has
lain Idle for ages, may be converted
from dismal and pestilential swamps
and useless bogs unto highly prosper
GUS homes, TO become the garden spots
of the nation.
The Dutch have reclaimed vast
areas In Holland from the encroach-
mentS OF the ocean. Thousands OF
families live and farm below sea level,
gaining their security by magnificent
feats of engineering and persistence.
They now contemplate the drainage OF
the Zuyder Zee retaining some L.
100000 additional acres OF meadow
land. American drainage in most
cases would be far more simple and
less expensive; 1t is simply ques-
tlon as to whether the nation will see
the wisdom of setting its hand to this
work.
Another Inland Empire.
In Florida the everglades alone-al-
most solid muck beds-would afford
an empire of some z million acres: In
New Jersey and Virginia are vast
swamps, among them the famous Dis
NAL Swamp. In Illinois which is gen.
orally regarded as a we'll settled agri-
cultural state. there are million acres
of swamp land; in Michigan there are
nearly million acres. Fertile Iowa
has about million acres of swamp
land. In Minnesota there are almost
million acres Of rich surveyed swamp
lands and huge swamp areas not yet
surveyed. Arkansas has tremendous
swamp areas which could be drained
and made habitable and In all there
is q swamp area In the eastern half of
the United States which is equal In ex-
tent to the great agricultural states
OF Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, with
three or four smaller eastern states
thrown In.
II the Stevenson bill demonstrates
that the government can transform
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-13
THE CAMERON ELM SUBJECT or GRAFTON IN THE U SENATE


sure his wife had left for him. After
reading and rereading the letter he
turned to his friend and said, Eyes
Tom, Yonks Van Dolsen Is dead and
am going in mourning for him; he
was a fine old man; my wife has writ
ten me all about it. There are some
matters, Tom, / cannot explain in
the family, you know, Tom"
As soon as possible Richard Van
Do1sen had a Grape band sewed on
his hat, but it seemed hard for him
to overcome his natural cheerfulness,
still he tried to enter into the crepe
band spirit and often said to his
friends, Yes, poor old Yonks is dead :;
he was q fne old man; I can scarcely
realize that | am in mourning for
him."
Ten days after Miss ArsdaIe's we'd
ding, Van Dolsen sent for his old
friend, Tom Garrick. and after care
fully closing the door to his private
Office. said:
tom, I've been thinking things
over, and guess it will be annoying
to Mrs. Van to do all the explaining,
so am going to do it for her. Eliza
beth is the best woman on earth and
thinks of kind things that no one else
would think Of" aYou know how
proud. Hetty ArsdaIe is" Van Dolsen
continued. Sunny girl. too; she'd
take things no one had any use for,
but nothing she thought anyone could
use" Elizabeth was sorry for her
because at1s knew she had no proper
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-13

clothes for her wedding outfit ana no
way of getting any Elizabeth is a
corker, Tom; what does she dor"
why, she resurrects old Yonks, who
died in 1879, long enough TO go into
mourning for him, so that poor Hetty
Arsdale could do her the favor of re-
lieying her Of her unmournful clothes,
of which she had laid in a large stock,
both for outside and inside wear"
Van Dolsen paused and his friend
said, Van, agree with you, your
wife is a wonder. ~ Washington Star.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-13
The Single Woman.

There is in mans nature a secret In.
clination and motion toward love of
others. which, If It be not spent upon
some one or a few, does, naturally
spread itself toward many" said Lord
Bacon, three centuries ago. The. re-
mark might be applied with good rea-
son to the unmarried women. who with
III the last half century has become q
moving power In the world. ss such
names as Florence NieAtengale. Susan
B. Anthony. Francis Willard, Clara Bar
ton. Harriet Bartinean. Francis Power
Cohbe. Mary Lyon and Jane Adams, %
quote but few. VIII show.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-13

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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-13

Reclaimed
Swamp Land
When Ticklcd b,
the Farmer.
Produces Abund-
ant Crops.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-13

swamps into fertile farm land and
that the settler or owner will pay
back to the government the relatively
small cost OF the improvement, there
seems to be no reason why this work
Of creation OF value out OF worthless
waste. should not go on indefinitely
and provide homes for millions more
Of rural population.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-13
Boxer Troubles.

