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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-12-20
Marriage License.

Brittle Vaughn and Evie Davis.
Joe Barclay and Icey May Jack
son.
A. w. Hender and Miss Nettie
Greer.
h. l. Huffman and Leadia M.
Lender.
Willie Cross and Florence Lucy.
McAdoo Harris and Willie Caudle
Fred Long and Daughty Barnes.
Guy Martin and Myrtle Britt.
Lee Weldon and Ellen Davis.
L. B. Grain and Mrs. L. A. Davis.
Frank Patton Glass and Miss
Pauline Hardy.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-12-20
Miss Maggie Black.

Miss Maggie Black, a trained
nurse employed at the Rudd Santa.
rum in Fulton, is dead as the re-
suit Of an attack of pneumonia.
Miss Black has resided here for
about FIVE years and was well liked
by all. She was an exceptionally
fine nurse. The body was shipped
to her former home, Bower, Tenn,
for burial.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-12-20
Lon Elliott Dead.

Lon Elliott, of Fulton, who went
to San Antonio, Texas, several
months ago in search of health
died at that place last Tuesday.
Mr.. Elliott was the son of John FL
lott, prosperous and highly re-
spected farmer living near Fulton.
He was married man about thirty
years old and leaves wife and three
children, two girls and one boy.
His death was due to white plague.
Courier.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-12-20
lcott and Ella Thomas, were in
Union City shopping Tuesday.
MANA,
browns Near Fulton

Arthur Adams, aged eighteen
years, son Of L. Adams, a we'll
known farmer, of near Fulton, was
found dead in deep mud hole in
the road about one mile from his
home. The boy had been driving
a two-horse wagon, and il is SUM-
posed that he fell into the hole and
was so stunned that he was
drowned.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-12-20
w. E.
WALTERS
Two Wagons phone Al
NONRESIDENT Notice.

II. J. Gray To Circuit Court, Obion
VS. County, Tenn, at Union
M. B. Gray J City.
In this case 1t duly appearing that
NIB. Gray is u nonresident Of Fenues-
see. She is therefore notified and re-
quired to appear at said court on the
ISL Monday in January, 1908, and make
defence to the bill filed against her in
said court In this cause or the same
will be taken for confessed. And it Is
ordered that this publication be made
for four consecutive weeks In The
Commercial at Union City. This
Nov. 81, 1907
j. NJ. HICKMAN. Clerk.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-12-20
CREDENTIALS OF GREATNESS

Squire John G. Carroll kindly re.
membered the Gazette editor this
week with a wheel on subscription.
Mr. Carroll is dyed-in-the-wool re-
publican and the owner of the best
mule In Roane connty.-Ki livingstone
Gazette.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-12-20
NO AFFINITIEs ARonNn

The Lord had the right idea when
ne made man to be alone, but had he
made more than one wife for Adam
there would have been more trouble
than there was In the shade OF the
old apple tree. Greenyille Sun.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-12-20
Mayors Court.

Mayor Walker raped his court
Ito order early Monday morning,
Officer Brown had about half dozer
in line and the Mayor adjusted the
damages at from FIVE to seven fifty,
Plain drunks aud Sunday fights
we're the charges and the offences
were committed all the way from
Black Ankle to Baptistville.
The Mayor collected SIS and re-
cess was taken until Tuesday.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-12-20
rnsolvent Notice.

Having suggested the insolvency OF
the estate of r. A. Campbell, de-
ceased, all parties having claims
against said estate are hereby notified
to file the same duly authenticated
as the law directs on or before the
SECOND DAY OF JUNE, 1908,
NJ, the same will be forever barred ac-
cording TO law and equity.
G. G. CLoAR, Admr.
This the End day of Dec. 1907.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-12-20
cumberland Presbyterian church.

Regular services Sunday both
morning and evening. Let each and
every member make a small offer
ing for the cause of ministerial re-
lief and the help of widows aud or
phans OF preachers.
j. l.. HUDcINs.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-12-20

Notice to bank deposltors. We
take your checks or certificates fol
merchandise and save you 20 pei
cent on clothing and shoes. wv. G.
Claget & Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-30
Atlas and down to the very edge Of the
Sahara, the greatest desert on earth.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Existence in a Great City.

