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SPARK DROPPED INTO POWDER
Three Killed and Thirteen Injured In
the Explosion.

New York. Dec. "A spark from q
candle carried by a laborer dropped
into can OF giant powder and caused
an explosion among a gang Of work.
men in the Pennsylvania railroad tun.
mel under the East river.
Three men were killed outright and
q fourth is dying. OF - others less
seriously hurt two required hospital
treatment. The others. suffering chiefly
from burns, were attended on the spot
and sent home. The explosion occurred
In the tube close 20 a shaft sunk be
tween the Long Island railroad sta.
ton at Long Island City and the river.
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Matches Explode, Firing a child.

Chester. Pa. Dec. 3.-While playing
with matches Harry. the 3-year-old
son OF James Mcclure. a Chester Trac-
ton conductor, was burned about the
body ana sustained internal injuries,
inhaling the flames. Hearing her
childs screams. Mrs. Mcclure extin.
guished the flames by wrapping a coat
about the burning lad. The boy had
picked up the box OF matches. then
dropped them on the kitchen floor.
when they exploded. Heroic efforts
are being made to save the child's
life.
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Flftx Drowned In Flood.

Phoenix. Ariz., Dec. Sit is report
ed that so persons have been drowned
in the floods at Clifton. Ariz. Attempts
90 confirm this have been futile. as all
wires are down.
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Two Burned to Death In Kitchen.

Scranton, Pa, Dec. 5.-Two chill
dren. a boy and a girl, belonging to
Alfred Small. were burned to death
at their home in Pittston. The mother
had gone to a neighbor on an errand
leaving the children in the kitchen.
She left the baby boy fastened In a
high chair and it is thought the girl
played with paper in the kitchen stove
FIRE setting herself ablaze and also the
boy. Both were burned TO a crisp be-
fore neighbors discovered the kitchen
on fire.
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Canal Engineer Resigns.

Panama. Dec. At Is reported here
that John G. Sullivan. assistant chief
engineer OF the Isthmian canal com
mission has resigned. He was ap-
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succeed Hon. Robert s. Mccormick
as ambassador. Mr.. White viii be
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GriscOm. now American ambassador
20 Brazil. Mr.. White is now in Wash
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Lshloh Valley Lays on Extra crsws.
Mahanoy City. Dec. S.-The Lehigh
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Dropped Dead as HIs Home Burned.
Lancaster. Pa. Dec. A defective
nue caused a FIRE which destroyed the
home of Samuel Burns. In Drumors
township. this county. Barns, who
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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02
Kermit Roosevelt.

Kermit Roosevelt, second son of the
President, is to a considerable portion
of the public the least known member
Of the Roosevelt family and yet he is
one of the most interesting. Kermit
is a manly lad who is now in prepare
tory school and who will within a few
years follow in the steps of his older
brother, Theodore, Jr, by entering Har.
ward. He bids fair to prove strong.
er lad physically than "Teddy" and has
always gone in for athletics and out.
door life in general. Not long ago he
went on hunting expedition in the
Northwest, under the guidance of a
man who had been a companion of his
father In his ranching days and the
big game bagged by Kermit proved con-
clusively that he in time will be as
good sportsman as his father.
Coming home from this trip Ker-
NIT politely gave up his sleeping car
berth to an old lady who boarded the
train after all the berths had been sold.
All the junior members of the Roose-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02
Life.
tG E. M

I am a grain Of qufnire. white ais the vir.
gin snow that falls from Heaven.
My name is Life Forth. go into the
. fever-stricken camps, where stalks
disease
And do my kindly unseen work.
nder my magic touch the germs OF
death are vanquished
And shrink into themselves
Where lies human tossing on bed OF
!, thorns,
Thoughts whirling tumultuous through his
disordered brain;
A woman, wan and languished, with a
heavy eye and yellow skin;
The wasting fever hard ahold her life:
Or may, perchance, youth IN southern
chimes.
Struck down by that insidious foe
that stalks the swamps, Malaria.
And lying stretched upon a couch Of skins
or Spanish moss,
Calling in wandering accents,
Mother" SISTER" Sweetheart
Unto these / 60, and wagirg 'cessant
warfare
Upon these tiny molecules of death,
again
To Lies green shores.
search through every nerve and fibre Of
their being
And deal a blow to every anina1cu1e
There working at his devilish task OF
Death,
And breaking down Llfess tissues.
And then, the cause removed KIND Ma
ttire- reasserts herself,
And brighter glance and rudy glow re-
turn to cheeks
Long wan with sickness.
Dear friends and comrades, doctors
Crowd round and say:
Saved his life BY our good care,
And wondrous skin, he's living yet"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02

