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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-02-28

Misses Efie and Lee Ashton, of
Columbia, are in the city guests at
the home Of their aunt, Mrs. S. w.
Goodwin.
Mrs. VIM. Murphy, of st. Louis,
arrived in the city Wednesday and
will spend some time with relatives
and friends,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-02-28
Truck Growers.

We can supply you with oak tomato
sticks cheaper that you can cut them
in the wood. Give in your orders early,
as supply is limited.
AsKINS & DIRCKS LUMBER Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-02-28

5000 rolls wall paper at Bell Fur
niture Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-02-28

c. B. Jones, one Of our good
CRYSTAL friends, was business Wis
itor here Monday.
John B. Gordon Chapter, U.D.C.,
will meet with Mrs. John O'Donnell
next Thursday, April 2.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-02-28

Best cured dried beef-fne and
fresh, at w. e. Walters.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-02-28

Star Tablet Sc at Preston Pig.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-02-28

1000 rolls wall paper at Bell Fur
iture Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-02-28

Mr.. B. F. Haguewood, ST., OF
Dyersburg, was here Friday en-
route to Rutherford.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-02-28

Mrs. Sallie Inman, of Louisiana,
has been the guest of Mrs. Robt'
Joyner the past week.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-02-28

New linoleum and floor oilcloth,
lowest prices, at Bell Furniture Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-02-28

Mrs. Horner, of Texas, is in the
city visiting the family OF her son,
Fl. B. Horner.
Mrs. Eva Cheatham, of Shady
Grove vicinity, was in town shop
ping Tuesday.
d. N. Walker returned Saturday
from two weeks stay on the coast,
near Mobile.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-02-28

Wallace is making stamp pic
lures.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-02-28


Mrs. r M. Woody and son, MUIR
ray, are boarding with Mrs. S. w.
Goodwin.
Mr.. S. A. Rodgers went to Mem
phis this week with car load Of
mules.
J.C. Burdick was in town when
the trouble began-at the Nashville
convention.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-02-28

T. F. Wood, friend of this pa
per from the vicinity of Harris, was
in town Saturday.
Mrs. Joe Mailing, of Cayce, KY
was the guest of Mrs. r. Green
Friday and Saturday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-24
= is the confluence of Thrughbridge with !

is the confluence of Thrughbridge water with
Bradford bridge is miles lower
Bath Bridge of V fair arches a V miles lower.
Bristow bridge a 10 miles lower -o
| trajoetus by bot@ wheI was a chapee Of s Anne
| and heere was great pilerimage to S anne
and at the end Of that is hosptale OF the Hinges
AS tlIrnd NJ at tins streat end toward Thrugh-
bridg Their was a quarre OF fair stone on the night
From Rradeford to Thorough bridge. about 2
miles by good corne, pasture and wood -. .
entered into the towne by a stone bridge Of
arches.
wei builded Of stone and forisith by drapery-
Of late tvmes James Terumber, very rich
and gave il at ms deth with other andes to the
fnding Of cantuarle prestes yn Through bridge
Old RayIie huildd also of late YIN this town, he
The chirch OF Through bridge lightsum and
One MoIires IS larson Their a man welle Iernid.
And so the musty pages on forever, bah
bling about arched bridges, highways, tavern
keepers, immortal lords market places, gar
goyles Iaces, libraries, butchers Roman coins
tombstones, taxes, wine cellars, bishops, fishing
pools wheat fields-rnore things and more di-
verse than all the amblng brooks Of Merry Eng
land ever dubbed past. And the marvel OF it all
is that the plodding registrar seems never to
have been bored but always has eyes open to the
soft charms Of hill and woodland. and ears quick
10 catch the pleasant lvelier sounds of market
place and feudal banquet hall The Itinerary,
filed with hints of landscape beauties archl-
tectural grandeurs and pleasant acquaintance
ships suggests that, if its author had used an
automobile and private secretary, thus sparins
his strength Cor better things, the book would
have been more nearly like Childe Harold than
Raedeker To the editor, Miss Smith, credit is
due for many patient corrections of Le'ands
w9lyward spelling and Iapses of memory, as well
as for the Identification of villages anu see mes
whose old names now generally unknown.
Being intended naturally for scholars, this edi-
ton preserves the original spelling and is en-
riched with a valuable appendix containing, for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-24

