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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-07-20
Counterfeit Blossoms.

When the dogwood is in bloom in
the spring woods. he would be very
traveller who did not
know it; yet 1t is questionable If one
out of fifty of the multitude of people
who come home from their country
walks with their arms full of snowy
branches has ever noticed the real
flowers of this beautiful tree. IS q
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-07-20
This seems "A
This seems "a
Clean Food
Era

We inclined believe that their anxiety
against packers
We sell believe complete knowledge
by the people, of exactly what they eating
We have ande every O
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-07-20

MANrkDs A Hundred lremen and Braken,,,n a..
dtucrcnt ralirostos age ~ 10 ~ k0ou siahl ar,d
heAEsng. kAterlence uliiaecessafy. kneh-tn 49,
moutniy. eecozle k1k tnoers earn S.tR~ t.f,.ts
aen tiU monthly, become NOnauCtors ana earn -.
Positions awaiting competent men send siam 1or
FAruculafA. name Position Preferred h.ifs<set
ASSOCIATION Room % - Aonroe street BrookiyS
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-07-20
GROWN IN THE GOOD oLp-FAsu1oNnD WAY.

other, with an allowance of one cubic
foot of sawdust to the Seeding, Mr..
Darst has demonstrated the rapidity
of growth and the proportions that the
potatoes may attain by showing that
within sixty days fifteen potatoes will
produce hushel. In the character of
his experiments and the success that
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-07-20

has attended them Mr. Darst, 1t is
stated, has the Endorsement of Luther
Burbank, the eminent horticulturist
and botanist.--From Chicago Record
Herald.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-07-20

ARB YOU DrAughtsman- nc hitectural. ssr,rt
nra. mechanical OF elec.r.czu huIaoredsoI pos !.
open. Any locauon des-red. Salaries fliilt Aslsl
y NE Us to-day hAk1oOD'S. Suile its. as,-lS
nroAa"As' y. A.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-07-20
No food on earth gives the same sustaining
power from meal to meal as Grape Nuts.
BECAUSE


to form OF required by the and Immediately absorbed
without the machinery again.
incorporated rebuilding
centres to fit the the
Cream each meal supplies the GO and feel
question 1t is stimulation simply scientific feeding.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-07-20
Grape Nuts
Food

exactly what Of and
find the Pure Food Factories
The food thoroughly
wheat and barley, the offering of the
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-07-20

shlkr WAIST HOLDER ExTRAoRplNARv
keeps waist down All aroan0 pins on ho-is =,
tear nenQ ~ with waist MEASUREMENT over essse
ana ash Tor white or back. rem Oorsef ~ ~
Pine Street New lorE. ". az
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-07-20

Miss Helen Gould has so much mail
that two secretaries are required 10
handle it.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-07-20

Standard OH keeps the way to bank
ruptcy well CREASED for all rivals.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-07-20
TOMATOES
POTATOES
A New Potato CuItur..

Guy ELLIOTT MITCHELL.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-24
TO WALK WELL

Don't drag your feet or fling them,
nor lag nor stride Learn to glide
into a room gracefully.
1t is Impossible for woman to be
awkward in her walk ii she walks
straight and keeps her knees stif.
The act of swinging the feet out gives
ono graceful gait
Walk slowly. Skirts wind around
your calves when you walk raplaly,
and all semblance of grace is lost.
Walk in Ioisurely manner as if you
were 2 princess, not a hurried, wor.
'ried. over-worked woman
Don't swing your shoulders
Don't swing your arms
Don't twist yourself in sinuous mo-
tons. Don't comfort. Don't wrig-
gle
Hold your chin in. This is the
most important thing of all
Don't walk. nor look, nor act like
a.. old person. There are no old per-
sons these days.
Touch the ground first with the
balls Of your feet, with the heels
striking an instant later.
Learn also how to be seated Done
sit with your clothes wound around
you.
Don't sit on the ragged edge or
things. Be seated squarely.
When you walk consider the style
OF your dress
II you are dragging a train don't
forget it. The longer and heavier the
gown the slower you must walk.
and first, last and at all times, be
dignified
An ungraceful walk will spoil the
most elegant gown that the dress
makers art can design.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-24
An opuIent oraan.erinder.

