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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-28

Miss onie Johnson, of Scooba.
Miss, is visiting relatives in Union
City.
Sheriff. Mason, of Memphis, is in
the city, visiting friends and the
fair.
Miss Williams, of Walnut Log, is
the guest OF Mrs. Craddock this
week.
Don't neglect the opportunity to
see the best fair ever seen in obion
County.
Edwin Winston. son of George
Winston, Fulton, is attending our
school
Miss Pearl Rome, of the country
north of Troy, was a visitor here
Monday.
The fair opens this morning and
continues three days, including
Monday.
w. Fl. Polsgrove, one of our good
Jordan friends, came in to see us
Monday.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-28


Hugh Mcdaniel, a we'll known
citizen of the Woodland vicinity,
was a welcome caller at our office
yesterday.
Miss Martha Caldwell, who has
been visiting in Rives, was a guest
of Miss Elizabeth Gardner in the
city this week.
Mrs. Prather Curtin and little
son, w. p. of Hickman, were the
guests of Mrs. Beckham and Mrs.
Scates this week.
Ben Smootis here from Sikeston,
Mo-, taking in the fair. The young
man is employed in the Frisco Of
fees at Sikeston.
The regular preaching services,
conducted by the pastor, will be
held at the First Christian Church
Sunday morning and night.
Mrs. Fields and daughter, Miss
Ernestine, who have been visiting
in Union City for several days, will
move to Chattanooga. Their many
friends here are enjoying their
visit.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-28

Misses Mary Cunningham and
MAZDA Buchanan, of Obion. were
the guests this week of Miss Leila
Reeves and the family of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. A. Reeves.
Mrs. Leighman Browder and
Mrs. John Thompson are visiting
in Union City. Mrs. Thompson
has an exhibit IN the Woman's De-
partment at the fair.
Miss Pet Wade, who has been in
the city for several days as the
guest of her aunt, Miss Minnie
Howard, returns tomorrow to her
home in Brinkley, Ark.
Elder N. B. Hardeman, of Hen.
derson, will preach at the First
Christian Church in Rives next
Sunday morning. A cordial invita-
ton is extended to the public.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-28

Mrs. ]. b. Ramseyer. after visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. r. Garth, left
last night for Pueblo, Colo. and
California. Rev. and Mrs. RAM
seyer viii hold a meeting at Pueblo
and Los Angeles. California, and
then return to Fort Wayne. Ind.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-28

Don't wait too long in looking
over our new parlor furniture, swell
rockers and hallracks. Union City
Hardware & Furniture Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-28

While you are at the Fair MAKE
your headquarters with Mailing
Keiser Hardware Co., successors t.
Fl. Dietzel.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-28
HELP WANTED.
No Energy. No viii Power. No
Ambition. Losing Confidence in
Self and the Confidence Of
Friends or Employers.
A State of Health That Needs Prompt
Treatment to Ward Off
Serious Disease.

Do you notice large reduction in
your vital energy? Are you losing hold
on your place in the social worldP Is
your strength gone, constitution weak,
appetite poor, digestion deranged, bow
els costive, with uneasiness and symp-
toms of arrangement in the region OF
the kidneysf Such a condition is the
preliminary to Bright's Disease or some
other serious kidney trouble. If this
describes the state of your body, we urge
upon you prompt action before your
health is entirely beyond recovery.
Prick1y Ash Bitters is the remedy you
need; it has four-fold restorative effect.
It stimulates the torpid liver, restores
health in the stomach, strengthens and
cures the kidneys, and through its
peculiar yet agreeable laxative char
acter it clinches the good work by thor
oughly cleansing the bowels. 1t Is a
certain remedy for kidney and liver
diseases.
Accept no substitute. Insist on having
the genuine Prickly Ash Bitters with the
large figure IN red on the front label.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-28
I'll GxLxth the Land of Big Crops
i u0 CUullWCSI and Prosperity -

Are making much off farm you oughtl No doubt
making all The trouble the land
1t takes much buy big farm and yon trying
make living small farm perhaps you renting
good share of what raise Wouldn't
where the price of good land little that you
every acre the ground working for you and
land in the Southwest along the line of the Cotton Belt
bought from So SO This land
ing in value each year.
See the Southwest at Small Cost.
trip the Southwest would you that your
lay settling there The trip be made little expense
On the first and third Tuesdays of each month you purchase
roundrp ticket point in the Southwest the Cotton
Belt Route low rates. Sopover will be allowed for
examine any locality you interested in.
Write for free copies of books describing this
Country and for full information about of tickets Address
w. c. PEELER d. p A. Cotton Be Route Main Memphis
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-28

