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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04
WAS A REAL MAGICIAN.

A Bostonian was praising the other
day the astronomical and literary work
of Percival Lowell.
Before the last eclipse" he said,
mfr. Lowell observed to an old colored
man whom he liked;
George, If you will watch the chick
ems out at your place tomorrow
morning at II o'clock you will see
them all go to roost."
"'Hi, hi George laughed. OATS a
good joker"
"He thought, you see. that Mr..
Lowell was fooling him. But. sure
enough, when II o'clock came the
next morning the sun darkened and
the chickens did go to roost. George
was amazed. He sought Mr.. Lowell
out and said:
"'Wot you done tole me wuz true,
sab. Nah chickens went to roost, sab,
jlst laik you said dey would
eyes, George, suppose they did,
the astronomer returned
How long, sab, did you know
bout dlsg asked George.
"'Oh, long time George
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04

In the course of lecture before the
Psychotherapeutic Society, DR.. Ward
announced that Prof. Elmer Gates. OF
washington, d. O.. who bas been ex-
perimenting with light rays, had found
about FIVE octaves above violet a form
OF wave similar TO x-rays, but differ.
ent In some respects.
Under these rays living objects
throw shadow which exists as long
as there Is life In the animate object.
A live rat was placed Ia Dramatically
sealed tube and held In the path OF
the rays IN front Of sensitized screen.
So long as the rat was alive IL threw
a shadow. When 1t was killed 1t be-
came suddenly transparent after a GER
tain length of time.
Here" said the lecturer there
was a strange phenomenon. At the
very instant the rat became trans
parent, shadow of exactly the same
shape was noticed TO pass as 1t were
out OF and beyond the glass tube and
vanish as 1t passed upward on the
sensltIzed screen"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04
INDIANS RAID THE TREAS
TRY.

A band of Osago Indians has looted
the United States Treasury of $53S.
The loot was permitted by the author
tiles, for the Red Men had the law
on their side, the money being the
expenses they were allowed by the
Indian Commissioner in making the
trip to Washington from their reserva-
ton. Each Osago was allowed $66
by the Commissioners. They flied into
the Treasury Building. a few weeks
ago, silent as oysters and presented
their order. They got their money and
left the department without uttering
a word-only few grunts. The
names they signed or Indicated by
mark were well worth the money and
were as follows:
-hah.wal-la; r. Deerheart; Bacon
Rind; Neke-wah-tian-ka; O-loh-hah-
mole; Nun-tsa-wah-hu; Arthur Bonni-
castle, and Eve -Tall- Chief.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04
VERY BAD BREATH.

Senator Clay. OF Georgia. told the
following story to a number Of his
colleagues In the Senate cloak room
few days ago:
Sam Jones, the evangelist, was
holding meetings in my home town
last summer In the open air. His
subject for the particular evening OF
which | speak was Death He had
been preaching some fifteen or twenty
minutes when he reached the climax
Of his theme with Ny Friends. think
Of It. Think Of II, say. And you not
prepared to die. At my every breath
soul drops dead Then small boy
away back In the rear exclaimed, why
don't you chew cloves?"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04
UNIQUE STREET RAILWAY.
in Which the Horse and the Passen.
gers Ride TOgsther-Owned by a
Woman.

If the spirits of the poor. departed
car horses are allowed to return 10 me
land OF the living. they must chuckle
III car horse spirits do such an un.
seemly thing) when they witness one
OF their kind standing on the back
platform of street car, meditatively
chewing a straw and viewing the
landscape DER" as the car merrily
glides on its way into the town. But
that Is a spectacle that presents itself
many times day just outside the
great city of Denver, Colorado.
A short line of street railroads
called the Cherrelyn Line, leads from
one OF the city terminals to the little
town OF Cherrelyn. 1t ascends gradu-
ally from the city, and its motive
power, an ancient and decrepit speci-
men of the genus "car horse" creeps
slowly up the hill, stopping frequently
for breath. Once at the top however,
his labors are over for the time be-
Ing. He is unhitched from the car,
climbs aboard the rear platform, and
proceeds to make himself comfortable.
When the hour of departure is reached
the driver gives the car gentle shove
and the whole outfit goes spinning
down the hill to its starting point.
The Cherrelyn Line is owned and
controlled by Mrs. George H. Bogue,
of Denver, who claims that 1t is the
only all-gravity system in the world.
There was similar line operating in
southern California few years ago,
so the claim to that distinction may be
disputed. Be that as it may, how.
ever, it is one of the sights Of Denver
"a street car on which both horse
and passengers ride.
The rolling stock of this road rep
resented by the single carts not |
exactly up to date in style or finish.
1t Is shabby and worn, and the rear
platform, not originally designed as
a stable, droops disconsolately. The !
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04
HELPS BURGLAR TO ROB
WEALTHY WIFE.