George Harvey in the North American Review.
We wonder If the people throughout the
country are glum as those who have
their being in the great city where it is our
misfortune to live. Here everybody-rich
man, poor man. beggarman-appears de-
pressed The thief alone. according to the
newspapers, is blithe and gay; all others
abide in an atmosphere. II not of gloom, at
least of meditation, tinctured with discon-
tent.
Everybody is cross-the merchant, be-
cause he Is obliged to transact more bust
ness upon a closer margin of profit; the
banker. because high rates for money dc
not counterbalance a sense of instability
the broker, because only the elect make
gains in a declining market: the manufac-
turer. because the greater cost of ma
terials and higher wages exceed the en-
HANGED value of his finished product; the
minister. because his flock is sinful and in
different to the needs of his family; the
directors of great industries, because
further expansion is estopped by capital
fright at official activities; women, be-
cause landlord. grocer and butcher absorb
the increase In income and more, leaving
less than ever for plumage and fine raj
ment, and so it goes throughout the list.
Statistics seem to demonstrate that we
are prosperous, but personal observation
contradicts the conclusion. Worthy chart
ties never required so much; yesterday we
were accosted by three beggars on a single
block: this morning come urgent appeals tC
save two families from being turned into
the street; willingness to work apparently
exceeds the opportunity.
Everybody Is Ill in body or mind. but
chiefly in the throat; the streets are filthy;
the air laden with germs of disease; none
speaks but to cough or sneeze or utter pro-
fame language; the hand of the dentist
trembles and lacerates the nerves: the ply
stefan cannot heal himself: there is nc
health in us.
The newspapers scold and scold and scold
There is no fun any moreno ray of relief
from the incessant clamor of rea! or fan
cied wrongs, no sign Of joyousness.
We wish the snow and slush would GO
away and the robins would hasten their
coming: we want to hear somebody laugh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-30

admitting such aliens we vastly increase
our number OF public charges. That the
physical and mental quality of the aliens
we are now receiving is much below that
of those who have come in former years
Is evident" says Commissioner General
Sargent. He recently instituted an investi-
CATION of the charitable institutions OF the
country. and actually found 10000 allen
paupers, including lunatics, In our public
institutions. besides 5,O,1 more In private
institutions. Then he found about 10000
alien criminals in our penal institutions.
making altogether a grand total Of 5000
aliens. all but 5000 of them supported at
public expense In addition lie found In
these institutions about 5000 naturalized
foreigners. New York state found to
be supporting u. 40 insane criminal and
pauper aliens; Pennsylvania. 300. Massa-
chusetts. $40. and Illinois. 1853 But the
most striking fact gathered by the COM
missioner general that while in the
United States there are seventy-ive clti-
zens to each allen there are in our insane
asylums and poorhouses only six citizens
to each alien.
Still another reform imposed by the new
law provides that any allen woman or girl
found to be living the life OF a prostitute
at any time within three years after enter
Ing the country shall be deported. This
provision will give the government a pow
erful weapon with which to attack the
white slave octopus, which has become
so formidable of late in New York and
other large cities.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-30
MAKES COWBOYS BOOTS.
Why the Plainsmen Want High and
Sharp-Pointed Heels.

From the Kansas City Star.
In O!athe, Kan. there is a factory which
makes 200 pairs of cowboy boots each
week. Each pair of these boots is made
to order. The company has a catalogue.
which 1t sends to the cattle ranches
throughout the southwest. 1t tells the cow
own feet. These are sent to the factory
and the boots made and sent out.
A cowboy boot Is in a distinct class by
itself. The leg must be decorated with
fancy lines and curves sewed into the
leather. and above everything else the heel
must be at least two inches high. must
curve Inward from the back and the bottom
of the heel must be very small
A cowboy takes especial pride In two
things-his hat and his boots He often
pays $50 for his hat. and the best OF the
ordinary shoemaker cannot make boots to
suit true cowboy: he cannot get the heels
right. and SO the cowboy sends away for
them and pays a big price and express
Charges besides.
All OF the work Is done by hand and some
of the shoemakers We're brought from Ger
many and England especially to work in
that factory.
Cowboys say they have high and sharp
pointed heels to their boots not because of
vanity and pride. but as matter of con-
venience. The high heels prevent the heels
from passing through the stirrups and they
are a so brace when on the ground roping
an animal As the steer pulls to get away
the cowboy sinks his sharp heels into the
sod and this prevents him from slipping
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-30