Mr.. and Mrs. A. Foster French
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Hattie, to Mr.
Hunter ELAN, on Wednesday, 0cto.
Der II, at 9 30 O'Clock a. M, at the
First Christian Church in this
city.
d, p. Caldwell went to Nashville
Tuesday and heard w. j. Bryan
speak at the Vendome at night.
He says that the Democrats of the
State were there inIlarge numbers.
and that the occasion was nothing
short of an ovation. Mr.. Bryan
dwelt at length on State issues,
and came out strong endorsing the
State Democratic candidates and
praised every one of them.
The State Convention of the
Christian Church will meet at
Paris, Tenn, next week, beginning
Monday night and closing Thurs
day night. Free entertainment
will be given all who attend and
the railroads all give reduced rates
on the certificate plan. The Paris
people extend cordial welcome to
all who will come.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-28

Beautify your home with our wall
paper; cheaper tn a anybody
Union City Hardware & Furniture
Company.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-28

l know you are coming to the
Fair, but it won't be fair if you
don't go to Mailing. Keiser Hard
ware Co., successors to H. Dietzel.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-28


Miss Martha HeAey has returned
from a visit to Miss O'Neill al
Trezevant.
Miss Dora Johnson has located
here again at the Wade House on
South Main.
A. H. Williams, a good citizen OF
the Woodland country, paid us a
call Monday.
Miss Anna Harris, of the vicin.
ity northwest of town, was a caller
bere Tuesday.
Louis Brock visited out on Ex-
change Monday, returning to Chi
cago Tuesday.
The Misses Milan are at home
after a country trip with Shady
Grove friends.
Geo. Carter, of the Carter &
White Insurance Company, was in
Hickman Monday.
Tom Fields and Miss Hester
Britain, of Fulton, were visitors in
the city this week.
Orion Henshaw, OF the country
north of Troy, was one of our new
subscribers Monday.
DR.. Holloway and family, of near
Rlves, visited Mrs. Tom Brown, of
East End, Saturday.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-28

Mrs. MILFORD Farris and Mrs. A,
Roperwere the S unday guests of
Mrs. Mamie Gardner.
John L. Sullivan is in town and
there are daily exhibitions by the
ex.pugilist at the Fair.
Jas. Mccall, of Nashville, is in
the city. He is connected with the
Union City Skating Rink.
Mr.. French, of Clayton, has pur.
chased the Badger residence and
will move to it in a few days.
Mrs. Nettie Paschall, of Nash.
vile, was the Sunday guest of Home
street friends en- route to Chicago.
]. It. Barham, clever citizen OF
the country north of Union City,
paid us a substantial visit yester-
day.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-28

New Goods, lots of them. Come
and see us. Nailling-Keiser Hard
ware Co., successors to H. Dietzel.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-28

Sold BY Druggists, Price sI.OO per bottle.
ALLEN DRUG CO., speci
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-28

Accept no substitute. Insist on having
the genuine Prickly Ash Bitters with the
large figure 3 IN red on the front label.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-27
PIumaqe Of the eIueblrd.

OF the male bluebird Thoreau said:
HE carries the sky on his back" To
this John Burroughs added, and the
earth on his breast" The birds back,
wings and tail, chin and throat are a
vivid blue, while his breast and TANKS
are a chestnut brown and his abdomen
a dirty white. The female is very
much duller in coloring, often having
a reddish tone that extends from the
middle of the back over the shoulder.
The Seminole Indians say that the
male bluebird once few so high that
his back rubbed against the sky,
which impaired to him its own azure
tint. Returning to earth, his wife so
admired his new coat that she deter
mined to have a like one for herself
and the next morning few away to
get it; but the day proving somewhat
cloudy, the color given to her dress
was not so brilliant as was that re-
ceived by her mate.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-27
WILL SOON LOSE THEIR CONVENT
IN CITY OF PARIS.
Story Of This Order Which Is Noted
for the Rigors of Its Discipline
and Simplicity of Life.