and I'll make no charge for the pick
ing
Il won't bother you with the de
tails" said my old partner as he re
filed and lighted his pipe. you re
member | am a great believer in the
Darwinian theory | like novelty and
never refuse to investigate new idea
because IL appears to be out of the
common. / did investigate this one,
very thoroughly, and paid several
visits to the vessel where the mon
keys were kept. | could almost con-
verse with the big leader, who proved
to be the finest and most intelligent
animal | ever saw. The more like a
human being | treated him, the more
attached to me he seemed to become,
while | noticed that he at once re-
scented any familiarity towards me by
the others.
"After some thought as to how the
darkies would regard this remarkable
innovation of what they might con-
slider their rights, | made the trade.
In company with the sailor who
answered to the name of Fernando,
ordered my darkies out onto the
lawn and explained to them what |
proposed to do. I added, wanted
neither them nor any of the men on
the adjoining plantations to get 1t
into their niger brains that this
would in any way affect their posi-
tions. It had taken this man years
of hard patient labor to educate these
animals to work, and probably no
others would ever be imported for such
purpose; that none of my men who
cared to work would be discharged,
as there would always be plenty of
extra work at the mines, and tried
to explain to them that this was
solely an experiment of my own. After
the cotton was picked, if it resulted
as Fernando said it would, I should
take a contract to pick my neigh
boris 100-aere peach orchard. What
we should find for our Simian friends
to do during the cold weather would
have to be left for future considera-
ton.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02
Time Honored Use for Kerosene

A FIRE occurred on premises rented by
Jews in London. The circumstances
were somewhat suspicious and an agent
of the insurance company was sent to
investigate. He interviewed the senior
partner, and also the junior partner, as
to the probable cause of the FIRE. This
is his report: 4 find that the senior
partner thinks it was caused by an arc
light on the second floor; the junior
partner thinks it was caused by an in
candescent light on the first Aoor--but
my opinion is that it was caused by an
Tsraelite in the basementp'
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02

Some years since there was nc
little excitement throughout the
South, caused by the announcement
that monkeys had been proved to be
wholly capable as cotton pickers and
of course much cheaper than native
labor. All sorts of stories were in the
air, some partly true and many wholly
false, until finally some newer and
later sensation relegated this one to
forgetfulness.
A couple Of years since, l received
a visit from my old California part
ner, who had settled in the South, and
now owned one of the finest small
plantations in the State. From him
heard the story first hand, as he him
self was responsible for 1t.
AS we sat around the blazing log
fire In my Virginia home, and smoked
and talked of our early days in Cali
fornia and the Territories, he sudden
ly broke out into his hearty laugh and
said; PRED, did you ever hear OF my
monkey trade, and how they picked
my cotton for me, and raised merry
hob all through our part Of the state"
| replied that Since he asked the ques-
tion, seemed to recollect having read
something to that effect, only that
it was but a very faint impression,
and had probably been dismissed from
my mind as a 'fake" story.
mo" he answered, at was abso-
lutely true, and | yet believe II could
be made a thorough and complete
success, not only in the cotton fields,
but In large orchards and perhaps
among the smaller fruits and berries.
"You know" he continued, that be-
side my plantation have several good
mines In Georgia, the working of
which while not of a bonanza nature,
adds quite materially to my income
zone morning short thick-set man
of forty, whose rolling gait plain
ly betokened the sailor, walked up
my roadway and to the piazza, where
sat talking with my overseer and
enjoying my morning pipe. The two
large fields of cotton on either side
of the road were about ready to pick,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02