i Il had no trouble gettin' Into tn
house" said the reformed burglar Ii
a reminiscent mood. 1T was one o
the old fashioned kind which had no
been modernized, and a 4-year-olC
could have opened the windows. TIL,
| female party that owned the hous,
had the reputation of bein' mighty
rich and sunthin' of a miser, SO
thought there might be good pickin'i
for me in the way of old silver anC
the like. She had married young
man about year before my visit
who was known to be sunthin' of 9
| high roller.
THE first room l struck that seem
ed promisin' was the dinin' room
filled up with massive mahogany fur
niture like they don't build nova
days. I had no trouble in openin' the
sideboard, where | found a few real
silver spoons and blamed lot o. plat.
ed trash that wasn't worth carryin'
away. was just about to leave the
room when out flashed an electric
light and | found myself starin' at
the barrel Of pistol A young rel
Ter in pajamas held the gun, and his
hand didn't shake a bit. He had a
business look In his eye, so when he
told me to throw up my hands done
so without no argument.
How much OF a haul have you
nader" he asked pleasantly. l told
him only few spoons, and that 1t
was a low-down trick to pinch man
who hadn't got enough to pay for his
trouble.
HE acknowledged there was boss
on me- and then asked me III was
amatoor, or could | blow up a
safe without rousin' the neighbor-
hood. II you have the materials with
you to crack a safe, says he, why,
you an NEIL divide the spoils.'
II acknowledged that l had come
prepared to open anything In the
hardware line, and then, with his gun
p'inted, he backed me out of the room
to one adjoinin' where there was
safe in the wall. Then he told me to
go to work and sat down In chair
with his pistol turned my way.
Well, sir, to make the story short,
opened that safe with this pelican
superintendent. the job. There was
wads o. long green In tin box that
would choke a COW, likewise diamonds
and other sinners. The boss o. the
business sorts EN- over careful, and
when the box was clean empty he
hands me over some old breastpins
and napkin rings and baby's silver
mug and told me that that was my
share, while he pockets the rest as
calm as we please.
Now, then, about face and don't
kick. for this gun is likely to go OF,
says he, and heads me back to the
window through which I'd entered. |
Cit through there. and be quick about |
it, son. he says, and then, as il to
add insult to inj'ry. gives me push |
that sent me flyin' inter the back |
yard ready to choke with rage"
The reformed burglar here uttered |
some very unreformed profanity as
the picture of that night rose to mem
Dry.
when I'd got on me feet heard |
a pistol go off In the house an a yell |
for help and knowed who done It.
There was nothing for me to do but
light out. 1t seems that young man
was the old party's husband. Shed
kept him short of funds and he took
his chance to make good. Now, did
re ever hear meaner job played on
| hard working man than he played
IN me?"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04
POSTMASTERS OF OLDEN
TIME.
Ninety Years Ago Incomes Arg
umented by Acting as Agents.