Another religious order is soon to
feel the rigors of the French civil law
separating church and state. The
Carmelites, and converts who refuse
to comply with the law are to be driv-
en- out, and the home in Paris is soon
to be closed.
The story of this order of Catholic
sisters is an interesting one. The
Carmelite sisters planted in France
the severe discipline impaired by st.
Theresa of Spain to their order. AS If
attracted by the sharpness of the con-
trast between their life and that of the
pleasure loving court, 1t became the
fashion for women OF the a%ristocracy
to make a retreat in the little convent
in the picturesque Rue Notre Dame
des Champs. The Duchess de Tongue
vile was one of the first, and 1t was
she who took steps to obtain funds for
the little community she had brought
into the city. The rule of the order
forbade the sisters to accumulate
money; poverty was obligatory. But a
few rich novices were received, and
the sisters seemed to have found all
they wanted for their daily ~sustenance.
The wealthy and noble m who
from time to time occupied cells in
the convent we're obliged to conform
to the rule of the house. and very
Spartan they found the fare.
Modification of the flesh was the
keynote of the order. Every sister
wore a hair shirt, to irritate and
wound the tender skin. Twice a week
they were severely logged with small
whips, n sister performing the office
for another. Their gowns were of the
coarsest serge, and their bare feet
were thrust into sandals. They slept
on hard straw mattresses in small.
single cells. and through the greater
part of the day the strictest silence
was observed.
Every day was exactly like the last,
except that fast days introduced a yet
sterner note into the days work.
This severity has been somewhat
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-27
DR.. MAcDoUGAL SUCCEEDS IN
ORIGINATING NEW SPECIES.
MarveIs In Botanical Science Which
the Director of the Carnegie lnstl-
tute at Washington is Ac-
compIishing.

The task of originating entirely new
species of plants has been accom
pllshed, md DR.. Daniel Trembly Mac
Dougal, for years assistant director of
the New York botanical garden. sew
eral months ago appointed director OF
botanical research at the Carnegie
institution, in Washington, claims the
honor of the discovery.
In his Investigations on the origin of
species DIR. MacDougal has pursued
lines similar to those followed by
Prof. Jacques Loeb, of the University
of California, in his investigation of
the origin of animal life, but DIR. Mac
Douglas experiments have been more
radical and his success is established.
1t may be explained, so that the
process of plant birth may easily be
understood, that the ovaries of all
evening primroses, for instance; the
subjects Of DR.. MacDougal's tests, con-
tain 200 or 800 ovules, each of which
includes one egg cell. Pollen cells
from the anther of the flower are car
ried to it's Stigma by insects or by
direct contact Of the stamens and stig-
ma. Then the pollen cells terminate.
and send out a long, slender tube
which penetrates the stigma and fol-
lows down the style to the ovary,
where the nucleus carried by the tube
unites with the egg cell to form the
fortified egg. 1t is before the tube
reaches the ovary that the injection
is administered by DR.. MacDougal by
means of a very fine %hypodermic
syringe.
In DIR. MacDougal's flower tests the
action of the solutions on the g cells
was such that new qualities were add
ed and some existing qualities de-
stroyed or thrown into a latent condR
ton, fertilization taking place in the
usual manner and the individual pro-
duced by these altered eggs differed
notably from the parent that Is to
say, changes In the heridity of the
organism were induced. The diverg-
ent individuals resulting from such
experiments were healthy, reached
maturity, bloomed, produced seed, and
are perpetuating themselves. They
are dwarf plants, about one-quarter
the size Of the parent.
1t is believed to be the first conclu-
sive proof yet obtained that agencies
external to the cell may induce muta-
lions, and consequently exert a pro-
found influence upon heredity.
DR.. MacDougal attends to the culti-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-27
Rreathlna Sodium Peroxlde.

AT last man has learned to live
without air. Sodium peroxide, one Of
the eve products of electrolysis, is
a compound of sodium with oxygen
that decomposes in the presence Of
damp carbonic acid. The value of this
substance may be gathered from the
fact that a man can live in an alright
box as long as any sodium peroxide re-
mains unconverted. 1t is suggested
that, by means of sodium peroxide,
submarine boats will be able to re-
main under water for considerably
longer periods than hitherto has been
possible. Just how long will be a
matter of calculation, the factors in
the calculation being tho amount of
oxygen converted into carbonic acid
by one man in one hour, the number
of men present, and the weight OF
peroxide that can be carried. Used in
mines, it should enable a miner to
live with his head literally in a bag
of india rubber containing this perox.
ide, whereby he can tide over a period
of danger.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-27
THE CARMELITE NUNS.