New York Christian Advocate-A
blind organ-grinder supposed TO be
worth $4,000 has just died. He col
lected from $4,000 to $4,000 in
nickles and pennies from excursion
lists Having a license from the
city, he stood at the entrance to Glen
Island, usually playing Rock of
Ages" and Jesus, Lover of my Soul"
He is supposed to have played these
more than 100000 times. Starin,
the proprietor of the island, tried
hard to get him away but as he had
a license and stood on city property
he would not move. In busy seasons
he averaged $25 a day. Often the
people endeavored TO induce him TO
cut out the religious tunes and put
in "a few rolls of rag time" but he
always answered that religious music,
though doleful, was more effective in
arousing sympathy for him than pop
ular airs. Five years ago he made
a compromise; he bought the roll,
Onward Christian Soldiers and
continued to play that until his
death. Until two years ago his wife
stood by him and carried large tin
cup and collected the money. We
notice the old organgrinder here
simply to show by new illustration
the practical truth of an ancient
proverb. Take care of the pence and
the pounds will take care of them
selves"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-24
THE PRINCE AND GOAT.

A cloud or tales hoyers about the
prince Of Wales on his return from
his long tour of India. Something
happened during his second visit to
Gwalior.
The maharajah had established
some lion cubs in an Enclosure. One
morning the prince strolled out to
see them fed.
He found them batting an unfortu-
nate live goat, with which they were
playing as cas- with a mouse. 1t
was not at all a pleasant sight for
an English sportsman's eyes.
After watching the performance for
a while the prince exclaimed: can't
stand this any longer. He's a jolly
plucky goat and we must get him out
somehow" Gen. Stuart Beatscon
thought of a lasso and the work of
salvage was commenced
They had just got the moose over
the goat and were about to hoist him
up. when a lioness went for him in
earnest and it looked all up with him.
But the goat charged her and sent
her flying, and before she could re-
turn to the attack the rope was over
him and he was hoisted to safety.
On examination he was found to
have escaped injury, barring slight
cut on one leg, and now roams about
a pensioner for life, adorned with a
massive collar with an inscription
explaining how the prince of Wales,
future king of England and emperor
of India, saved his life.-Boston
Transcript.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-24
TWO GooD-NIGHTs.
The City child's Goodnight.

Goodnight, dear, noisy, happy street!
The changing bells and hurried feet
When ! am safely tucked in bed
And all the daytime thoughts are fed;
Are just like music to my ears,
And drive away the nigh time fears.
Goodnight. dear street Your lights
so bright
Shine in my window all the night,
And company they are to me.
But oh, how lonely it must be
Beyond the city and the park
When everything is still and dark.
The Country chld's Good night.
Goodnight, dear hills! So still you lie
Against the bosom of the sky,
/ know you must be fast asleep,
And all night long the stars will keep
Their tender watches over you,
So must | soon be sleeping, 100
Good night, dear hills, for now | go
To sumber, trustfully and slow;
But bedtime must be cherries, gray,
To those who can't look out and say,
(My heart with plying it fillsD
One goodnight to the friendly hills.
Eleanor c. Hull in Woman's Home
Compa lion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-24
Cold Storage in labrador.

A bucket of potatoes, to be
eaten out of three times day." is a
not uncommon prescription to supply
from our dispensary. We have
great trouble to keep enough.
Often a bit of fresh beef is easier
to give, for we kill our oxen in the
fall and cut them into joints. Then
we fill our old barrels with clear
water and drop in the beef. 1t
promptly all freezes solid and is pre-
served at least from December to
July.
was much amused to notice that
some rats had singled out in the
store one of these barrels for at
tack. After patiently gnawing
through the wood they came down
on the block ice, but in many nights
working the had got very little for
rader.'-Dr. w. T. Creafell in Bos-
ton Transcript.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-24