The postmaster of today may thinl
he has troubles of his own, but there
was time about the year 1917, wheH
queer things were expected of post
masters. An old pamphlet dated
April 5th, 1917, states that new
daily and thrice a week paper" was to
be printed 'at the seat of government
After the virtues Of the proposed publ
cation we're set forth the editor-to-be
says:
"Postmasters are hereby authorized
to receive subscriptions for the Gaz.
cite, and for all moneys collected and
transmitted to the editor, at the city
OF Washington, discount of 10 per
cent. will be allowed. Distant sub
scribers will have their papers care
fully packed and punctually forwarded
to order. 1t is to be presumed that a
copy of this pamphlet was sent to
each postmaster in the United States
Under the system that then existed
this method was entirely proper and
1t is claimed that postmasters derived
considerable income from such sour
ces.
The prospectus" further states that
"a competent reporter will be employed
to furnish the proceedings of Congress
for the Gazette" and that all inter
esting articles of intelligence will be
carefully selected and published"
The Editor-to-be, in writing of him
self says:
"As the humble guardian Of the pub
lie veal, he will occasionally use the
privilege he has a right to exercise,
in expressing his temperate disappro-
baton of such measures of the coun-
try. If those opinions should some
times be erroneous, he wishes them to
be ascribed to the common falibility
of human judgment. which cannot be
always in the right. AS far as it may
be possible, he will labor to be i'm
partial, but that there will be a bias,
and that that bias will be in favor Of
the present dominant party, he has to
much candor to deny and too much
honesty to conceal. What he can d
within his humble sphere, shall be done
for the good of the country. and III
he fails he will console himself with
the reflection that he had discharged
his duty to the utmost of his ability
and power"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04

sides of the car, both inside and out
are decorated with the carvings and
writings of tourist fools
Whose names are like their faces
Always seen in public places.
Mrs. Bogue is not exactly a million
aire as the result of operating her own
railroad and drawing all the salaries
and dividends, and she appreciates
the deficiencies of rolling stock and
roadlbed. But she takes keen de-
light in the management of the road
and finds 1t a paying investment.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04
AUTOMOBILE SKATING.
Skates Run by Storage Battery
Strapped to Mans Waist.

Recent cable descriptions of auto
mobile skating in Paris nave beer
verified Alphonse Constantine an
Italian who lives in Paris, has beer
making many successful experiments
with his new form of automobile
skates which he invented
The apparatus consists of two four
wheeled skates each operated by an
air-cooled motor Of 1/2 horse power
capacity.
A small tank containing gasoline,
sufficient for a 46 mile run is strapped
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04
CURE FOR sEAsIcKNEss.
Electric Current Used to Quiet Nerves
OF the Sufferers.

Those who have been Frustrated by
the heave and the chop-chop Of ocean
vessels will he glad to learn that q
sure cure for seasickness is promised.
The ship physician of the Hamburg
American liner Patrica has found by
experiments conducted on the last
voyage Of the ship that a simple cleo
trio vibration chair does the work. and
so successfully did he demonstrate this
to the satisfaction OF the ships officers
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04
Keeper for Thirty-elght Years.

Albert H. Metcalfe watched the gov
eminent belongings around Sacketts
Harbor for thirty years, and then
died. During all the years the Bu-
reau of Yards and Docks of the Navy
Department has regularly submitted
an estimate of 1865. to Congress for
the annual salary of the ship keep
er" at Sacketts Harbor, and that is
probably the only place where the
name ship keeper" appears in an
official way on the records.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04
HAS STUDIED STANDARD

There Is the making of most val
liable servant of the trusts in South
Orange In the form Of small boy
whose name does not appear. Be.
lieving he had killed seven-year-oid
Loretta Smith, a pupil of the Column
bia public school, whom he knocked
senseless with SNOWFALL, a small
boy. who escaped before his identity
could be ascertained. hired a negro
boy for cents to assume all blame
for the tragedy. The girl was more
frightened than hurt.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04

about the skaters waist Attached to
the tank are the ignition battery, the
throttle lever and the spark control
A speed Of 81 miles an hour can be
attained and diminished by means of
the throttle lever which the skater
holds in his left hand. 1t is claimed
that almost any hill can be climbed.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04

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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04
THE HORSE is A PASSENGER ON THIS CAR.