Sometimes he allows the kids to run with
their mothers. but in such cases he ties
50 that the baby kids cannot suck on the
sly. This might be used to cure cows Of
sucking themselves. as they sometimes do
tn our country.
The goats Of Algeria. as have already
said. are always grazed with the sheep.
| have yet to see one flock which did not
contain both animals. and have passed
millions as have travelled through Algeria.
The focks are always watched by shep-
acknowledgements. bare-footed men or
boys. who live out in the fields wish them.
On the edges of the desert there ere many
nouadic shepherds who live in tents, driy-
ing their sheep, goats and other stock from
place to place to find pasture.
Arabian Horses.
The horses Of Algeria are largely Of
Arabian stock. They are well made and
tough. and many of them are fine riding
animals, Some French horses have been
brought in for heavy draft. and those about
the wharves of the cities often have a
strain of Percheron or Norman. The draft
horses are usually worked single file, and
long team of five or six horses pulling a
load. harnessed up tandem. is not uncom-
mon. Sometimes they are harnessed three
abreast; team of seven will often have
two leaders tandem and behind them two
abreast. with three abreast next the wagon.
Every harness has bells on it. and the COM
mon draft horse wears a collar weighing
ten pounds or more, with a great leather
horn eight or ten inches high over Its
shoulders.
Algeria's Fine Roadways.
A large number OF horses are needed for
the stage lines which connect all parts Of
the country. Algeria has something like
three thousand miles of national roadway.
enough IL stretched out in one line to reach
from San Francisco to New York And
these roads are better than any we have
In the United States. They are as
smooth as asphalt. and are so laid
out that the slope Is everywhere along the
easiest possible lines. This enables the
hauling of big loads. and also of fast travel
by stage. The mails are taken to out-of-
the-way places in coaches and the natives
everywhere patronize this means of con-
veyance.
Indeed, 1 doubt whether these roads are
surpassed anywhere in the world. One
could easily travel all over Algeria In an
automobile. The French governor general
is now making a tour of that kind through
the Tell, and there are frequent automo-
bile excursions from Algiers into the wild
scenery of the Atlas mountains. l had an
automobiist offer to take me on his ma
chine through Grand Kabylia and thence
on down into the Desert of Sahara. to the
Oasis of Biskra, but did not go, as l
feared that We might break down on the
way and be left in the sands. These roads
were begun by the French as a military
necessity, and they are still kept up for the
army. Everywhere the troops go new
roads are being made, and they are now to
be made in the more settled parts of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-30
When African Bees Get Angry.
From the RhodesIa Herald.

From the RhodesIa Herald
The native bee would appear to exhaust
its entire stock of sweet nature In storing
up honey, and more spiteful little piece
Of natural history 1t would be hard to find.
A few days ago suburban dweller found
this out to his cost. A clumsy native upset
hive and Immediately the air was full
of winged anger. The native was wise and
cleared, but poor unfortunate goat and a
few pigs. quite innocent of the danger. lay
on the plot and were soon covered by the
Infatuated honey-ga therers
The result was that the goat died and
two pigs had to be killed. The rest OF the
pigs buried themselves I'm the mud of a
handy stream. but 1t was a few days before
they recovered from the furious onslaught.
Four fowls We're also killed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-30
The Billiard Cue.
From the London Chronicle.

Concerning the billiard cue and the old
fashioned billiard mace" or billiard
mast" as Cowper wrote the word, 1t may
be noted that the original French term for
the instrument of the game was ''masse"
or billiard" Queue" according to Littre,
was at first the name of the tapering
tall or striking end of the less clumsy
stick that subsequently rose into favor, and
eventually came to mean that stick itself
Queue in the sense of the tail of a wig.
used sometimes to be written cue in
English: but we reserve the French spelling
now for this and for the tail of people at a
theater door, giving the English to the bill
lard stick and to the actors 'cue''-if that
also represents tail" the tail of the pre-
ceding speech. But, as the actors cue
used to be written %" or 'qu.." it has
been thought to represent the Latin
"quando' (when).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-30
W ords and Stones.
From the London II. A. p.

