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slaHs FOR PAST SHOWS.
Mark Twain Regrets Vanished Joys Of
Other Days.

Where now Is Billy Rice? He was
q Joy to me, and so were the other
stars OF the niggershow-Billy Birch,
David Wambold, Backus and de.
lightful dozen of their brethren who
made life pleasure to me 40 years
ago and later. Birch, Wambold and
backus are gone years ago; and with
them departed to return no more for
ever, | suppose, the real nigger-show
the genuine niggershow, the ex-
travagant niggershow-the show
which to me had no peer and whose
peer has not yet arrived In my ex.
perlence. We have the grand opera:
and | have witnessed, and greatly en-
Joyed,' the first act of everything
which Wagner created, but the effect
OH me has always been so powerful
that one act was quite sufficient:
whenever l have witnessed two acts
nave gone away physically exhaust
ed, and whenever l have ventured an
entire opera the result has been the
next thing to suicide. But IL could
nave the nigger-show back again. in
its pristine purity and perfection,
should have but little further use for
opera 1t seems to me that to the
elevated mind and the sensitive spirit
the hand-organ and the nigger-show
are standard and summit TO whose
rarened altitude the other forms of
musical art may not hope to reach
Mark Twain, in North American Re.
view.
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The greater part of the almost
$2,OOO,O0O worth of firecrackers annu.
ally exported by China comes TO New
York, And the United States stand
next to China in its use of them.
Thousands of Chinese men, women
and children work at the making of
iirecrackers for there are no mann
factories there, the work being done
by hand They receive only abou
$l.iO for making 10000 flrecrackers
laboring from six in the morning until
II at night seven days week.
SO Chinese woman or child works
like a slave for two days to earn what
is spent on few lunches of firecrack.
ers by the urchin bent on doing Jus.
tice to the Glorious Fourth.
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HAD PREPARED FOR ORDEAL
Christening Rehearsal Struck Clss
man as New Idea.

These college girls" said cefHl
man. as he gazed at the white any
superb ranks of beautiful gradualsA
are boon to the race. They inu1
duce new ideas. l christened the O'u.
day the first baby OF a married "
lege girl. Now, babies usually .,
while they are being christened' "
this one was as quiet as q ia~I
throughout the ceremony 1t smas'
up beautifully into my face. W..
madam said / to the young wiz \
the christening's end, I must cons,'.
ulate you on your little ones benA.~'
have christened more than ~
babies, but | never before chrls'eu',
one that behaved so well as YOU.
The young mother smiled demul0y'
NO wonder he behaved well, sne CAV.
His father and I, with a pail Of wss'
nave been practicing christenlns i,
MIN for the last ten days Ine IVY
OF rehearsing a baby for ehrl'S
Ing! Who but a college girl WV
tNink of such thing?"
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MickeyFiillr's
Big Fire
Cracker
The explosion that wound UP the
Fourth Of July Celebration
on Cooney Island.

Two mammoth flrecrackers stood In
the window OF Caseys grocery. They
were IL Inches long and proportions
ately thick.
For month before the Fourth OF
July these gigantic indicators OF en-
thusiasm had stood in the window like
British soldiers on dress parade, while
predatory spider hung a filmy ham.
mock between them and calmly killed
his buzzing victims over two powder
mines.
The firecrackers were the admira-
ton and the envy of all the boys in
Cooney Island. 1t was seldom that a
youthful nose was not flattened against
the window pane In ardent covetous-
ness.
But the price demanded by Casey
FOR the thunderers was prohibitive, so
far as the boys were concerned, and
there was not one of them patriotic or
courageous enough to invest 25 cents
In a single ecstatic explosion.
Said Mickey Finn timidly one even
Ing when he had been sent by his
mother to get quarter of pound of
tea and half pound of pork:
Mr.. Casey, / suppose now, that
whin wan o thin big fellows whit off
1t would blow the stars out of the
SKYE" his mind filed with blissful
thoughts Of mighty explosions.
Casey stopped measuring out half
pint OF New Orleans molasses, raised
o monitor finger, and replied:
"Micky. my boy. I'd be afeerd to tell
you what would happen if stood wan
o thin big fellows out on the side
walk and touched the stem wild the
lighted end of five cent ciga.ar. The
noise would be terrible. terrible, my
son. 'Twould make your head ring
like an anvil. and you would see
sparks like firefiies.
Would 1t blow the house down."
asked the boy in an awed whisper.
mo, ! don't think it would" said
Casey. 1T might shake the chimly
down and break all the glass in the
windys In small pieces, and there
would be paper in the streets as
would fill an Imply barrel o. -four oh.
but thin big fellows Is mighty power
ful, Micky, mighty powerful. They
use them in China to kill murderers
and robbers. They put wan o. thin
big firecrackers bechune the teeth of
a murderer and make him light the
fuse wild his own hand and blow his
own head of. Thin Chinese is mighty
crool. Mickey, mighty crool."
This vivid description inflamed Mick
ey's desire, which was Casey's motive
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MAKING colored Fire