eel-grass by a self-woven thread
Having lived serious-minded TIL Els
shell is as big as silver dollar, he
betakes himself to frivolity in his
maturer years. For though he does
anchor himself to a rock most of the
time. he can slip cable any moment
and go skipping merriiy through the
waves by the mere propulsion of his
opening and closing valves.
The commission has a colony of 15O
of these beautiful little dancing seal
lops corralled in the Powder Hole a;
MoEomoy Point. These represented
the entire catch If mature scaIlops
taken during two weeks of faithful
dredging on the south coast of Cape
Cod. Beside there is a colony of young
things growing up with the amazing
rapidity of their kind. 1t has been
possible to prove that the seallor
grows enough during the month of Dc
tobeT, so that were the open season
to be pushed back thirty days, the
scallops would be bigger and better
worth taking Moreover, by the pres
ent plan of throwing the sca,lop al
the mercy of the public on Oct. fish
ermen are diverted from other Kinds
of fishing which might be probably
followed for another month. Aside
from this recommendation the com
mi.sioners are not prepared to say
much about the scallop save that they
propose attempting artificial fertiliza
ton and the transplanting of scallol's
to the shores north of Boston.
The quahaug, too. is merely as vel
a subject of study. At Monomoy
Point he is pehned into experiment
beds, where his rate of growth car
be tabulated and plans made for the
furtherance Of his health and happi
ness.
Those who want to begins bivalyC
farming had better, therefore, conf1rc
their efforts for the present to the
northern or soft clam, Myaarenaria
If they can but coax or bully their Sc
lectmen into granting them protec
ton for their beds, they may conf
IDENTITY count upon rich profits aaG
the joy of having generations Of
happy young CLAIMS rise up to cal
them blessed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-24

The real estate man Tipped the
ashes from his cigar as prelude to
speaking. Did you ever observe" he
asked now human nature there is in
the shutting of a door? The author
who called a slammed door wooden
damn, was not in the least original
ANY sort of emotion man cant ex-
press in words he can always express
shutting a door
1--WE gotten so | can read mans
character and sometimes his past
life by the way he enters this room.
If | had my way never would rent a
/ use to a man who turns the knob
hesitatingly, opens the door with a
soft and stealthy push and carefully
aud quietly CLOSES II behind him, so
that he Is beside my desk almost be
fore know he has entered. No matter
what a mans credentials | know In.
stinctivaly that that sort of fellow
wi sneak out of anything he can
avoid doing-even paying his rent
He needs watching. Then there is the
man who bursts in with a sort Of bang,
slams the door behind him. II is the
clustering, overbearing and unbear-
abb kind who mokeg life miserable for
the janitor and drives away every other
tenant fleeing from whatever apart.
ment he lives in. He is the kind of
man who wants the world made over
according to his dictates, and the
kind Of tenant who never stays over
two months in the same neighbor.
hood, because nothing on earta SITS
him
The third and worst type is the
man who never shuts a door behind
him. You viii meet him every where.
He always comes in the front door Of
surf" p. car, because 1t is easiest,
and never. even in the coolest Gay Of
winter, turns ~ shut It behind him
He is a genial, joyial, slovenly chap
who never goes out Of his way to take
a responsibility nor to pay his rent.
Worst Of all he is the most prevalent
type. and that is Thy, when we had an
old-fashioned doorspring on, we we're
always living In draugnt around
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-24
To Wash Ribbons.

The washing of ribons is not al
ways attended by the best results.
The following is milllner's method
and most successful, says the Detroit
News-Tribune: Put the ribbon into a
basin of warm water. rub on some
good white soap and wash as you
would anything else. While still wet
iron on the right side with a hot iron
and when dry rub between the hands
as if in washing 1t until all the stiff.
ness is out, then iron again to remove
the wrinkles. When ribbons are wash
in this way 1t is difficult " tell ther
from pew.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-24
rgAcH A elRl TO Rum AN AUTO.

Secure good, easy-going machine
with an active and up-to-date sparker,
and having placed the gili firmly by
your side, where you can secure d
strong hold in cases of emergency, pro-
coed to a lonely. un.requented road,
where you viii be uninterrupted.
If the giN displays any signs OF
nervousness, do your best to soothe
her. There are number of ways 20
do this Take her hand in yours and
pat it gently Speak to her in a low,
soft tone. II absolutely necessary
place her head upon your shoulder and
count 100. If not effective, repeat in
one minute.
Now she may take the wheel, adj
vance the sparker and throw in the
clutch. While the girl is clutching
the machine you clutch the girl. 1t
viii then be time to rest. This should
not take any longer than the rest Of
the afternoon.
BY the time YOU got SO you can
kiss the girl without getting nervous,
she ought to be able to run the ma
chine-Tom Mason in Delineator.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-24
Z z Z j.
p s Y c H @ L O G. Y
O r T H E DO O r