Blessed are the peacemakers, but
sometimes the blessing comes in the
form Of stiff jar on the lower Jaw
for interfering.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-13

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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-13

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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-08-16
cAUsIle on RISK OFFICIALS
Gate Departments centers of Graft
and Fraud, Saws Bar.

Omaha, Aug. 15.-The committed
of the National Bar association which
las completed its report on insurance
reform, which will be submitted to the
convention of the association to be
held in ST. Paul on Aug. 1881, makes
important recommendation and criti
cisms. 1t is particularly severe on
state departments, saying:
"The trouble is that the state insur.
snce departments are sinecures. They
are political prizes. knowledge of
the insurance business is the last
thing required. They are mere col
lection agencies. They offer the most
seductive opportunities for fraud and
graft that exist in the United States.
Although denying that this charge
applies to all state insurance depart.
ments, the report cites the disclosures
made in New York, Pennsylvania and
Minnesota as specific instances to
prove its general correctness.
The report then quotes figures to
show that the great mass of insur
ance business is interstate in charac
ter and gives many authorities to
show that the popular demand is for
federal rather than state control.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-08-16
NEGRO SOLDIERS SHOOT TO XIII
Fire Several voIIeys in Streets Of
Brownsville, Tex.

Brownsville, Tex, Aug. 15.-Evi.
IDENTIFY angered because of search
made among their ranks in an effort
to apprehend a negro who attacked
Mrs. Leon Evans at her home here
and whom she asserted was negro
soldier, members of battalion of
negro federal troops stationed at Fort
Brown, near here, entered Browns
Vile. became unruly and fired several
volleys down Main street. AS re-
suit Frank Natus. barkeeper. is dead
bullet from Krag-Jorgensen rifle
having pierced his heart, and Police
man Joseph Domingo is wounded, his
arm and hand shattered by a bullet
and his horse shot from under him.
Twenty-three of the bullets fired
entered the home of Louis R. Cowan,
many went through the residence of
F. E Stark and several bricks were
shot from the walls of the Miller no.
tel, near a window where guests were
sleeping. After their depredations
the negroes returned to their garrison
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-08-16
Ancestral Ncmory.

AS | walk along Il dark, lonely road
my ears are Oh the ale"t. glance to
right and left. look nser my Shout
der. Where did l Learn this habit?
May it not be the memory disk giving
off its record? My savage ancestor
learned by long years of experience to
be specially on his guard in lonely
place and in the dark. When my in
dignation is thoroughly reused find
my hands clinch. there is Tightening
of the lips, the teeth are more plainly
visible. and the whole attitude is sug-
gestive of making a spring. Here is
trait of early man, who gathered him
self together and sprang upon his en-
envy to rend him with tooth and claw.
l have often noticed that when people
use the word offensive" it is accom-
panied by a CULVER of the nostrils and
an involuntary movement of the nose.
The Imagination is still haunted by
that piece of very offensive carrion
which my primitive ancestor with a
prejudice for raw meat found too
strong for him, SO strong that his nose
rejected it at once.-Nineteenth Cen
fury.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-08-16
W0MAN'S RELIEF UNION
Twentieth Annual Convention Opens
at st. Paul.

is. Paul, Aug. 15.-The twentieth
annual convention of the Union Vet
Grams Woman's Relief union was
opened in the house of representatives
hall in the old capitol.
The convention is one of the largest
the organization has held, more than
ESQ delegates being present, represent
ing all except seven states of the
union.
The sessions are all executive and
after an address by the president. Ella
Kraft of New York, the convention
listened to committee reports of the
work done during the last year.
The following officers were elected:
National president, Mrs. Miriam W.
Rose of st. Paul; senior vice presi-
dent Rhoda Ellis of Rock Island !;
junior vice president, Selma Butts Of
Wichita; chaplain, Enzla v. Beck of
Washington. Pa: conductress. Veliera
Benson of Clinton, la.
The first business session OF the
Union Veterans was held at the old
capitol. about 200 DELEGATES being in
attendance. The various committees
were appointed. reports Of officers and
routine business transacted.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-08-16
TELEGRAMs TERsELY TOLD