To produce solored fire, metal filings
are added t. the gunpowder COMPOST
ton; steel filings for brilliant fire or
cast iron filings for Chinese fire. Con.
per filings give a greenish tint to
flame; zinc filings give a fine blue
color, powdered magnesium a dazzling
white light; amber, colophony or com.
mon salt affords a yellow fire. Lamp.
black produces very red color, with
sunpowder and pink with inter in
excess, and It is used for making gold.
en- showers, Nerdigris imparts a pale
green; sal ammoniac, a palm tree
green; barium saltO a grass green.
potassium picrate. whistliug sound,
camphor very white flame and arc
matte fumes
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IA the Sailors Friend.

sixty thousand sailors look to H. A.
Hamburg for advice and for protec'
ton. Mr.. Hamburg is the United
states shipping commissioner for the
port of New York He is the sailors
fudge and jury. The men who sign
on foreign craft now must appear be.
fore him for their papers instead oil
going to the consuls OF the various
countries. He decides all disputed
questions between the men and their
sailing masters. Many of the abuses
of these men that formerly were COM
mon, such as compelling them to buy
their outfits from the ship owners or
captains, have been done away with
under Mr.. Hanburys rule. His office
is on the Battery park, New York,
where he easily can reach all the
ships leaving that port
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COFFEE COMPLEXION.
Many Ladies' Have Poor Compilations
from Coffee.

Coffee caused dark colored blotch,s
on my face and body. had been
drinking 1t for long while and these
blotches gradually appeared, until
hnally they became permanent and
were about as dark as coffee itself.
i formerly had as fine a compler.
ION as one could ask for.
When became convinced that cot.
Zee was the cause of my trouble 7
changed and took to using Postum
Food Coffee, and as | made 1t well ac.
cording to directions, liked It very
much, and have since that time used
1t In place of coffee.
Il am thankful to say am NOT nor.
Vous any more, as | was when I was
drinking coffee, and my complexion ia
now as fair and good as 1t was wears
ago 1t is very plain that coffee caused
the trouble"
Most bad compilations are caused
by some disturbance of the stomach
and coffee is the greatest disturber Of
digestion known. Almost any woman
can have a fair complexion IL she will
leave OF coffee and use Postum Food
Gomez and nutritious, healthy food in
proper quantity. Postum furnishes
certain elements from the natural
grains from the field that Nature uses
70 rebuild the nervous system and
when that is in good condition, one
can depend upon good complexion
as wen as a good healthy body.
There's Reason" Read, THE Road
to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
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Had Fallen Asleep.

tull OF chuckles, he received his prize
No grass grew under his bare feet
as he ran homeward, the precious
powder mine clasped to his bosom
Holding the big firecracker aloft as
he darted through the kitchen door,
he exclaimed:
Mother. / have it, Amt it a
beauty"
Well, l don't see anything about it
to be maxim a fuss over" said Mrs.
Finn, who, like most mothers, had
no love for fireworks. Now, don't be
bringin' 1t nearer to me, as Mickey
ran toward her. II don't want TO he
blown into the middle o. next week.
Throw the dirty thing away, I'm
Altered o me life while you have 1t in
your hands, Now, don't be goin near
The stove wild it, Arrah. we little
spalpeen, will We take it of the stove?
Take 1t off afore We blow the roof off
the house!" and the frightened woman
ran into the bedroom and peered
through the keyhole.
With the recklessness of boyhood.
Mickey exclaimed, as he lit a match
and reduced his mother to Mysteries
by pretending to light the firecracker
stem:
You needn't be Altered, mother. IN
nip 1t out afore it goes off"
In this simple fashion the afternoon
of the Fourth passed away in the Finn
household varied by the boy with oc.
casional visits to the neighbors, whom
he threw into panic of fear by pre-.
tending to light the big explosive
Mrs Murphy and her three children
were gathered around the kitchen
table when Mickey placed the lighted
mammoth in the middle of the table.
Two of the boys went head first
through the Window, while Mrs. Muir
ply tried to crawl under the kitchen
stove.
All this excitement afforded the boy
a good deal of delight, but he re-
served for the evening the culmina.
ton of his joy. He intended to blow
his father up as he sat in his chair on
the back stoop
Mickey thought It would be an in
spring sight TO witness his father ny.
ing across the back yard and pillow.
Ing up the ground with his nose. In
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INSURANCE INVESTMENTS.
How One compsnys Assets Are Dis
trlbuted In the South and West.