the principal In another life and death
struggle. AS she drew her arm back
for another throw, at the same time
advancing rapidly, fired. She pitched
forward uttering a most unearthly
screeeh and in moment all the
other monkeys were flying wildly to
the southerly point of the woods and
shortly had vanished entirely from
view.
"What finally became Of them?
We never knew positively, but hunt
ers and travellers report that the
Everglades in Florida for the past
few years have been full Of monkeys,
and that they appear tame and friend
ly, but are in mortal terror of gun
and if the traveller approaches too
close they shake their heads violent
ly as if saying; No more cotton
picking for US.
Fernando was at first quite discon.
ISOLATE at his loss but | made him
foreman of the Buffalo mine, gave
him a generous share of the stock,
and he has proven a splendid man
for the position, so that the returns
are very satisfactory to each OF us.
Except when we think of the sad fate
and mourn the untimely loss of that
remarkable Darwinian Specimen of
we can afford to laugh at
our first attempt to utilize the Miss
ing Link"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02
KERMIT ROOSEVELT.

welt family are fond of pets, but Ker
NIT goes ahead of all the others in his
love of domestic animals. Dogs have
always been his favorites and there
has seldom been time when he has
not had one or more canine followers,
these animals being transported from
Oyster Bay to Washington each autumn
and back again to the summer home
in the spring.
Kermit Roosevelt Is also an excellent
horseman. He learned to ride on the
Presidents old pony Diamond, - a
sturdy black animal that served as the
Presidents mount when he was a
young man. Old Diamond is now a
pensioner in the White House stables
and when Kermit goes riding with his
father,--as he does whenever he is
home for vacation,--he u one of
the saddle animals In the White House
stables, his preference being for Wyom-
ing, the handsome mount presented to
President Roosevelt by his friends and
admirers in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02

"Most of my darkfes looked upon
the whole matter as joke and went
away laughing and jollying each
other, but few muttered and shook
their heads, and acted as If they
might prove troublesome. One of the
latter said, evidently intending that
| should hear, that he'd be damned II
he'd work on a plantation where they
employed beasts.
| II had had trouble with the man
at several different times. He was a
powerfully built negro, nearly six feet
four inches in his bare feet, and when
not in liquor, holding the record of
the fastest and cfeanest cotton pick
er in the section. But he had very
surly disposition, and was toe fond
of threatening his fellow workmen
with his big knife, which was half as
long as an Austrian sabre, and which
he kept as sharp as a razor. had
cautioned him about this and told him
that If ever saw him draw that knife
on any one, black or white, I would
shoot him without warning. He was
well aware OF my facility with a re-
volver and was generally obedient TO
my orders. After his remark above,
however, I told him that I was get
ting tired of his INSTRUMENTATION, and
ordered him to report to the cashier,
get his pay and for the future keep
off the plantation.
About two O'Clock on the third
day, Fernando came driving up the.
road with three two-horse wagons Of
what proved the funniest and most
unique freight that ever entered our
gates. The occupants of the cages
We're evidently little frightened at
their new Surroundings, and their chat
,terings were quite subdued. Old
Pythageras, however, their leader, sat
on the front seat by the side Of Fer.
nando, as quiet and dignifled as any
Judge, and seemingly as stoicaI as an
American Indian. But his eyes
beained cordially and he. smiled as
nearly az a monkey could smile, as
he swung himself from the seat and
bounded up the steps to greet me;
"The monkeys were permitted 10
run and romp for a couple Of hours.
their leader sitting by my side most
of the time, smoking one of our pipes
with much seeming enjoyment and
afte- the manner of a sober old Dutch
MAJ He occasionally laid It aside
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02