to present him with a bill. 1t is re
corded that hotelkeeper once Offered
to throw off half the bill when hi
learned his guests identity. 1.-THE i'm
mortal ]. N. !" glared at the Landlord
then, declaring he would allow no one
to Guido him in generosity, and sale
he would throw off the other half.
He seldom stopped in cities of more
than 10000 population, believing thai
in the large cities his personality
would be lost. There are few news
paper Offices in the country outside Of
the largest cities where he is not well
known. Some years ago he travelled
all over the country ransacking the
files of newspapers for his own obit
uary He has been reported dead
more than once.
He is an apostle of truth" "press
ure, and keeper of the secret of the
veil' For forty years he has been
promising to lift the veil" and put ION
the pressure"
Wherever he stopped in the course
OF his migrations his first announce
ment was that men called him crazy,
and that he was about ito put the
pressure on, This pressure" was
some mysterious force which he alone,
he believed, prevented from crushing
out of existence all the life Of this con-
tinent.
No one has ever doubted that he was
insane. He himself boasted OF 1t. But
his is an insanity that up to now in
spired only friendship and sympathy.
But behind his insanity and his fifty
years of aimless wandering over the
country is tragic story.
Mind Unhlnged by Blow.
In his youth he was an infant phe-
nomenon. At four years Of age he
read almost all OF the Bible, and dur
ing his teens he acquired reading and
speaking knowledge Of no less than
thirteen languages. During the gold
craze in 40 he went West and started
a stage line. Within two years he had
accumulated fortune of $4,000. A
partner robbed him, and then y. N"
moved back TO Ohio and began the
study Of law. Within a few years he
stood at the top of the bar of Cincin-
natl.
one day he was defending a MUIR
derer in whose innocence he strongly
believed. AS result of his eloquence
the man was acquitted. The same day
his client confessed that he was guilty.
81. NJ" rushed back to the courtroom
and started to explain, but the strain
and excitement had been too much for
him. He was stricken with apoplexy.
within short time he recovered his
physical health, but never his mental
poise.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04

Nearly all the cigarettes Of the
United States are made in New York,
Richmond. New Orleans, and San
Francisco.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04

Mr.. Bryan's daughter has taken to
writing plays, Senator Tillman Is writ
ing a book, and Congressman Long
worth is accused of writing topical
SONGS. BY next November we may
have very little left to be thankful
f0r,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04

ibid you know dey would go to
roost a year agoT
!" Yes, fully year ago
"sWell, dat beats all. said George,
In an awed voice. Dem chickens
wuzn't Matched a year ago. "-satur-
day Evening Post.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04

Sumatra is now producing about as
much coffee as Java.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04
ONLY WOMAN SHIP KEEPER.
Sockets Harbor Navy Yard in
charge of Woman.
Some rlenber Of Present Keepers
Family Has Been Stationed Here
Since Navy Yard Was Established
fIany Years Ago.


Women are steadily eneroaching VI
on the occupations Of men, and nov
another position heretofore filled b,
man has gone to one of the fairel
sex. The charge and care of a govern
ment naval establishment, almost for
gotten, has been turned over to her
and for the first time in the history
Of the American navy a woman has
the rank of ship keeper"
The woman is Mrs. Albert H. Met
calfe. She has been placed in charge
of the navy yard at Sacketts Harbor,
N. " on Lake Ontario not far from
the St. Lawrence, and will receive a
salary of 1865 year
Albert H. Metcalfe. keeper of the
yard since 1868, died recently, and his
position was given to his widow. The
Sacketts Harbor Navy Yard is not
a big establishment. 1t consists of an
acre and half of ground, on which
there are half dozen small buildings
and a few guns used in the war OF
1912.
Once Prominent Place.
1t used to be a prominent place,
and shortly after the close Of the war
a ship-of-the-line, then the biggest
type of war craft built, equivalent of
the first-class battle-ships of modern
times, was planned, and the building
begun at Sacketts Harbor. The vessel
was to have been the New Orleans.
The work progressed slowly, how
ever, and was finally abandoned, but
the hull of the big vessel remained up
on the stocks. Away back, probably
along in the '40's or SOS, a man
named Metcalfe was appointed ship
keeper. In 1868 he died, and his son,
Albert H., succeeded him in the posi-
ton. Some years ago all that was
left Of what was to have been the New
Orleans was torn down; but the posi-
ton and title of the keeper remained.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04
The IMMORTAL ]. N"
Most Picturesque of Characters
Goes to Asylum.
As a Boy He Could Speak Thirteen
Languages Mind Unhinged by a
Great Criminal Trial Has Been
insane Fifty Years.