-.
In connection with It's withdrawal
from Texas, along with many other
companies, rather than to submit to
the new law which requires that 1870
OF the reserves on Texas policies shall
be invested In securities OF that state,
which securities shall be deposited in
the state and subjected to heavy taxa
ton, In addition to the large tax now
imposed on life insurance premiums,
the Equitable Life Assurance Society
has made public the distribution OF its
OF the new management. The Equit-
able now has $10,95S, 900 invested In
Texas, which is twice as much as the
new law requires, but the manage
ment decided that to submit to the
additional taxation would be an injus-
tlce to its policyholders in other
states, which impose no such penalty
on the thrift OF their citizens.
The Equitable's report shows that
more than 37SS Of its total reserves
niO INV luNCotCu III INC SOutHclh ohu
western states, while only $3.50 Of its
total insurance Is carried in these
states. Its investments are distributed
as follows: Ala, s3,O99,0O0; Ariz.
$4,000; Ark, $4.O3S,0O0; Cal, S..
$4,000; Col, 1922 900; Fla, s4,924,-
900; Ca, s4,O4s,OOO; Idaho. $5197, 900;
ILL.,, $12,617,OO0; Ind. Ter, $4,000;
Ind, $6.S36,OOO; Iowa, $3,69O,OOO: Kan
sas, $11,637.0O0 KY, 1881 900; La,
$4,000; Md, s2,207 900; Mich, S..
100000; Mimi, $2,065 900; Miss, $751;.
900; Mo-, sS,197 900; Mont, 1880, 900;
Neb.. $7526,OO0; New, $4,000; New
Mex, s1.S76,OOO; N. c., $1,649, 900; N.
D., s677,00O; Ohio, s11,634,0 900; Okla,
s1,006,000; Ore. $1,15S,O00 s. c.,
$975,OO0; S. D., s1,3O5,O 900; Tenn, g..
100000; Utah, $2,134,000; Va, $685..
900; Wash, $1.2O2, 900; w. Va, $500
600; Wis. $2,342,OOU; Wyo., 1885,, 900
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inventors, Attend

suppose that one could find an alb
that would bear the same relation
aluminium that steel does to carbon
bronze TO tin, says the Engineerlr
record. The result would be ne
structural material of immense b
portance In mechanical work, II
builders OF light machinery are l0s
Ing for Just this thing.
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The
Fourth of
July
BY T. c. HARBAUGR

Old Glory is waving on land and on
sea,
The hope of the Nation, the pride Of
the free,
Our fleets pear IT outward to harbors
afar.
And dear 70 the eye is the CLEAN of
each star;
In beauty 1t floats over hemlock and
pine
Adown to our orange'fringed tropical
line,
Our fathers beneath it were willing
to die,
And new luster it gets on the Fourth
of July.
The Old Continentals! methinks that
they come
Out of the past at the tap OF the drum,
Their swords are aloft and their bay
onets shine
And Washington rides at the head of
the line;
There Sumter and Schuyler are fight
ing again.
And yonder is charging Mad An
thony" Wayne!
They fought and they fell meath the
Unions blue sky,
And gave to Columbia Der Fourth OF
July.
We reach out from ocean to ocean
afar.
A nation of freemen all matchless in
war,
Our eagles awning. of his grandeur I'M
shorn,
For never by foe has his plumage
been torn
And woe to the hand that would fetter
his fight,
Or sully the banner he guards in his
might
He watches our land from his erie on
high,
And our flag waves for him on the
Fourth of July!
Our forefathers gave us this home of
the free,
And tenderly guarded young Liberty's
tree;
Undaunted in battle heroic they stood
And nourished the soil with the best
of their blood
Blow, blow the wild bugles, but not
for the fray,
Tho hae do \
tvs day;
Unfurl the proud emblem that kisses
the sky
For this is the worlds only Fourth of
July.
The rollicking drums! let them sound
in their might.
And rally the people but not for the
fight;
The land is afiame and the rockets
fierce fire
Will show where our eagle mounts
higher and high'r;
And listen! DER Brandywine's historic
plain
The old Continentals are swarming
again;
With the tread of the brave and the
soldiers true eye,
They march, as it were, to our Fourth
of July.
The Past is our pride and the cycles
of fate
Await us inside of the Century's gate;
We dress to the colors that futter and
shine,
While Liberty's stands at the head Of
the line;
Look up at the Flag that will never
grow old
AS long as the tale OF our fathers is
told!
AS long as our land is our home NAV
it fly
TO crown with its glory each Fourth
OF July.
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think a dog has a good deal Oh !
'eillgence." said the man with y
spaniel, but l am not as bad
browne He actually had the cn''
70 tell me that he was thinklnS
studying German. SO that he could ~
70 MIS- wife without the dog ua''
standing every word he said"
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Dignity OF Labor.