and was busy planning upon which
field ! should commence, or whether
/ had better divide my. force and of.
fer some inducement for the party
bringing in the largest quantity in
the quickest time and leaving the
cleanest picked field.
'The visitor touched his cap with
the forefinger of his right hand, and
asked in fairly good English, Are
you the one the darkies call the Cap
tain? said. Yes, what can do
for yeu? He came up the steps I'M
invited, drew chair to my side and
handed me half a dozen big, black
cigars, which, may add, proved about
the finest | ever have smoked. Cap
tain,' he said, I want to sell you 1875
monkeys, or rather / want to trade
them for an interest in the Buffalo
gold mine. am an old miner and
am tired of knocking round. | was
through the Buffalo yesterday and
while she isn't the richest in the world,
few thousand dollars would open
her out wonderfully
Even admitting that | were will
ing to take YOU as my mining partner,
| asked, what the devil would do
with 125 monkeys? | think could
use one as playmate for the chill
dren. They feel pretty lonely since
their mothers DEATH
"FTe waved his hands toward the
two big fields with their snow white
covering.
Speak out, man. said. i've no
time for any nonsense
"Well,' he continued, I was never
more earnest in my life. Monkeys,
as you know, are great imitators: an
of my 1926 have picked cotton on an
island in the Pacific, where was
stranded four years ago, and their
leader is as intelligent as a man. Il
win guarantee that IL you will place
him BY the side of your best picker
at the close ofsthe day, he win be
at least one hundred pounds ahead
Wait now placing his hand ON my
knee, your superintendent at the mine
says, you have offered half interest
for 100000. value my monkeys
at $500 each, but I will make you an
even exchange. will oversee their
work for the first three days, and ifI
twice as much eettpn has not been
picked as by an equal number Of
darkies, you may call the trade or
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02
A Good Retriever.

A gentleman once possessed a va1ua-
bic sporting dog which was extremely
clever in the retrieving Of game. The
owner, however, was a remarkably bad
shot, and one day, on firing both bar
rels hastily at a rabbit, he heard a
mournful howl. The next moment his
dog appeared, carrying a black object
in his mouth, and laid it carefully at his
masters feet. The animal had retrieved
his own tail.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02
Friend of Helpless Children.

Baron Henri Rothschild is perhaps
the most popular member of the great
banking house. For he has devoted
himself entirely to medical science, is
one of the leading specialists in France
in children's ailment and not only
gives all his services gratis, but has
likewise donated large sums to the
foundation and endowment of medical
institutions for the treatment of chill
dren,s maladies.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-25
Prof. Deutsch Defends Jews.

Prof Gotthard Deutsch of the Hebrew
union college of Cincinnati makes answer
in the New York Hebrew Standard to the
charge recently made by Prof. Goldwin
Smith, that the prosecutions of the Jew
have not been prompted by religious ia
naticism, but because the Jews 'are a
parasitic race" Prof. Deutsch says that,
even if the occupations of the Jews were
exclusively those of an intermediary, that
would not make them a parasitic race,
but he denies that the Jew is exclusively
a middleman, referring to the hundreds
of thousands of sweatshops and tailor
shop workers. He tells how the Jew was
excluded from manual trades and prohib-
tied from holding lands, but to-day, all
over Russia, Jewish workers are found
in the mills and tanneries. He denies
that tribal spirit prevents the Jews from
assimilating with other nationalities, and
concludes that "snobbery, bigotry and
that mental inertia, which is responsible
for the survival of many antiquated ideas,
account for the hostility to the Jews"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-25
Criminal Sueezinr.

Great public interest is being mani
tested in the case of man who has
been prosecuted for sneezing in q pub
lie street. The hero of the incident Is
one Johann Furtmann, resident Of
Muhlhausen, small town in Prussian
Saxony. Furtmann, who IS highly re-
spected by his fellow citizens, sneezed
somewhat loudly in the main street Of
Muhlhausen. A policeman arrested
him on a charge Of creating a disturb
ance. The local police authorities
prosecuted Furtmann OH a charge of
gross misdemeanor and rendering him
self public nuisance. After a lengthy
trial Furtmann was acquitted The
police authorities appealed against the
decision, and new trial IS necessary.
Furtmann announces taat he will call
medical evidence to prove that a poly
pus in the nose prevented him sneezing
less loudly than was the case when the
arrest occurred.