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ulated ut length. with Il long breath.
"Tomp was right about it's starting up
like powder. But why:"
Monday morning 800 stalwart ne
groes filed away from the Belknap
plantation toward the new railroad
where work was to begin. But it was
not until the work was completed and
all the gloom gone from Colonel Bel.
knap's face that one day he caught
Pomp by himself and collared him.
"NOw, you young rascal" he said.
tell me about that backlog"
well, deu," Pomp said desperately.
as he found he could not escape, II jes'
had n hollcr in dc log full oh water,
wild teenty holes all roun' for dc water
to scep trough an keep things damp.
Co'se tie fire couldn' bun good"
but about its starting up:"
Again I'onlp tried to squirm away.
but in vain. III jes' slipped in de
winder dat night an took de plugs
out an jammel de log tight wild fat
pitch wood" he stammered. Goose de
log had to bum den. Dat was ALL"
Colonel I'elknap released him. NO.
not quite all. Pomp." he said thought
fully. The burning out Of the log
meant d%cliverance from ruin. You are
n gracele>> scamp. POmr. but next
Christmas. if all goes well. you shall
make the backlog burn for two weeks"
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dozen or more stalwart young fel-
lows. They grinncl ut sight OF Iolnp.
$50 Tom done foun' you" one Of them
jeercI. You better run long faster N
dat, for massa been 'quire for you q
plumb hour"
"Dat show my '%portance," said Fornp
c%ompos"dly. but you mistake bout
Tom findin' me. He down there yet
IN shOutin' hisse'f hose. | come rOun'
bout way. SO he aim see mo. Exercise
good for Tom. an he ain dar' come
back till he find me. An, oh. say.
Nose! De backlog's ready. De top
jes' touch out de water. Dat show It
soak plumb smack all de way t'rou'.
Dat log burn two whole weeks shore"
Huh! HnS!~ srOffed several Of the
hands. Who ever hear backlog burn
over one wrck""
PLENTY people gwine hear it dis
year." declared I'omp. You know we
hab holiday jeS' lon: s de backlog
burn"
Colonel Rciknap was on his verrnla
smoking when Pomp approached him.
cap In hand.
Hello, you black rascal he said OK
plOsively. 50 you're here at last. Why
didn't you come when Tom first call"A
you"
"Call me-" in%no"ently. Il Gcrlar' J.
ain seen Tom dis day. Where he call
me at"
"Evcrywh"rr. | imagine" dryly.
"Ive been hearing his voice yellih.
your name for the last hour. and loud
enough to be heard two miles off.
Wh"r' hay" yuu h"cn:"
"Woriiu' at the backlog. massa. You
know ynu tor
"Hes. told You six weeks ago that You
might get the backlog because. though
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degrees Of dirtincss. Some Of them
have no nationality or size to speak
Of, but they are all dirty. That Is n
Of the sacred privileges of boylood.
Some Of the deeper shades Of dirt
have faded Off the hands and faces Of
the lads in the Newsboys' home stu
ated near Newspaper row in New
York. The 2amins who lodge there
are required to wash occasionally and
to take a bath once a week. Somehow
the little chaps rather like the novel
experience. Maybe it is the shower
bath that rrronciles them. And then
they have Il chance to douse each other
and do athletic stunts. The average
hoy has no objection to water as such
provided he can get his whole body in
it. He will evcn run of and take the
chance Of a licking to go swimming.
It is the application Of water to his
hands and face that gals his proud
spirit.
There are various newsbOys' homes
in the larger cities Of the country, but
1t Is believed that the New York in
stitution is the parent one. 1t has
been in existence something yer half
a century. 1t has reclaimed number
less waits. returned runaway lads to
their parents. besides furnishing a
home for regiments Of boys that had
no other shelter. Meals. and Of a good.
substantial sort at that, may be had
for 5 cents. while beds range all the
way from Z to Is cents. The fifteen
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tr whom l have no work on the plan
tation just now, and none Of them
need so against his will. l think we
can muster about 800, pomp, and l
want you all to feel It will be partly for
your own interest. Half the money l
receive from the railroad will he used
IN rebuilding the cabins ut the quar-
tiers. l hope YOU will he able to make
your log burn out Its full week and
that you will he ready for the contract
work the following Monday. This con
tract means a. He stopped abruptly
aud turned away, apparently forgetful
Of his threat to lock Pomp in the har.
ness DON
But Tomp had no intention OF bene-
fitting by the omission. As he went
chuckling toward the room his thoughts
were on the absurdity Of the log burn
ing out in one week. IF he'd done
said bout two Mondays ahead he'd
come Closer" he muttered gleefully.
"Jes' Il week aim make no dif'runce
bout de railroad work. an Oh co'se dem
cabins is plenty good for we all to
sleep in"
Five evenings later most Of the ne
groes were gathered ut the big house.
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seventh day. Even the greenest, most
cross grained log Of black oak wouldn't
be apt to burn that long behind a good
fire. 1t struck me the log might have
been soaking in water for some time.
Do you think your log will burn a
week, Pomp?"
"Why-er-yes, massa. l spects 1t
wil." Pomp confessed, "an'-an' mebbe
q little more. But you said las year
dat you liked It an Eyed 1t much as
we ALL"
$50 l did. Pomp. and l hope the log
will burn Its full week, and shall not
ask any OF you to do a hand turn Of
work except the necessary chores until
Il burns out. But l hope on the Mon
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ERE you ever q
newsboy? Well.
don't get offend
ed. Hundreds
Of other good
people have
been, a III o II 8
them governors,
congress1ne en-,
law
yers, bankers
ana even minis
tiers. General
Phil Sheridan
was 0 c e Il
newsboy and
was proud Of
the fact. 1t is
not related that
he ''shot craps
oS~ ~1~~. S~
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In gravy. cram
berry sa c and
mince pies.
Long before the
hour for the
spread they
gather about
the doors. fight
ing for places.
like a hungry
bunch of Eng
fish sparrow .
over 4 worm.
How they Stun
BILE leap and
swarm up the
stairways. slide
for their places
and get busy
filing the ach-
ing voids with
IN %hn"s nlJ,,
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' with added re-
sport. tol"Nel Helknap, too. glanced
Frequently at the log, but In his glance
We're tronN'" ana apprehension.
It w.; IN open Christmas. and the
great '''z; in the fireplace made it
necessary i, throw wide the doors and
windows. Among the negroes who lin
gcrrd about the open doorway was II
slim. furtiN" eyed fellow. a visitor
from the tnddrr plantation.
"You ~sl,orrly did fin Il good hacklo
whoa You hunted dat chunk" he said
to Tnnp. Il reckon it gwine las bout
two pore weeks"
II reckon" Iomn ;ruuiesceh lacOn-
ically. He did not like the fellow.
An you all aim gwinc work on de
railroad till it burns out?"
'nat'S right" ronp said, and he
could not f~orlrar adding, "You Cud-
dcr boys ywine start in dis ncN' Mon
day, ! hear"
The fellow Scnwlel, Oats muffin"
he rctortrl. I'VE all aim scared to
work. an sides. it's you Erlknap boys
dat's gwine to do dr. cryin'. hear
your massa in tight place. an If he
ain raise money soon something gwin"
he sol. low dat bout fifty o, YOU
black boys BE- sol down dc ribhcr, an
cose it gwinc he de fines nes like
Pomp an los He. he!"
"Look hcah, you story teller" began
Pomp hotly. hut the fellow shifted.
ITS all de trufe," he declared. Il
hear Massa Cudder say so hisse'f, II
your fin massa ain get dis railroad
work. something gwine be sol up sure.
An cos he ain got de work, for dc
railroad boss say he take nobody dat
ain start in on Monday. an your big
oty massa ain able to start you in till
dat log bum out. He. he! You do
mighty good Job for Massa Cudder.
Pomp, when you fin dat log. You 81
him all de railroad work. Your
massa"-
His sentence was suddenly cut short.
for Pomp had him by the shoulders
and sent him spinning down the steps.
"Dat Cudder done SEN him here to
spy roun'," muttered Pomp. ''Ney's bofe
dat a ! seed 1t in de feller's eyes"
Pomp went straight to Colonel Bel
KNAPP. who was standing by n window.
looking gloomily out at the darkness.
you like for we all to start on dc
railroad work Monday, NASSAU" he
asked in u low voice.
Cant do it. pOmp," a little drearily
1.-THE boys won't consent till the lOf
burns out. and that is good for another
week at least"
II d'know bout dat. massa.' POM
whispered confidentially. "You see
logs like dat fuss an fuss till dey's
warm an dry all dc way trough. del
dey jess fare up quick like powder.
spects dat log gwine bum out fore
Monday"
That night, after the whole house
was asleep. I'omp raised a window and
stepped into the living room softly. Al
hour was spent at the fireplace, where
the great log smoldered duly. Twice
POmp went to the window and came
tack with his arms full. Then he stole
out, closing the window nOiselessly be
hind him. An hour later there was
such IL roaring and cracking in tho
great fireplace as to waken several OF
the house servant and bring them and
Colonel Belknap into the room. The
fireplace was Il lurid mass OF roaring
flames.
swell, we'll Colonel Relknap ejac
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day after the holi-
days you will be
ready to strike
that railrOa Il
work heartily.
What do the boys
think OF it,"
Bout you hir-
in US out to dig
on de new rail
road bed, massa?
Well, reckon
dey IaDOrS IL Il
heap. MasSa Bon
C'udler, on de rib
Der plantation
gwine hire out
800 hans to de
railroad boss"
so | hear. But
that will take ev-
cry man, woman
and child on his
plantation who Is
strong enough to
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IS OMP! 90, Pomp!
Pom-pey:" The