a wonlan's glory is her hair
nave been told. Man is made glory.
by his work; without 1t all is glow q,
darkness, rife with mischief ana :
ouisU.AA.
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FOURTH OF JULY DoN'TS.

Don't allow the children to bend
over fireworks which will not go off. ="
They sometimes do it Unexpectedly
with unfortunate results to the little
meddler
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Mere Pleasantrls.

the Fonrt Tp"e ct, I'm going OF on
"T Pr, rog vn and have a high old time ""
shoo tt WheeI-Bah! You're alw v,,,,g,
shooting of about yourself ",mays
, p,o" about It, but generauy never never
gay little whlrl myselr "''' nave a
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Don't neglect to send for a physi-
clan at once in the case of a serious
burn, to prevent possible scar or
worse still, blood poisoning, from liz.
norant or improper treatment of the
wound
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Nearly Broke

Ella--My face is my fortune.
Stelia-Hayen't you ever had any
more money than you have now?
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Don't wear thin innammable frocL
rut on a cloth skirt If there are fire.
crackers, about. - e
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in telling it, for the incident occurred
on the eve of the Fourth, aud Casey
was afraid that the big firecrackers
would be carried over the national hol,
idsy and remain loss on his hands.
In order TO deepen the impression al.
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D0NT'S FOR THE FOURTH

Don't allow the flrecrackers to 90 Off
IN the grass unless you want the lawn
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Good Advice

Keep the wound open anA send for
the doctor
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Don attempt to SET stf complicated
pyeSonai without thoroughly com.
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- Ion lay away leftover fireworks
lor another year. They are dan 1molhs
o on,"ss 10 pack away where mice con
can be used on the day appointed ' aS
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Don't forget to have some remedies
for burns at hand When the skin
is not broken by burn scrape a raw
potato, place on a piece of soft linen
and use as a poultice. Bicarbonate of
soda-the ordinary baking soda-is ex.
celient for burns whether the skin
is broken or not. If broken apply the
dry soda, if unbroken dampen the soda
with water to make a paste and apply
to the spot. The pain will be instant.
ly relieved.
Don't leave the windows of a town
house open If 1t is to be left for the
day Stray rockets and sparks may
find an entrance.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-11-28
Guild.

Special 10 The We5Os.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Durham have
moved from st. Elmo to the Lock and
Dam.
Tom Baker is again with friends at
Guild.
Ira Blevins returned from Wauhat-
chic Saturday. He has been in school
there
John Myers, ST., visited at Ladd' s
Switch Sunday
Mrs. Dave Mcbride visited at the
Lock and Dam Thursday. She return
ed to her home in Jasper that after
noon, accompanied by her husband.
Mrs. Jno. Anderson is spending a
few days with her children, Mr.. and
Mrs r. 7. Anderson here.
Mrs. Jennie L. Brymer and cousin,
Jennie Myers, visited at Jno. Myers
Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Bette Morgan has been visit.
ing relatives in Chattanooga for the
past two weeks.
Mrs. Jno. Dykes and sister, Miss Ide
Myers, called on Mrs. Lena Anderson
Sunday afternoon.
Charles Myers has returned from {
visit with his sisters near Nashville,
Tom Myers called at r. 7. Ander
sons Sunday afternoon
Cooper Doyle, who is employed a
the Lock and Dam, spent Sunday will
his wife and children in Whiteside.
"Uncle Tom, of Grapevine, Texas
why don't you send the News a lette
real oftenf
Wandering Boy where are your
Sunbeam.
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A Hard Debt TO Pay.