TONI the I-UhuUn IT. A. r.
Some years ago George Meredith had a
house built for himself which was rather
small, although extremely comfortable. One
day lady visited him, and with great
pride he showed her over the place After
their tour of inspection the visitor turned
to her host. and with a disappointed ex-
preston said: I'm your books you describe
huge castles and baronial halls but when
you come to build you put up little house
like this. Why Is it?" Well" replied the
author, with a twinkle in his eye, the
reason is because words are cheaper than
stones"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-30
"The Invalid Crawl"
Philadelphia Telegraph.

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
Alas! Somebody In England with nothing
better to do has invented new walk and
1t is being taken up here At the start OF
practice girl must tie weights to the bot
tom of her skirt. In walking she must ap-
pear to be so weary that she scarcely can
drag one foot after another Her steps
must be long and creepy. without the
slightest hint of energy. Thus walks Queen
Alexandra, who adds a slight limp as she
has been lame since infancy. 1t is limited
the languid movements were designed to
hide that defect. Gowns must be of stuff
that gives a clinging effect; then the slow
long step. with bending of the neck al
every stride, will be the most effective
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-30
A Perfect Cure.

From PICK Me-Cp.
Mrs. Haigh-"Did that idea of putting
whisky in your husbands tea to cure him
of drink succeed?'
Mrs. Beigh-'Oh. WELL he hasn't touched
a drop since"
Mrs. Haigh-"Of whiskyr"
Mrs. Beigh-"No. or tea"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-30

carry one bag Of wheat at q load. and
thousands of bushels are thus transported
The bag rests on the little animals back
without being fastened and the donkey
moves along without bride or halter. Its
Arab master following behind.
They Work for Twenty Cents q Day.
The most Of the labor here is done by
the Kabyies. The Arabs and Moors are
lazy, but these white Africans. who are Of
our race. like the almighty dollar quite as
we'll as their American cousins. and Will
work for it. 1 see them everywhere; in the
grain fields, in the vineyards and In the
orchards and gardens.
They are employed by the French farm
ers and come down in gangs from their
homes in the Atlas mountains to aid in the
harvest At such times they live In little
straw shacks which are built for the pur-
pose They cook their own food on nres
out of doors and sleep on the ground. Their
pay is from 20 to 40 cents day, without
food or from Sc to $40 per month. The
European farm laberers are paid from %
to 50 cents a day. or $40 month and
found At the time of the grape harvest
they get more.
Wine at Two Cents a Quart.
The vineyards Of the Tell are quite as inn
portant as the grain fields. This Is one or
the best wine-growins countries or the
world: 1t Is now producing so many
grapes that they are a drug In the market
Good wine can now be bought for about
cents a quart bottle. and it Is cheaper thah
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-30

buildings and few barns: the cattle can be
pastured all the year round. and there is no
need of stables L have seen no hayStacks
since | came into the country. although /
observed some alfalfa fields near Tlemcen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-30
Bar to All Degenerates.

1t Is to keep these degenerates out that
the law gives the examiners far greater
scope than ever before for refusing en-
trance. The degenerate himself Is not only
unlikely to become a desirable citizen but
1t Is very likely that he will transmit his
undesirable qualities to his offspring By
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-29
ALMANIAcH De GOTTA.
History of This Old and World Fae
n. nous InktifutiOn. s