over the gertrude with which the modern chron-
iCler impaired the most minute information
about the location of duck ponds, the occupants
Of farm houses or the direction and breadth of
country lanes? Have not the precise accounts
OF the hsmlets through which the fleeing trait
or's coach sped and the taverns where the
Kings secret messenger tarried awakened the
suspicion that the historian was inviting belief
By INDUCING in a little fictitious accuracy? If
voll have ever shared this natural distrust tow
arG the historians of England, you must have
been q stranger to John Leland clerk, poet and
toTographer to King Henry VIII Lack of &C
simultaneously in this case cannot blemlsh your
reputatiun as a student OF English literature
OF English history for Leland and his writings
are no more a part Of either Of these domains
than the reports Of the United States Geological
Survey arc. And yet the Itinerary of this cid
English painstaker is worth knowing about, If
ONLY because Of the light it throws upon the
possibilities Of historical accuracy. 1t is worthy
Of serious inspection-not Of reading though
bv every student of Merry England; for its
naces are laden with just that sort Of miscella-
neous. trivial, nicroscopical information which
furnishes the searcher with copious fragments
for his mosaic memory picture Of a long van
isheG age
The Itinerary is not to ie judged as a guide
hook nor as a scientific work on English topoS-
rauly II is simply a fairly wen ordertd dr'tit
Of the notes which Leland jotted down during
tbe six long years in which he wandered, afoot'
~, horse and in chaise, to and fro over the hills
~ 4,r~1an6 and Wales. Had its author lived
70 rulfl his wishes the disjointed clutter Of
which the work is now composed would have
hae,a worked up into a smoothly reading, CO.
bcrent description of THE Laborfouse Journey
md Sercbe of Johan Leylande for Engiandes
Antioui;ees" But the journey and search
nroved too laborious for poor Leland The sreat
hook which was to have been written IN honor
of his patron, Henry VIII proved too prodlgl"ns
IN undertaking for a lone man with conscience
for eyac.itude. -Four years after ms traVeis
the topographer was stiH Struggling 10 s"it
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-24

ana dress his notes while discharging routine
outles as London rector; and about this time
the unhappy mans wits went lost In this
iabyrlnth OF his own making. His notes were
passed on to a long line of geographars and
writers of guidebooks who, by sheer force Of
time and numbers. have subjugated them and
thereby made happy a host eff historians anti
quaries and noveIists
AS we scan the Itinerary we are filed with
wonder over the endurance Of a man who could
defer insanity ten years while engaged in the
sort of geographical and literary labors which
Leland undertook The well known hardships
endured perforce by travellers in the sixteenth
century make Leland's meanderings a heroic
adventure, in spite of its unromantic motive and
results The unfagging serupulousness of the
topoSrapher ended in the accumulation Of a
dazing hodge podge Of petty detail whose re-
vision would have taxed the resources of a dozen
modern compilers. The Itinerary is about
one thousand times as long the following ex-
cerpt from it and of the same milling nature
throughout; It's value and the sad fate of its
author both made visible In these lines.
which jottngs made in Wiltshire:
Rhe bridge about a mile and half lower.
About a miles lower is Stavertun bridge. wher
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-24
NETWORK TRIBUNE SUNDAY MAY q 1903

ny supernatural influences. They accordingly
proposed to sacrifice him to the honor of God.
aho were proceeding to carry out the proposal
"hen' fortunately for the artist, the parish
priest hearing this clamor, put In an appear
ahce- AS he happened to possess some knowI-
eoge OF painting, he duly used his authority with
ms suIersttous parishioners TO secure the paint
q freedom. In the main he lived quiet life.
''lo' SO lar as the scant documents allow US to
ieooiisutute his personality, he was in himself a
scie III no wise remarkable. Yet, we repeat.
We are glad to have book about him. His art
is too good for the history of the man IN he
neglected.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-24
LEL4ND,S "ITINER4RY."
An annotated Edition of the Grand
father of Guide Books.