II owe a DEBT of gratitude that can
never be paid off, " writes G. S. Clark
of Westfeld, Iowa, for my rescue
from death, by DR.. Kings New Dis
covery. Both lungs were so seriously
affected that death seemed imminent,
when | commenced taking New Ciscov-
cry. The ominous dry, hacking cough
quit before the first bottle was used
and two more bottles made complete
cure" Nothing has eversequaled New
Discovery for coughs, colds and all
throat and lung complaints Guaran-
teed by all druggists, soc and $1.0O.
Trial bottle free.
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Three Years for % Cents.

Farm Progress, the big farm and ag-
ricultural monthly of st. Louis, Mo-;
announces that the subscription price
will be advanced to - cents per year
beginning Jan. /, zoos. Until that date
subscriptions will he accepted at the
old rate of three years for p cents.
Farm Progress is one of the best farm
papers In the country, and we'll worth
the advance asked. Send In - cents
atOnce to pay for a three-year subscrip.
ton. II YOU are already paid 10 in ad-
vance send in 25 cents aud have YOUR
time extended three years longer. A
beautiful fruit picture. siz' 22x29 inch
- Will be- sent Tor > cents additional TO
cover cost ~ tube aud postage. Ad-
dress all orders to Farm Progress, -.
Louis. Mo. Il
FOR SALE About 49, acrrs ~ land
on mountain side between lstuu ard
Jones farms north Of Seqnach.-; good
spring: good amount timber. VIII sell
cheap. g. W. I EVILS, whitwell, Tenn
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Etna Drum.

Special 10 The Meas. ,t e6
Visiting and eating good grub seems
to be the order of the day at Etna now.
This place seems to be on boom.
Several men from Birmingham are
here. We look for more from Empire
soon.
J. H. Wears has been on the sick
list this week, but he is some better
now.
We look for ''Robin of Empire,
this week.
We hear that Etna is going to run a
boarding house at IA. 90 per week.
Everything is very cheap (Y) here.
Meat 17c; sweet potatoes, $t.40 per
bushel; Irish potatoes, 81. co. meal,
81. 90; flour, 81. 20 for 80 lbs.
Miss Rosa Turner was the guest of
Mrs. Orinda Turner Friday.
How is Meeks getting along? | have
many good friends there.
Adolf Bergheimer will hang his hat
on Will Davis rack yet.
J. H. Wears will leave for Pitts
burg, Ga, Monday One Eye.
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RO0pe.

SPeciaf 10 the Mas.
Wearing big coats is the style at
Roope.
Mrs. Amanda McNabb died Friday
at Adger, Ala, and was brought to
Roope for burial She leaves a broth
er, son, husband and many friends to
mourn.
Bro. Hatfield preached at Brumley's
school house Sunday and large crowd
attended.
Come on, peaches d Cream. We
like to read your pieces. Also those Of
Crook & Crank. -
Saturday was the first night that we
have missed in long time of having
a party.
Cleve Adkins has come to Roope.
He has been gone for long time. His
girl will be happy.
saw in the News where "Uncle
Gid said he didn't believe in the dog
law. am Just like him, for don t
see any reason for such a law. After
a while the poor people viii have to
pay for the hair ON their beads ard for
their good looks. | don't believe in
that law for it is for the rich and the
poor will have to do the best they can.
Miss Bessie Douglass called at the
postoffice Saturday evening.
Miss Pearl Coggins is visiting
friends and relatives at Roope this
week. A certain fellow said that he
was going to set his hat for her.
Sunday was very lonesome day
with everybody here. Nobody was
stirring around
Etna is filled up with men. They
refused some the other day.
Thos Daffron and A. G. Condra
looked sniptious Sunday.
Ladies' Man.
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ROOpe.

Sbec1dL 10 the Ne7OS.
z Going to entertainments is in order
now.
Miss Lula Lasater was a faithful
school teacher and all the children
seem to like her, She has bid her
school farewell, but we hope we will
meet her again.
George Bailey says he would like to
hear from his best girl.
Lige Scott wants to come to the
mountain.
Will Davis is sick, but we hope he
will soon recover.
Miss Myrtle Newsom is a pretty girl.
Miss Berlie Janney wore pretty hat
at the entertainment
Wake up, "School Boy" l like to
read your pieces.
Peaches & Cream.