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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-24
NUMBER SEVEN.

Mr. and Mrs. viii Bryan, Of I'm.
ion City, attended preaching at Crit
tendon Grove Sunday
Mrs. l. H. Ethridge returned home
last week from two weeks visit
with relatives and friends in Middle
Tennessee.
Mr. and Mrs. John Penn. of Mar
tin, are here this week for the meet
ing at Crittendon Grove.
Misses Willie Johnson and Lorine
Castleman. of Laeenter, Ky. are
spending the week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Jesse Johnson.
Mr.. w. Stovall, of Gardner. was a
Sunday guest with his son. Bailey
Stovall.
Mr.. Jim S. Carter and little daugh-
ter, Margaret. spent Sunday in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Caudle
at Mt. Pelia.
Mr.. Howard Price, of Dyersburg,
is spending a few days with his
brother, H. r. Price.
Mr. and Mrs. viii Wagster sun
dayed with Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Nc
Spedden
Mrs. Vesta Long is the weekend
guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. H. Davis.
Miss Ella Ellis spent Saturday
night with her sister, Mrs. H. r.
Price.
Mr.. Alvin London and sister. Mrs.
Ida Griffin, visited Mr.. and Mrs. G..
r. Caudle in Troy Saturday and Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ollie Penn were Sun
day guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Penn
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Castleman, of
Lacenter, KY, are visiting Mrs
Castleman's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
B. Carter.
Miss Pricie London, of Martin, is
visiting Miss Critic Russell this
week.
T. N. London was a Sunday visitor
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jim
Phillips.
Misses Linda Poore and Nellie
Miner and Messrs. Ed and Charlie
Roberts, of Union City, were first of
the week guests of Mr., and Mrs. Joe
McGaugh.
Mr.. and Mrs Moray, of Quincy,
H., are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
D. Gibson.
Mrs. Nell Spikes, of Pine Bluff,
Ark, is a guest of relatives and
friends here.
Miss Tom Hornbeak, of Mason
Hall, was a mid-week guest of Miss
Cecil Olive.
Mrs. Joe Long, of Jackson, is
guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Houston Davis.
Mrs. Coy Fields, of Gardner, is
guest of parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Parrish.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Pruett. of
Woodland Mills, were Sunday guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. John White.
Miss Lellas Smallie, of Gardner, is
a guest of her aunt, Mrs. Calvin Crit
fin.
Miss Luther, of Union City, at
tended the ice cream supper at Stan
ley's Chapel Saturday night.
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Quarterly Conference.

Presiding Elder Armstrong an
nounces the following dates for
fourth round of conferences, Union
City District:
Union City Circuit, Shady Grove,
Sept. % and 23.
Union City Station, Sept. 90, IL
a. M; Sept. "a, 8 p. m.
Hornbeak, Obion Chapel, Sept. rs.
Elbridge Circuit, Minnick, Sept. q.
Obion Circuit, Obion, Oct. and z.
Troy Circuit, Bethlehem, Oct. z
and s.
Crystal Circuit, Mount Manual,
Oct II.
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A Card.

To the good people of Obion Coun-
ty: | wish to express my sincere
thanks to each of you who voted for
me in my race for Trustee, and l
further wish to thank you who so
Hospitality entertained me in your
homes during my race. l wish to say
with emphasis that | hold no i'll will
toward those of you who saw fit to
cast your vote for either of my OPP
ponents. If make the race for Trus-
tee next time, l will appreciate your
vote and influence at that time. l
am Your friend
ELLIS JACKSON.
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500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its stages
and that Is Catarrh. Halls catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. catarrh being a constitutional dis
ease, requires a constitutional treatment Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
TEN. thereby destroying the foundation of the
disease and giving the patient strength by build
ing up the constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address r. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for constitution.
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Get Ready.

Now is the time that your hens will
moult or shed their feathers. This pro-
cess is rather slow and nature should
be assisted. B. A. Thomas Poultry
remedy will help your hens to mouIt,
causing them to shed earlier and be
ready to lay when eggs are highest in
the winter. II this remedy does not
make good, we will.
(adv) FRANK G. WEHMAN.
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NOBODY SPARED
Kidney Troubles Attack Union City
Men and Women, Old and Young.