here. But I've fixed that.
See that beautiful spiral affair
there? Well, It is merely a piece OF
theatrical property 1t doesn't work
except on human nature. After the
stenographer mad pulled through
pneumonia a coulye Of times and the
Office boy bad gotten over the grippe,
and | had a cough that sent me TO a
doctor to get M lungs tested we all
decided thai there was but one thing
to do, and that was to keep the Office
door shut-if we had to lock It,
bought patent spring that ought to
have done the work. 1t did In fact
From the day that spring was adjust.
ed every human being who entered
this office suddenly conceived pas
sion for shutting the door. The very
sight OF the spring, which could do
the work all by itself, seem' o in
spire human nature to the h IPht5 Of
perversity. Consequence? We all be.
gan to get nervous troubles from the
constant banging When a man ard a
patent spring conspire together to
shut a door. they can do it so that the
house shakes. The walls Of the room
used to weaken from the shocks. Even
the begars and tramps who came in
would take on glance Ell thu spring
and shut the door with ali their force,
as carefully as though their lives de-
pended upon it.
Il found myself acquiring form OF
monomania that got me WOODY,
couldn'C attend my work Every time
the door banged I forgot what | vas
thinking about. and when II wasn't
banging I sat staring at the spring
and waiting for fl to bang again. Az
last, In desperation, worked ont
the solution. went out and ordered
counterit rubber spring when
wouldn't work, had the real soring re-
moved and the fake one adjusted, and
now Just watchl"
Just then a man entered the Office
AS he did so he glanced casually back
at the door. and, catching sight of the
rubber spring, turned, and with both
hands carefully and gently closed the
Goor testing It to see that It latched
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-24

the orient shut up in those awful
u. aces, denied the right to minsle
with their fellow beings, forbidde 4
even the free air. 1t is my own happi-
ness at being free to walk alone, IN
watched. along these beautiful streets,
TO ride into the country, where the
grass and trees are so geautfful,
and 10 know l am not watched that
makes me more determined tnat
others as miserable as / was shat!
have freedom.
"My life is now devoted to them"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-24
ENvIous,
wish I were an elephant

| wish | We're an elephant
Unwieldy, large and strong,
With dusky palm leaf fans for ears
And tusks few feet long,
And with a Saratoga trunk
To swing from side to side,
a fancy blanket on my back
Where all my friends might ride.
I'd have a baTelful of fun
In working at that trade;
Go to the circus every day
And be in the parade.
I'd cut up capers in the ring
And stand upon my head,
And could always stay inside
To see the lions fed.
The ladies as they passed me by
On me would all be sweet
They'd open up their peanut bag
And let me eat and eat.
The little children would come round
And dope ME up with cake
And cookies and lot of things
Like mother used to make.
Id scare my keepr half to death
When was feeling gay,
For when went upon & foot
Thered be old smash to pay.
The owner of the blooming show
Might come and throw a fit,
But ii l didn't like the place
I'd pack my trunk and quit.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-24
To Cure seaslckness.

Bright red spectacles accompanied
by internal doses of calomel, form a
new German specific against seasick-
ness. 1t Is deducted from Epstein's
Investigations on the influence If
color on the blood vessels of the brain.
Seasickness is due to lack of blood in
the brain. while red sends blood to
the brain with rush. By looking at
one for some time through the red
glasses the patient Is rapidly cured,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-24
q
Escaped From The Barren