Jacob Newman Free, "the immortal
J. NJ" has reached the end OF his
travels. He was finally adjudged in.
sane, and viii spend the remainder OF
his days in the State Hospital of TO.
ledo. He is now seventy-eight years
old.
Thus passes a character known in
every stable town in every State in
the West. For more than half cen.
tury he lived as the birds live. No town
or State could claim him as it's own. In
each he was at home and among
friends. 1t is his claim, and 1t is not
disputed, that he knows more peo-
pie personally than any other living
man.
For fifty years he has travelled up
and down and across the country, rid
ing free on nearly every railroad, and
living without expense in the best ho-
tells, the towns he visited, afforded.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04
D. II. on Every Railroad.

Still in his possession are hundred
slips reading Good for ]. N. His
most treasured possession is a slip of
paper signed by the leading officials
Of many of the biggest railroads in
the country. 1t reads: ''The immortal
j. NJ; pass him forever. Good on all
roads from now until doomsday.''
Hotel men in the towns he visited
did as much. He was never known to
have more than few cents at a cline,
but in the fifty years of his wanderings
few landlords have been bold enough
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04

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to the time of the Incas.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-04

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DO RATS HAVE SOULS?
Did you know de,

THE RAID on THE TREASURY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-13
STAR BRANCH OFFICES.

If not convenient to crI at The
Star Office 1,th street and Pennsyi-
vania avenue. leave your ADVERTISE
ment at any of the Glowing
Branch Offices:
NORTHWEST reAN~HEs.
Gentner's nrrr Strr. Ii.r ~ = cts.
Eppley's Drug Store "a = yelling p.
Portman's Drug Store rt.. s01 r T. ave.
Lupfon's Drug Store We ave ana *
Kings nrng Store. 18th sr7 -
Holtzclaw's News start fTpT - sve.
G HGs6st,s nrng Store 9-'3 md ~ a~e
Postal Telegraph Or, 1905 conn -.
Postal Telegraph nr ~" r-,a. az.
Postal Telegraph once. 81 anI p SITS
Posta! Telegraph Offer Pom Sf'f'cn.
kann Sons & 60. T-'arrHr'i"n R"resn.
woodward 4 Iothror In'o-, sr'"n hn m~.s
interior Dept. Sth & F SIS Telegram Gmte.
Jenifcr h'dg.. 7th & SITS T"'erraph wee.
Commercial pank h'ac telegram once
Grier & crier.'s Ph.rmrcv oh y ave-.
Ooidcuherc's ncr~'fI..~r. core. 9'' ~ ''n
st Pnreau ~ T""o-r Rf'0n m.
The Hntchius Kcr"~~ o-ur 90 iIth e Vne'
Butler & Field. nrrg~'@'s ~ & indiana ~.
Louis r. Castell. Pc f-'s' N"' i'In
Dupont Pharmacy CPas BOSTON. PROP
GEoRGrTcwN.
O.nonnell's rruC store u "nd 'ts
o'Donnelrs Drug storo 20 -nd sts-
h i.e,,r, cypress otflcs 1909 3od 81
irlde's Phnrms"v @s'r rn' Y sis
NORTHEAST:
kfsneoys raarnarE rSp,to' c ard ~.
Milburn's Pharmacy. 18th and Fl SITS.
Buffers Pha -nqcv i-h and Stanton place.
SOUTHEAST:
Bradley's Drug Store. Sth and e SITS.
O'Donnell's Drug Stor,. 2d and Penna. ava
SOUTHWEST:
Suillvan's Drug Store 18th and d sts.
Eleventh Street Wharf, OBrien HAL
Chas 8. Wafer Hnl 4h at
ANACOSTIA-
c. C. Lohr. % Monroe st.
ALEXANDRIA,:
4. S. Donphan ~ King st.
BRIGETWOSD. D. c.:
VIM. Thomas briShtwrd ave. and Long
fellow ST.
TENLEYTOWN D, c.:
Andrew RuTYa D-upgisf