modified in Paris and in the other
French houses of the Carmelites. But
the routine remains practically the
same. A great deal of time is neces.
sarily spent in the gardens, which are
usually fine. Herbs, lettuce, vegetables
of all kinds, fruit and a few. flowers
are carefully cultivated.
The quiet house in the Rue Notre
Dame des Champs received an illus.
trious penitent in 1876, when the
beautiful and unhappy Louise de la
Valliere renowned the world and its
pleasures and took the VOWS of the
Carmelite order.
During the revolution, the convent
doors were burst in, the sisters scat
tered and prosecuted, and their chapel
partly destroyed. Not till 1908 did
they venture to rebuild the chapel and
restore their home. Since then the
vast convent, such as 1t is to-day, has
known little change.
Now Carmelites and converts, too,
that refuse to comply with the civil
laws are prohibited in France. Most
of the Carmelite congregations are
scattered once more. The beautiful
old garden, the joy Of those few who
have been permitted OF recent years
to make a short stay in the visitors
rooms of the convent, has been Sc
questered and built over, until to-day,
when the fine e boulevard Raspail,
which is to be the main artery of the
quarter, is being completed, the win.
dows of the convent are all exposed,
and the building is waiting the on.
slaught OF the housebreakers. Thus
Paris will lose an ancient Landmark
and a historic house.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-27
DOCTOR DESPAIRED
Ansemic Woman Cured by Dr.. Will
Hams Pink Pills Recommends the
Pills to All Others Who Suffer.

Anemia is just the doctors name for
bloodlessness. DR.. Williams Pink Pills
cure an@mia as food cures hunger.
They cured Mrs. Thomas J. McGann, of
II Lincoln Place, Plainield, N. j., who
says:
I'm the spring of 1908 I did my
usual house cleaning and soon after
ward | began to have the most terrible
headaches. My heart would beat so ir-
regularly that it was painful and there
came a morning when I could not get
up. My doctor said I had MAMMA and
he was surprised that / had continued
to live in the condition 7 xvas I'm.
/ was confined to my bed for nearly
two months, the doctor COMING every
day for the first few weeks, but I did not
improve to amount to anything. AL
together l was sick for nearly two
years. L was as weak as n rag had
headaches, irregular heart beats loss Of
appetite, cramps in the limbs and rvos
unable to get a good nights sleen' NV
legs and feet We're so swolIon .batT
feared they would burst.
Before very long after I tried Dr
Williams Pink Pills 1 felt a obange for
the better. l have taken about t-s1a1va
boxes and although l was as near tbe
grave as could be, I now feel nc IL T
had a new lease of life. Ihave no more
neadaones' the heart beats regularly. my
cheeks are pink and 1 feel ten Years
younger feel that | have been cured
very cheaply and 1 have recommended
the pills to lots of my friends -
Dr. Williams Pink Pills are sold bv all
nugel on VIII be sent by mail on re-
90 PPo u -, Price, o. oents per box, six boxes
Schenectady, N. Y. eAne Oo''
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-27
"ToUcHINEss" OF WIRELESS.
Like Some People II is Sensitive to the
Least Variations of Conditions.


-
Wireless telegraphy is compared by
a writer in Cosmos to a good but ex-
citable man, capable of doing excel
lent work, but apt to Fly off the
handle" on the slightest provocation.
This smile is suggested by a recent
communication In Drude's Annalen, in
which Mr.. Sachs, a German experi-
menter, reports on the way in which
space-telegraphy is affected by en-
vironments of various kinds. From
Sachs results it would appear that
wireless is very delicate and ~suscepti.
BILE to outside influences. Says the
writer In Cosmos:
by placing the transmitting and re-
ceiying apparatus at different heights
above the ground, he found that the
transmission is much better at a GER
tain height than lear the earth. The
augmentation of effect with height
proves that the ~conductibility of the
earth interferes, and that the electro
magnetic energy is powerfully abb
sorbed and slightly reflected. Besides.
1t is necessary to take into account
the length Of waves employed; for
short waves transmitted over terra
irma the author concludes that the
influence of the earth is always clearly
~unfavorable. On the contrary, If the
Herizan raves used are of great
length, the earth, and especially the
sea, may be sufficiently conducting to
aid transmission to an important de-
gree. The practical use of the system
has already shown the fact that COM
m%unication over the sea is easier than
over continents.
MIR. Sachs, continuing his expert
ments along this line, has shown that
the neighborhood Of human beings
acts unfavorably on the transmission
and especially the reception of sig.
nails. Whence 1t would appear that,
although the new telegraphy is doubt.
less of great service to humanity, 1t is
certainly very delicate and suscepti
BILE, like certain people who are ex
cellent at bottom, but who are affected
in an exaggerated way by ire Least
excitement"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-27
SUITS OVER SMALL SUMS.
Vital Principles often Involved
Where Amount Seems Trifiing.