Men and Women, Old and Young.
Kidney ills seize young and old.
Often come with little warning.
Children suffer in their early years
Can't control the kidney secretions.
Girls are languid, nervous, suffer pain.
Women worry, can't do daily work.
Men have lame and aching backs.
II you have any form Of kidney ills
You must reach the cause.-The kid
neys.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys
Have brought relief to Union City
people.
Union City testimony proves it.
Mrs. J. @. Escue, 420 N. Third street,
Union City, says; "One OF the younger
members OF the family had weak kid
neys. There was no control over the
kidney secretions and kidney weakness
was annoying The child complained
OF pains across the shoulders and had
headaches. Doan's Kidney Pills toned
up the child's system and removed all
symptoms OF kidney trouble. There
has never been any return attack. l
also had lot OF trouble from my kid
neys. My back ached severely and /
had headaches and dizzy spells. Doan's
Kidney Pills relieved all these troubles
in short time.
Price Coo, at all dealers Don't simply
ask for kidney remedy-get Doan's
Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Es-
cue recommends. FOSTER ilburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, n. Y.-Adv.
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Harvey Lunsford.

Hickman, KY, Aug. 13.-Harvey
Lunsford, the 12-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. John r, Lunsford, died at
their home seven miles east of here
yesterday, after three days illness.
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INK WITH GOLD AND PERFUME.
Made in china and Used by the Royal
Scribes,
From he 81, Louis Globe Democrat.

From he ST. Louis Giobe-D Democrat.
This India ink" said the clever Chinese
art student, has no more right to be called
Indian than your American redskins have to
that name. For India ink all comes from
China, and India never produced q stick Of It.
sAnhui, my own province. Is the one where
India Ink s made. The best Of the ink Is kept
at home. for the use Of the royal scribes and
the oficial llteratl. It Is only the lower grade
that is exported. This lower grade sells at
wholesale in Anhui for 81 500 O ton.
The very best lgrade India ink. the kind
rich with gold. is worth SIS 900 q ton.
The constituents Of India ink are colza
oil. pork fat. lampblack. glue. musk. gold
leaf and the oil OF a poisonous tree. the heng
which grows only in the iangtse valley.
After the admixture OF the oils. the lamp
black. the fat and the glue. the resultant
paste is beaten for many hours with steel
hammers upon wooden anv lis. and during
that long beating certain quantities OF musk
and OF gold leaf are added. the musk to give
the ink a perfume. the gold to give it lustre.
"Afterward the Ink Is dried for three weeks
In moulds. The stocks are then decorated,
the most artistic scribes gliding them with
very beautiful Chinese characters.
There 10 no Ink worthy to be mentioned
in the same breath with ours-an Ink redolent
Of musk and bright with gold
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70 mako any sacrifice Of appearances for
tho comfort or health Of her dog che Il a NJ
subject for his facile pen on the timely
subject NJ The Latest Fad Of the Child
Hater.'" she said. what has caused this
diatribe Ia the fact that my dog has been
paralyzed all winter and the veterinary
told me the country was his one hope oil
health.
HE can't walk Q step and 10 too heavy
TO carry, 80 I sent him to the country with
a friend and last week when I went up
there she came TO meet me, bringing doggie
in an old perambulator she had found In
the attic.
"Of course everybody on the streets
stopped to look and as my friend is q very
stunning looking woman and she had pol
ished and cushioned tho perambulator,
the reporter who saw her thought he had
something else to add to the history OF pet
dog fans
A woman alights from Q victoria and;
holding q huge Angora cat in her arms
comes into the room. She takes out q
jewelled purse and Gays:
I'D like to get Q license for my cat
She stops before the word cat as II abe felt
she would hurt It's feelings by calling 1t
Just plain cat. but there seems no other
term that will explain 1t quite so well to
tho official, 80 she has to be content with It.
He points to q paragraph on the back OF
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"TWO ON TEN"
The Signal for shoplifters Used I'm Some
OF the Stores.