IMP! 90, ponlp!
Pom-pey!" The
call went through
the q uarter >.
through the sllad-
Owy live oaks
beyond, IN e r
whose 0 drap-
ed branches the
ground was dim
even at midday,
and OH into the
cypress swamp
to a black pool
over W Ii Ii Il
black boy was
%crouching. \ s
the call came to
h III, lnellowed
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picking their
banjOs. singing,
laughing and
gorging t h G M
selves on the
good things that
were spread out
LAWS ly for
m. NJ a
W ere in the
living room, In
which was the
huge fireplace,
with its back
log, not yet Il
quarter burned,
From time to
time the negroes
loo K Il ut it
wonderingly
made comments
and spoke the
name of Polnp
with n11pl 20
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folks who witness the spectacle laugh
with their mouths and weep with their
eyes to see 1t. 1t is doubtful II n
other seem in life contains so much
Of both the grotesque and pathetic.
Outside Of the spread at the home.
many of the papers often arrange
feasts for the urchins who sell ''papes."
Mr.. Randolph Gug=enheim"r fills a
large collection Of empty newsboy
stomachs on Washincton's birthday.
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t3Le Book ana JOB Printing Il >pr.
a. the RIVER PRESS Ot'ic..
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CHRlSTMAS
.H. WITH H
NEWSBOYS
WITH THE
BY J. A. EDGERTON