History of This Old ana world Fae
nous InstitutiOD.
The Almanacil de Gotlla is more than
an almanac. It is an institution
Brayely arrayed in red and gold, It lies
on the table Of every diplomatist. is In
constant request In the newspaper Of
fees Of all countries and makes a wider
and more internati onal appeal than any
other annual OF reference in the world.
1t is to Europe what Burke and De-
brett and the other peerages are TO the
British isles, and 1t is also the lineal:
ancestor aud model of such topical en-
cyclopedias as our Whitaker, our Fla
zell and our Statesman's Yearbook.
A political and social history OF the
world for the last $50 years could
be written from Its back numbers IL
these were readily accessible to stu
dents. But they are not. The Alma
mach de Gotha began to appear In
1853, but the purchasers did not file it
for reference. The earliest numbers in
the British museum are those for TIA
and 1888, and a complete set can be
consulted nowhere except in the edito-
rial Office In Friedrich's Alice in the
little Thuringian capital Probably not
one in ten thousand Of those who cur
rently use the almanac has any knowl-
edge of its Interesting history.
1t had Of course its predecessors.
The photographers Of almanacs are
ponderous tones. and the middle OF
the eighteenth century was the golden
age Of this kind of literature. In Paris
alone as many as seventy -three alma
macs We're published in the year 1760.
including a royal almanac, an almanac
for merchants. an almanac for Free
masons. an almanac of beasts. an al
manac of badinage. etc. The city of
Gotha itself had its own almanac from
q still earlier date in the shape Of an
Improved Gotha genealogical and
writing calend lar" the origin Of which
is lost in the mist of antiquity, though
a copy dated l74O survives. Francis
Gribble In Scribner's.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-29
The Crowning blow.

Mothers and nurses have devised
and Invented many ways Of procuring
obedience and correct behavior from
their little charges" said park police
man. saThe familiar sbogy man is still
employed, but the times change and
the people with them. The last fine
day, when the park was filed with
mothers and nurses, I heard new
way Of appealing to the love or fear of
a child. "A stylishly dressed young wo-
man leading an irrepressible youngster,
after making all sorts of threats and
promises without effect, said, Child,
child, you give me wrinkles under my
eyesr New York Press.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-29
ChfIdren and Y,ogs.

The child who Is taught to love AMI
mails and to have q dog as companion
is introduced to a friend Of the truest
and best kind the kind of friendship
that lasts. Have you never had q dog?
Then You don't know what pleasure
can be had In his companionship in
rambles, in his quiet presence il your
room, his unobtrusiyeness when human
company would bore you; "a t'chum''
who always adapts himself to your
mood when man or woman would jar
upon you. By all means cultivate In
children love of animals, especially,
OF mans best friend the dog. New
York Herald.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-29
TO Cure a Bad Habit.

& A way to cure bad habit is thus
explained by the Rev. Samuel McComb
in the New York World: If you have
q habit you wish to get rid Of put your
mind upon it after going to bed. Re
solve to discard that habit at the mo-
ment you are iapsing from semicon-
3sciousness into complete unconscious
ness. Repeat the operation several
nights, several weeks If necessary, and
cure will follow, provided that the day
after the first night the experiment is
started you obey the impulse that will
come on you to avoid the accustomed
habit.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-29
"a FEAT or MEMORY.
Znngwill's knowledge OF the Fnmous
Trials Of History.

Znngwill's knowledge OF the lannon's
Trials of History.
As an indication of the quality of
ZangWill's mental processes | may re-
late an incident that occurred while
we were producing The Children Of
the Ghetto. 2 Mr.. Zangwill was seated
in my Office. and we were going over
some of the details of the play. It was
the day that Labofi, intimately con-
nected with the Dreyfus case in Paris
was assassinated. Knowing that Fang
will had intimate knowledge of the
case, a New York newspaper sent a
representative up to see him. The re-
porter entered and after conveying the
news said 81
Mr. Zangwill we want from you a
history of all the famous trials you can
call to mind for our paper.
Indeed? ~ said Mr.. ZangWill. II
think can prepare that for you. Come
to see me in three or four days, and
viii have it ready !"
We want 1t now objected the
newspaper man. Eve want to print ii
/ III OtI paper tOluOEIOW SAuOAAlAAAe5.$FS
But you surely don't expect me to
quote you dates and facts out Of my
mind on the spur Of the moment, do
your" asked Mr.. ZangWill in astonish-
ment. Such thing is out of reason"
I'm sorry, but It's the only way we
can make use OF II" replied the news
paper man firmly. Mr.. Zangwill thought
a moment and then asked IL he could
have my stenographer for 9 short time.
He was called in, and ZangWill die
tated to him then and there two col
umn resume of all the famous trials Of
history, from Savonarola down, and
quoted every important date and his
torical feature connected with each.
From tIsrael Zangwiil," by George @.
Tyler, in Bohemian.