sTwo on ten, Miss Brown
sSure2 Very well, Miss Smith,
Almost certain. But you'd better see
for yourself
There was a crowd Of customers before
the women's hosiery counter. The sales
girl who said 1.-TWO on ten to the clerk
next to her had been busy for twenty min
utes with a customer, o handsomely dressed
young woman, to whom she had been show
ing expensive silk hosiery.
The young woman had been more thar
ordinarily difficult to please, and the space
In front of her was strewn with boxes. She
did not seem satisfied with any that were
ebown her and described several designs,
each Of which neoessitated more or less
search through the stock on the part Of the
clerk.
Il was perhaps three minutes before the
salesgirl again faced the customer with
several more boxes. Still apparently dis
satisfied, the handsomely dressed young
woman examined them indifferently,
thanked the clerk and said she would look
further.
Just as she rose to go Miss Brown re-
| minded Miss Smith Of the new lot that had
just been received, but which had not yet
been placed In stock.
Are you surep" asked Miss Smith.
1Yes, / saw them" replied Miss Brown.
4Just a moment; III ask the 6oorwalker to
show them to you"
"Two on ten, Miss Brown sure1 Very
we'll. This way, madam" said the floor
walker, reckoning Miss Brown to follow
them.
Il see her fnish,' remarked another Of
the women customers to her companion
nodding her head in the direction the hand
somely dressed young woman had gone.
Il used to work In a dry goods store before
I got married, and it seems kind Of good
to hear that familiar expression, Two on
ten again.
What does It mean? Why, two eyes on
ten fingers. That woman was q shoplifter.
The girls suspected her, gave the signal and
had her deadto RICH. s in no time
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and 50 a brute Of a driver had things his own
way He was flashing his horse, which
had such a heavy load It simply could not
make any Roadway.
1On the sidewalk alongside Of the truck
stood a stalwart young man with an ex-
preston Of great concern on his face. We
stopped. and I give you my word, when l
looked at the brute my courage failed. he
seemed quite capable Of flashing any one
who attempted to interfere with him, but
together we stepped into the street and In
one voice told him that if he whipped the
horse once more We would give him over
to the nearest policeman.
my friend had out her notebook to en-
phasize our threat taking the number,
time Of occurrence, description OF horse,
DO; so that we could turn the information
into the society If necessary.
he stopped all right, but If looks could
kill we'd be in an urn in the crematory.
When we returned to the sidewalk, the
young man with the look Of horror thanked
us effusively and said we did Just right.
Why he hadn't protested I cant tell
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DAY OF THE YOUNG FOLKS.
This Cook Not the Only Domestic Servant
who Is Wearing o wig.

This Cook Not the Only Domestic Servant
Who Is Wearing q wig.
At the sign of the hairdresser q woman
met her cook Of some yesterdays ago and
commented ~ouriously on her improved
appearance.
why, Hannah, you've been getting
young, I really believe she exclaimed,
and the cook smiled in expansive graihca-
ton.
Then she whispered mysteriously,
sWhisht, my dear, It's me wig It's the
day Of the young folks I'm finding out and
it's young III be till it's leading a funeral
lam
The shop was a little one situated up a dingy
flight Of stairs NOT far from the Twenty
third street shopping district and the
woman had been told that superior switches
were sold there. When the inoongruously
youthful Hannah had disappeared, she
ELECTED some information concerning wigs
and their wearers from the hairdresser.
"0h, no., madam she protested, at is
not altogether vanity that helps me sell my
wares. Your cook, she is right.
@The old man, the old woman with the
gray hair and the bent shoulders, 10 one
wants to work for him to-day. So SOM are
wise and never get old and some who have
grown old without knowing come to me
and l make them young again.
@To the salesman who is looking for q
new place, the coachman, the butler who
finds his white hair not a good recommend
/ give a new wig or q new front that hides
his age, But more women than men come
to me for the hair Of youth. The old man
is clean shaven I'M straight and grows not
fat like the woman and the old years hurt
him less.
New hair does not match the wrinklesi
But the wrinkled look Is lessened. You
have seen the old young mani
Sometimes it is the life that makes
the young man 30 old and sometimes II
is our wigs that makes the old a so
young. o, 1t makes a very great differ
ence.
MANY such customers L AVE who fol-
them selves care not if they look old OF
young, out it is business for them. A
coacnman came to me last week for a wig
and paid a good price for IL. It was an
artistic wig; not the thick hair Of the very
young man, but brown and thinning on the
temples. But his own hair is snow white
and wo make him look ten years younger.
ALSO, we make the very young man
! who needs the look Of experience look
| dignifed and OF responsibility by touching
with gray just a few hairs here or either
side Of his temples. o. very often We dc
that.
we make It gray slowly, like Nature
herself, when it is asked. A doctor, not
young but looking very boyish, is having
his hair made gray nov, He is wise. lie
says, Who wants a young doctor?' and
he cannot waste his time being young.
yes, also We sell dyes, but Tor business
wigs are cheaper and better. The dye
must he often renewed, and the best looki
not the real thing. while the wig At so
snugly and is go true. With O good wig
you are young forever
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e,Wd eela Syag Abaat NeW tsfh,