cape l never would be brought back
alive.
1t was necessary that trust some
one Who, ] did not know-but there
was one slave who loved me. a negro
girl, black as night. but whose heart
was pure. With her talked Of free
dom.
She knew man-perhaps a slave
like herself, or perhaps a merchant
tempted with love of gain, and this
man knew a Christian, and the Chris
tian knew an officer on a French
steamer which was then making
ready to sail.
Our plans were soon laid. Ny
faithful slave procured for me the cos
tune of slave of the harem, from
somewhere she procured passports
for two slaves. and that night we
crept from the castle and left the
narem forever. 1t is not easy to es-
cape. even ia disguise, from house
in the heart of Constantinople and
reach the ship-but We succeeded ana
before daybreak we were on the ship,
trembling fearing until it sailed.
I'VE knew that the escape had jus;
begun. For wife to flee from the
harem of ner husband is a crime
punishable with death, and for ner to
fee from the harem of the sultan's
family is worse. l knew that efforts
ould be made to recapture me and
that | would not be safe. We reached
Cairo and my slave and at once wenf
ashore and took a little house, a mod
est little house, in quiet street,
where for weeks we lay in hiding.
never dared do out, but my slave
went. Finally we knew our house was
being watched, and that we were sus-
pected. The arm of the sultan is long.
Our passports had read to Cairo and
we had been traced and stood in i'm.
minent danger of being taken back.
For the save it meant death, for me
worse.
THE situation was desperate.
! learned that the French steamer
Niger was waiting to start for Mar
settles. It was to sail in four hours
There was no time to be lost. We de
termined to make the attempt at once.
disguised myself once more as a
slave. / padded myself from head To
foot. winding yards and yards OF
cloth about my limbs and body until
was of tremendous size, and thought
1 NJ a
/ slender woman, would be deceived
| Not content with that | simu ated q
large swelling of the cheek by stuffing
cloth inside my mouth, thus disguis
ing my face, which had made ny
with paints.
Scarcely could recognize myself
when we set out for the ship.
I'VE were forced to pass a double
line of inspection officers-among
them the spies, who were watching
for us. trembled all over when Il
came my turn TO he examined, and
my knees shook under me, but al
the time came, l stepped or waddled
! forward, and with voice disguised by
the padding inside my jaw, answer
ed the questions and was permitted
/ to go on board.
The officer who was in the pot
hastily escorted us to my stateroom
and there, safe at last, lay trembling
and sobbing until the eng ues moved
and the lurch of the vessel told M
/ that / was safe and free.
The rest of my life shall devo.a
to striving to better the CONDITION OF
the women Of Turkey. It is delicious
this freedom, but it makes me sadder
when l think of those poor women NJ
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-24

Wipe three quarts of small unrlpe
cucumbers, and cut in slices. Re-
move the skins from one pint of small
onions, and cut in thin slices. To
the cucumhers and onions add one
cupful of salt; mix thoroughly, cover,
and let stand for six hours. Drain,
and add one quart of vinegar and one
pint of olive oil. Pack in a crock or
stone jar.-Fannie Merritt Farmer in
Womans Home Companion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-24
Salary Of Japan,s Emperor.

The emperor Of Japan draws reg
glar salary from the treasury of
100000 and out of this he is ex-
pected TO pay the expenses of his
household. His private fortune is
not supposed to be used for the pur-
pose Of keeping up his state, and
since the emperor is of a frugal
mind the sum answers its purpose
fully.-London Taller.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-24
KISSED BY BERNHAR0T.
"Divine Sarah" Rewards Newspaper
Man Who Pleased Her.

"Divine Sarah" Rewards Newspaper
Man Who Pleased Her.
In the eighties Sam Davis went to
Carson, New, and assumed the editor
ship of the Carson Appeal, which, be-
lore he went actively into state poll
tics. was one OF the most widely cop
led country papers in the Unitel
States. When Sarah Bernnardt first
passed through Nevada on her west
ern tour the Examiner of San Fran
cisco wired Davis to board the 'Di--
vine Sarah's" train at Reno and es-
cort her to California; also to get a
good interview en- route, Mr.. Davis
made himself agreeable to the entire
company that Bernhard insisted
that the romantic monsieur of the
press" be assigned by the Examiner
TO escort her through the mazes OF
of western life. Mr.. Davis turned Sah-
Francisco upside down for her enter
tainment and even arranged TO show
her a sample of western activity
under the stress of strong emotion.
When the company left San Francisco
and farewells were being said, Bern
hardt walked up to Davis in the pres
ence of the admiring throng and kiss
ed him on either cheek and on the
lips.
"on the cheeks she exclaimed,
with naive toss of her head, for
the Examiner and the Appeal-on the
lips for yourself"
Sam Davis, for the second time In
his life, blushed. but recovered him
self in time to remark that there were
lot more Of country papers that h.
represented, all of which would like TO
have him return TO Nevada with SINH
lar tokens. Success Magazine.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-24
Dairy Mark cts.

Butter-Steady; creameries, 100
25hc; daires, 1S022c.
Eggs--Steady; mark cases included,
15G19c.
Cheese-Firm; daisies, 12% 013c;
twins, 12AQ12&c; Young Americas,
12h012%c.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-24
Reasonable sup7ositlon.

Binks-'T believe that Mary does
not love me any longer"
Jinks-"Did she say as much?'
Binks-!"No; but she let her little
sister sit il the parlor with us last
evening"