A Georgia railroad and n OF its
patrons have got as far as the SUI
preme court of that state with a law
suit in which the sum of money at
issue is IS cents, but there is a prin'
ciple involved which both sides are
determined shall be settled for all
time, says the Boston Transcript.
In Atlanta, as in most cities south
Of New England, one can not enter a
Grain without exhibiting a ticket and
having it punched at the gates. An
Atlanta man to aid a woman with a
good deal of hand baggage bought a
ticket to the nearest station beyond
st the price named. It was stamped
"redeemable If not used The pur-
chasey before leaving the station pre-
scented 1t for redemption, but this was
refused. He then went to the local
court. which decided in his favor. The
railroad company then appealed to a
higher court, on the ground that in
his purchase of the ticket ne simply
pretended to enter into a contract
and his purpose was to defraud.
Again the purchaser obtained a
Judgment and the case is now before
the supreme court of Georgia. The
principle of the plaintiff is that the
railroad had no right to question his
motives when he presented the ticket
for redemption and that of the rail-
road company is that the existence
of the gate system is at issue.
Highly important decisions have
been based on issues involving very
small money considerations. The SUI
preme court of the United States last
winter gave a good deal of time and
research to a cause carried before 1T
on appeal involving only $24. A rail-
road was, in this case, the defendant.
1t owed one of it's employees, a train
hand, this sum, which was attached
and collected by one of his creditors.
The employee ~contended that the
money was still due him and carried
the case up to the highest tribunal
In the land.
Our own famous Chief Justice Shaw
wrote one of his most luminous ex-
positions of legal principles in decid-
Ing d CdS6 WHICH luIhSu On liz w
ership of a bull calf. 1t is related
that the bar snickered at the frequent
repetition of the phrase "the said bull
calf" and the chief justice rebuked
the laughing lawyer by saying: Gen
tlemen, you do not reflect what a bull
calf may be to a very poor family"
Robert Browning went to law over
the value of one bottle of wine, on
the great principle hat he would not
be swindled for half a crown if he
could help it. The kicker" is often
the subject of ridicule, but kickers
have helped the world along al
times. Given a great scenic environ
ment and the kicker becomes a his
torical parsonage of the first class
John Hampden would never have
"felt" the amount of ship money
assessed on his estate.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-27
ASPARAGUS is IN THE VAN.
orecedes the other Fresh Vegetables
That Spring Affords.

Asparagus is the precursor of the
season of fresh vegetables, and there
is probably no other vegetable the
flavor of which is so highly esteemed
as is that of tender asparagus. Chem
ical analysis offers no explanation
of it's pleasant flavor, but assigns to
it a decidedly high nutritious value.
Asparagus, however, furnishes one of
those interesting examples of a food
which, though containing more water
in it's composition than does milk,
Is nevertheless a solid substance.
Thus the head of the asparagus con-
tains slightly more than SO per cent.
of water, which is only 1 per cent.
less than that contained in the let
tuce, but 5 per cent. more than is
present in milk. The solid constit-
uents, however, are particularly rich
in heterogeneous substances, which
amount to 30 per cent. of the dried
vegetable.
Among these may be reckoned a
purin body, to which has been as
cribed the harmful influence of as
paragus on some persons with a equity
tendency. When asparagus is con-
sumed in large quantities the output
of uric acid is very distinctly in
creased. The same effect is obtained
after drinking copiously of beer,
which also contains purin bodies, al
though they are entirely absent in
wines, and, of course, in spirits.
~Sweetbread may be Objectionable on
similar grounds. There is no reason
for thinking, however, that when as
paragus is eaten in reasonable guam
titles it causes an undesirable dis
turbance of the bodily functions. On
the contrary, it is very digestible and
is easily tolerated, even by invalids,