copyright. 1906. by ]. A. Edgerton.l
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! don't quite like that. !!
ut the ablebDdied me.i
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19
Facts About Henry Hudson.

Why should an Englishman who re
ceived by baptism the name Of Henry
be dubbed Hendrix? For more than
half a century Americans have been
writing and saying Hendrix Hudson.
This habit, without a legitimate foun-
dalton, has been emphasized afresh re
Gently In the Hendrix Hudson Me-
mortal Bridge" and the Hendrix Hud.
son INTERMEDIARY Committee" The
only excuse that can be offered for us
ing the Dutch equivalent is that Henry
Hudson sailed under Dutch auspices on
one of his four voyages of discovery.
The Netherlands themselves knew him
only as Henry" Hudson.
In 1859 Henry G. Murphy, while at
The Hague examining the old Dutch
records for data referring to Hudson,
found in the royal archives Dutch
copy of Hudson's contract with the d.
rectors of the East India Company. The
document was appended to manu-
script history Of the company, pre-
pared at it's request by P. van Dam,
the counsel of the company from 1862
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19
VANDERBILT'S NEW AUTO.
1t is Planned to Make $50 Miles an
Hour.

Mr.. Alfred G.. Vanderbilt is having
constructed secretly an automobile
which he hopes will be the fastest ma
chine in the world He Is an automo-
bile enthusiast and is determined with
the aid of the wealth at his command to
break the present record. The ma
chine which he is having built is esti-
mated to be capable of developing 152
miles an hour with $50 horsepower.
Such speed is the equivalent of 21S feet
for every clock tick; it means a mile
in % 2-5 seconds. The present mile
record is 80 AS seconds made by H. l..
Bowden, at Ormond Beach, Fla, last
February.
Should Mr.. Vanderbilt be able to at
tain such extraordinary speed with this
automobile it will mean that it will go
faster than anything in the world
heretofore. The best time ever made
on railroad was a mile in 80 seconds;
this was on the Plant System on a run
from Fleming to Jacksonville, Florida,
when five miles were covered at the
rate of 120 miles per hour. Not only
will it go faster than the speed ma
chimes of to-day but the new automo-
bile flyer promises to carry its driver
faster than man has ever travelled be-
fore in the world. In fact it is stated
that even few birds could fly at such a
pace
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19