NNNN NV WHY NNFWfNN " -
eve shall bavs q very AefeeNhie callcf
,hls evening said Mr. Hank " his wife
Il havs prevailed upon our old frlend C"'
wemysa ~ call upon ua In our nav hotie
Mfa nianh VIVA delighted She fnade
many preparations fort anticipated pleas.
ure Tho visitor, however, did not afrive
~ promised. and Al Q late hour there waa
stiii no sian n him. .
III Ia too had n he haa lost our address, '
sighed Mira Hank. size will not bs able 10
md ~ IN that event, for our new address
IL not yot printed In any directory
sic knows tho house by sight, ~.
turned Mr. Blank, ~concluslvely. Il pointed
II out 10 him from tho street n day last
weeR.'
THAT will not help matters any . was the
reply Of his wife. 'fn New York we arc
simply helnleas-everything conspires TO
keep people apart and make strangers OF
them. Ho will know the block, OF course
but picture him asking for ia from door to
door and receiving the same polite inforina-
ton from all. No family pretends to know
any other In a New York block. Unless
n new Visitor can remember the exact mum
Der and street he will not be able to find
| the house he is looking for; every block
usually bears a strange confusing re-
Bomblance to all the others
Just az they were ready TO give The
Colonel up a sudden cutlery In the street
at IL the Colonel, - exclaimed Mrs. Blank.
sThat Is certainly bis voice. But what an
idea to shout ct night In the street IKE
sSomethlng has happened replied MT
Blank, with conviction. ct is the Colonel
sure enough. We must investigate.
They hurried to the front door and down
the steps toward q. voice In the gloom
They found the Colonel partially pros.
They lost no time e~xtricating him from
his unfortunate plight. The Colonel
though in great pain, remained cool and
Don't carry on so please he said, after
he had been carried indoors Il viii re.
cover, no doubt. / am thankful 1t 10 nc
worse. but I must ask you to do me q iaVol
before I forget. .,
.Geave of this fuss about the doctor, hi
will be here soon enough. l want you &c
60 and count the coal holes from here to
to the nearest corner
sYou needn't stare at me IN that way
I am not crazy. Do as I say
Mr.. Blank went forth at once, counted
the coal holes and duly reported that there
were eight. II,
Thanks said the Colonel with graft,
fcation. all West 115th street or III
West i11th street is not easily retained
In the memory, but If, instead OF q house
and street number, a man will fix in his mine
the serial denomination OF the COAL hole
from the nearest corner he will easily re-
member his destination.
Il nave gained a valuable idea. l have
only to add that my left leg was rendered
useless in the civil war and now my q
leg Is the price Of a key to my friends ad'
dresses, but l hope they will keep theil
coal holes closed, as / have no moro legt
to sacrifice while %indulging in my favoritt
pastime Of calls.
Il am much obliged to you BOTH
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Dictionary ut Fault.
From fha Snndnu al Homo