Former United States Senator Lee
Mantle of Butte, Mont, announced
his candidacy for United States sena-
tor.
The Texas prohibition state conven-
ton nominated state ticket, headed
by j. w. Pearson of Boyd for gov
ernor.
The directors of the Chico go board
of trade have decided not to restore
the old commission rate for the pres
ent at least.
o. B. Heath. one of the cattle kings
in the early days of Kansas, died at
his home in Junction City, aged sixty
seven years.
Admiral George Dewey was elected
governor general of the Order OF
Founders and Patriots of America, to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Robert B. Roosevelt.
Francis II. Smith, one of the first
official reporters of congressional de.
bates, died at Washington, Conn.,,
where he was born larch II, 1929.
George H. Shaffer, president of the
United Master Butchers Association
of America, says that the question OF
eliminating tie tariff on live stock
would be one of the subjects discussed
at the convention of the association
to be held in Milwaukee Aug. q.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-08-16
How to Learn a Foreign Language.

How to Learn a Foreign Language.
One may begin the attempts of free
expression, and thus an independent
use of the language. with Il compare
lively small vocabulary. Conscientious
reading and we'll conducted CONVERSE
tons will then quickly enlarge the vo-
cabulary and develop the facility of eX-
preston. But l cannot lay too much
stress upon the fact that the free and
exact rendering of ones own thought
in writing is the most efficient exercise
in acquiring Il language. In mere con-
versation we are apt to slip over diff
culties by permitting ourselves vague
ness and Inaccuracies of expression
which would sternly demand correc-
tion-and correction, too, easily kept
in mind-when the written words look
us in the face. To quicken the efficacy
of this exercise requires, of course, a
teacher able not only to pound gram
matical rules into the head of the pu-
Pill, but also to stir up in the study of
the language IA mentally active inter-
est in the subjects spoken or written
about.--Carl Schurz's "reminiscences in
McClureS.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-08-16
TWO MORE CHILDREN TAKEN
The Death Angel Again Enters The
Peterson Household.

1t is with feeling of sadness that
we chronicle the passing away from
earth of two more of the children of
Henry Peterson and wife, Elsie Louisa
age u years who died Tuesday night
and Louisa Wllhemina age 4a years
who died Wednesday at a. M, both
deaths resulting Indirectly from IN
juries received in the runaway accl-
dent several weeks ago.
Their death casts pail over the
community in which they have lived
and falls with crushing force upon
the father and mother and two surviv-
ing sisters. 1t is indeed sad, and
only those who have tasted its bitter
ness can realize the pangs of sorrow
it brings to this home. for only one
week ago their daughter and sister
Anna Christina, was taken from this
stricken household, and now the death
angel having again entered the home
and taken two more from this once
happy family circle, leaves home
that is desolate indeed, and the par
ents cup of sorrow is filled to over
flowing and their affection seems
almost beyond human endurance, but
sorrow will not call them back and
we can only commend the bereaved
ones to the Almighty Father who
doeth all things for the best, and who
gives to all christian people the happy
consolation that some day we shall all
be united again with our departed
loved ones.
The funeral services will be held
today (Thursday> from the home at 10
O'Clock and at the Lutheran church at
IL. Interment will follow in the
Irwin cemetery. Manila Times.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-08-16

There is nothing SO pleasant as
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to see how much better man you are.
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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-08-16
APPLE GROWERS IN SESSION
Three Hundred Delegates Attend
Meeting at st. Louis.

st. Louis, Aug. 15.-The fourth an
nual convention of the American APP
pie Growers association met here
with about 200 delegates present
President H. M. Dunlap of Savoy, Ill.
presided. The convention will be in
session two days, hearing papers and
discussing apple raising and market
ing and will elect new officers. To
morrow delegates will leave on spe
cial train provided by the Frisco rail
way system for trip through the Mis-
souri, and Arkansas apple belt.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-08-16
Storm in Southern Indiana.

Evansville, Aug. 15.-The mos. SC
we're storm in many years visited
southern Indiana The rainfall in this
city amounted to more than Two
inches In less than an hour. Three
buildings were partially wrecked ky
the storm. Water stood in some Of
the streets to the depth of foot or
more The property damage will he
heavy. Reports received from sur.
rounding points say the storm was
general.