Mho. JOHN Is. HENDERSON,.
style. Gold, silver and exquisite glass
table appointments characterize her
entertainments and the most promi-
nent people in the country are her
guests during the social season.
This distinguished hostess long age
became convert to the vegetarian
system and through book which she
wrote on the subject, "The Aristocracy
of HEALTH" held to her contention that
meat is unnecessary not only to diges-
ton, but to the palate. The book
aroused much discussion and during a
recent health congress in Washington
Mrs. Henderson arranged one of her
celebrated vegetarian dinners in order
to prove the strength of her theory.
Some amusement was caused by the
declination of a prominent politician
who has a reputation for liking good
dinners, but who was afraid that with
out meat his evening meal would be
spoiled.
Mrs. Henderson's arrangements for
the dinner were unique.
Rather than offer her own analysis
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19

Mrs. Henderson's vegetarian dinners
have always been a feature of her
social program during the winter. The
only plea against them is that diners
seriously object to being defrauded,
even if ever so skilfully, into believing
they are eating meat, patties and GRO
quotes, when, in fact, they are eating
'just vegetables"
This particular dinner in honor of
delegates to the food congress was
voted a distinct success. Those who
were included in Mrs. Hendersons in
Vitations declared that had they not
known the exact character of
the dinner to which they sat down they
would have been convinced that vari-
Gus dishes were the result of the study
and ingenuity of Mrs. Henderson's
famous chef who had utilized meat in
a strange but most alluring manner
Mrs. Henderson was formerly Miss
Mary N. Foote, of New York, and is
one of the most democratic and popu-
ar hostesses in Washington.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19
A HOLLAND ALRSHLP.
Inventor of Submarine Boat is
Working on One that VIII Fly.

a WORKING OF OnS tndt MIL EiYs
The report comes from New Yorl
that John P. Holland, the inventor o.
the submarine boat, is about to give
to the public an invention of a flying
machine said to be of as perfect a
construction as the submarine bearing
his name. Mr.. Holland has been work
ing on flying machines for nearly
twelve years, during which time four
models have been constructed and de-
stroyed on account of their imperfec-
tons. lie is now working on the fifth
model, which he believes will be made
to fly. This latter model weighs only
thirty pounds. 1t is arranged to be
strapped to the back of the person de-
string to soar in the air. There will
be two vertical arms crossing at right
angles with the axis and two pairs of
wings; these are to vib~ate in oppo-
site directions. One pair of wings will
be placed at the back of the head and
the other pair near the waist. They
are of light steel construction, weigh
ing about pound each. In speaking
of his invention, Mr.. Holland said:
Any man who walks three miles an
hour can easily fly the same distance
in ten minutes with my invention and
do not consider that statement an
exaggeration.
Il have taken birds as my pattern
With this machine men will be able
to fly on the same principle as a bird
fys. If cog breaks or something
else goes wrong, or If he becomes ex-
hausted and the propelling ceases,
there will be no danger, for he will be
able to descend gently TO the earth and
land easily upon his feet"
Mr.. Holland discounts the course
taken by number of flying machine
experts who use combination of bal
loon and aeroplane. This form, he be-
lieves, will never become practical for
aerial navigation because he considers
the gas bag offers too much resistance
to the air, and, on the other hand, be-
lieves that flying machines and the
aeroplane idea-the latter of the Lang |
ley class-will be the real means of |
navigation OF the air in the future. He |
expressed his belief that with the new |
Holland airship he will be able to fly |
from New York to Washington to at
tend the next presidential Inaugural
ton and get back home the same |
night. 1t is his intention to make ex-
)erimentS with his machine next !
spring.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19

great middle class of Americans,
which made of the nation a people of
Intelligent thinkers. They already
possessed qualities of sturdy integrity
and self-reliance which constituted
them good citizens" and their system
of common-school education, sufficient
at that time to meet all the demands of
the country, elevated them as whole
into a body the superior of any "mid-
die class" in the world, ready and
able in any period of crisis to decide
groat public questions Alright, and to
do, with the courage of their convic-
lions. Since that time what we call
higher education" has developed, and
new systems and methods have sup
planted 1.-THE Hoosier SchoolIIaster,"
and the birch rod, identified with the
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19
until his death in 1905. The copy opens
thus.