From tho SunddV al HONII -,
The other day we gave some lln9. 'al,.,
Of the difficulties travellers N NV
preting tho language Of native RACES .
doctor tells two stories relating TO lna.a
A friend Of his desired q box OF ma''H Il,
and looked UP tho word in a dictionary ~
called his servant and told him hi, wSmai
but The man failed to understand nc ,5 5S
another word. with similar result ~ We.
bemenfly shouted it AT the %servGu', Tn.S
this time hed in ~convulsive laushtcr w. .sf.
he heard reechoed as he told tho ot ~ Ind IN.
wants. He discovered later that ne ''o
sisted on Quickly being married. -.,vsy
The other story lie OF an unlucKy tatiSsSy
coolie who stood in a~maZement near " ."1rsd
who had called him as she ,sysa
beneath the seat! She meant her !A7e'''
lbut she had two letters wrong,
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anil they e. out together dIsciss'ne ths
hahits and mnnneta " Angoras,
According 10 tho general opinion, the
most attractive animal that has had hia
ilcense renewed THE ycnr u Jack,
Jack, ~ everybody ought 10 know, IL
The dog that guards tho Sheep In tho Park,
and 10 tho delight ~ young aud old Esccpt
for y little touch n self -conscio,sness and q
desire Ia stand so near tho limo light that
he Ia apt to get scorchcd Jack hasfewe equals,
and " ia aafe to Ny no superiors within
'ha ri'~ Invite
vying Ia interest with tho dog and cat
stories arr tho adventures Of Young De-
Tenders and adult members ~ tho Society
for the Prevention 81 Cruelty 10 Animals.
The most recent adventure | have had,
remarks one woman, was the other day.
A friend and myself were walking through
East Eleventh street.
There was very little traffic In tho block.
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one remaining Joy In life. But the official
who stands at the door Of the room where
applications for dog licenses are made
has no romantic tendencies. He discour-
ages such a view Of the case.
Il suppose he says, that that there
Italian woman's got a wad Of money that
would make your bank account count like
% cents. I've seen EN- too often.
sometimes they just bring the wad
along and unroll it as they pay for the
license. Sometimes they bring the money
In cents just to make the cashier mad
Love their dogs9 Why the dogs are kept
to watch the wad, don't you seer Since
these graft exposures have been so preva-
lent there's many an East Side family be-
iieves that a dogs a sight safer than a bank
or an endowment policy"
AL the talk you hear in the building is
not so material. Here is one young woman
inveighing against the cynio's belief that
because a woman is fond Of a dog she must
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cited many a smile, for there is something
irresistibly oomical about the sight Of a
horses head encased in a sun bonnet, espe-
cially when the drivers asthetio taste
shows itself in ribbon bows and clusters Of
flowers. But now they are an accepted part
Of the horses summer wardrobe.
1T has been found, . said one agent, that
the placing Of a sponge inside the hats only
adds to the horses distress after it becomes
dry. The proper hat Is wide brimmed,
with room In the crown for the air to pass
freely through
The increasing help given by ohildrenis
one of the most noticeable features of the
society's work. Thousands Of children
belong to the Young Defenders League.
Rarely does one see a crowd Of school boys
practising cruelty on stray animals nova
days.
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officer patiently adds other explanations
to those already given over and over to the
applicants.
sThe disposition Of lost animals Is in the
discretion Of the officials he says. The
words may be- cover that ground. Ii a
pet animal is 4 found it Is taken oare OF and
either restored to Its owner or another
home is found for it; we hav applications
continually for pets
While he is talking an agent OF the society
standing near feeds the Angora with catnip,
which. he takes from a little bag.
Il always carry it for the stray cats see
on the street," he explains to the cat owner
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On q beneh In Madison Square -. @H ~
Snnaa drcased IN faded clothes, With an
annie apfon extending from walstband
10 ham NJ har ahlrt and n thre" oornNted
hafohlsf pinnsi tightly over her shoulders
f1ar hair was black ~ a ravens wing and
had q bright biz " orange silk tied about
II, Rba had hawkllke eyes and = sallo@
skin. much wrinkled
In hAr lap she unfOlded n piece ~ cotton
doth, maybe n handkerchief, disoloaing
colna ~ all aorts-one quarter, dimes,
niokels and many cants She cpuniei
them over oncr. twice, three times and
showed grim satisfaction In dolns this,
a. II each repre- aented sacrifice and work,
Finally she tied up her money in the cloth
agaln and, thrusting It into a capacious
pocket. kept one hand upon It as ~ho walke
across the park to the headquarters OF the
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty to
Animals in the gray stone building at the
corner OF Twenty-slxth street. Entering
the building, she turned quickly to the room
70 the right and putting her handkerchief
On the narrow ledge OF the cashiers window
opened It. counted Its contents again and
handed the money over to the official on
duty there. In return she received a small,
metal tag which gave the freedom Of the
city to one dog.
Perhaps you construct a pleasing tale
out OF this inoident-how the money repre-
sonted savings got together with difficulty
and how the dog was the poor old woman's