until his death in 1905. The copy opens
thus:
ION the eighth day of January, in
the year of Our Lord one thousand six
hundred and nine, the Directors Of the
East India Company of the Chamber of
Amsterdam, of the ten years reckoning,
on the one part, and Mr.. Henry Hud-
son, Englishman, Of the
other part" Two of the signers were
Netherlanders; the third, Henry"
Hudson. In both cases the name was
spelled in plain English, Henry"
Hudson knew so little of the Dutch
language that his conferences with the
Hollanders were conducted through the
medium of an interpreter.
No better time for correcting this
absurd usage could be found than on
the eve of the celebration of the ami
versary of Hudson's voyage to this part
Of North America. Let the bridge to
he named after the English explorer be
the Henry Hudson" or the Hudson"
but not the Hendrix" Hudson me-
mortal bridge. The committee has al
ready dropped the Hendrix" from its
title and styled itself simpy THE Hud.
son Tercenteuary Committee"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19
NOF CONES THE MOTOR BOOT.
Threatens the Popularity of the
Motor Bicycle, the Automobile
and the Motor Boat.

Gay Paris has just been startled by
the apparition of a gigantic person
''whizzing along the Champs Elysees
at the rate of twenty-five miles an
hour" He was not on horseback, &C
cording to the Washington Post,
neither was he in an auto. He simply
| stood up straight on his own legs, and
the only unusual thing connected with
| his appearance consisted of a pair of
immense boots. He didn't walk. He
never lifted either foot from the pave
ment. He simply carried himself erect
and fairly few"
Subsequent inquiry developed sew
eral interesting facts. Fastened to the
soles of the tall strangers boots were
tiny automobiles, with rubber tires
eight inches in diameter, and in belt
worn about his waist were "accumu-
lators" of one and quarter horse
power, connected with the boots by
means Of wires. Thus equipped, the
mysterious person sped along the ave-
nue. at the speed above stated, exciting
wonder, admiration and alarm in about
equal proportions.
Seven-League Boots Not In 1t.
In other words, this astonishing but
highly uncomfortable gentleman-Con-
stantini is his name-appears to have
invented the long-looked-for and much
feared motor boot" AS a matter of
fact his device will enable the indi-
vidual citizen to acquire pair of boots
by means of which he can chase along
the boulevards of Paris or any other
capital at frightful rate of speed, and,
aS IonV az the "accumu1atafS" hold ont
make anywhere from SIX to thirty
miles an hour. 1t is the much-desired
consummation-the apparatus whereby
we may pay hundred calls during any
afternoon, evade policemen, street
cars, footpads, the carriages of the
aristocracy, and the opportunities of
the very fleetest newspaper reporter.
No more need to squander money on
night-hawks, herdics, "copays," or even
broughams and victorias. Put on your
thrice seven league boots, light your
cigarette, push the button, and away
you go. The time is foreseen when
our greatest statesmen will provide
themselves with the Constantine boot
and laugh at would-be interviewers.
Only one misgiving is nourished.
There is always fly in the ointment,
a crumpled rose leaf on the couch of
joy. Suppose, for instance, that Sec
rotary Taft, or General Grosvenor, or
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19
BOUNDARY CASTLE.

of the food winch she proposed to
serve to her guests Mrs. Henderson
had a special analysis made by DR..
Wiley, Chief of the Bureau of Chemis-
try of the Department of Agriculture,
DR.. kellogg, of Battle Creek, and other
scientists who were in Washington at
tending the convention. Mrs. Hender-
son has an English vegetarian chef,
BENEFIT, who Is famed for his delicious
recipes and after sample OF each
dish had been made it was given over
to the scientists for analysis. Souve-
mir menus were prepared for each
guest and attached TO the card was the
recipe for every dish served throughout
the dinner. The entire menu consist
ed of:
Iuit Soup.
Mock Samon, Sauce Hollandaise,
Cucumbers.
Unfermented Concord Grape Juice
mixed with Apollinaris.
Artichoke Cups and Asparagus.
Broiled Slices Pinenut Protoso.
Nut Sauce.
Unfermented Catawba Wine.
Eggs la Villeroi, Mushrooms.
G. G. Protose Timbale, Tomato Sauce.
Grape Fruit and Cherry Salad,
Cheese Souffie.
Iced Fruit. Gelee kellogg Gelatine.
Mock Coffee.