THE ITINERARY OF JOHN LELAND IN OR
ABOUT THE YEARS l535-l543 Edited nv
Lucy Toulmin Smith. In two volumes DC
faNo, PIP S25 1872 The Macmillan Company
While reading history of olden times
what reader has not marvelled at least once
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-24

the most part in the original Latin n score -
more Of extracts from ancient chronicles and
senealogies gathered by Leland for later incor-
poration in his never-to- be finished masterpiece
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-24

The Variorum Edition of Shakespeare which
Dr Furness undertook some years ago, and
which he has made of such deep interest to stu
dents OF the poet moves steadily toward COM
pletlon. 1t seems only the other day that the
hfteenth volume, devoted to Antony and Cleo
patra. was being welcomed in these columns and
now the Lippincotts announce the sixteenth vol
ume This, edited by Horace Howard Furness.
Jr, VIII be given to ''The Tragedy OF Richard
Ill"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-24

Longmans, Green & Co. announce transla-
ton of THE InquisitiO1,' the book of the Able
Vacandard. in which attempt is made to
discuss with absolute impartiality the origin and
development of the cOcrcive power Of the Cath
Ole Church in matters of faith. The author iS
said to have abandoned as useless the Old TIC
QGUqGe argument of many Catholic apOogiStS.
viewing the Inquisition solely from objective
standpoint. He aims TO set forth the facts
clearly and honestly holding with Cardinal
Newman that the cause of the Church is helped
more H. frankly facing unpleaS SAINT facts of
Church history than by vainly attempting to
suppress them. 1t will be interesting to see how
far his opinions harmonic with those of our
own brilliant scholar, DIR. Lea. whose writings
on the Inquisition in Spain have long been ac-
cepted as ella sSiCal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-24

The next addition to the ''Story of the Ma
tions' series. which the PutnaWs publish. will
be a work on The Roman Empire" The author
is Mi H Stuart Jones, formerly director of the
British School at Rome
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-24

Or Kalischer's edition of the letters of Bee
thoven has been translated by Mr.. j. s. ShedlOck.
This new version will soon appear, with the
German notes condensed and some new editorial
machinery provided by the translator
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-16


At certain seasons Ia some parts OF
India II Is the duty of every devout
person to eat special sort OF confec-
tionery. Every confectloner In Octo'
Der. for instance. has a pole about six
feet high at his door. and TO this is
nailed a great hook about Il foot long
and thick in proportion. ON one side
OF this IS brisk fire. with huge
earthen pan on It. Before the pan n
man may be seen sitting. for nobody
stands when he can SIT, with kind oil
wooden ladle, and withithis he briskly
stirs quantity OF bnbbllng. black
looking sugar till II becomes quite
tough. He then scrapes 1t together
and puts IL on a piece OF board TO cool
little. and then. getting mp AMI dex-
terously throwing II on the large hook.
he begins 20 pull out the tough sub
stance. He draws II out TO the length
OF four or five feet at a time and throws
II back and elongates 1t again. and so
he manipulates IT till the mass becomes
as white as snow. This composition so
treated is manufactured In all sorts OF
sacred forms-hgures OF little idols and
gods-and Is eagerly bought for CON
sumption. Magazine.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-16
Iiftla Grant Men.

A Chinese who had long studied the
works Of Confucius. who knew the
characters Of l4.O0C words aud could
read great part OF every book that
came IN his way once took 1t into his
head to travel into Europe. Upon bis
arrival at Amsterdam his passion for
letters naturally led him TO book
sellers shop, aud as lie could speak a
little Dutch he elvilly asked the book
seller for tue works OF the immortal
Xixofou. The bookseller assured him
he had never heard the book mention
cd before. Alas" cried our traveller,
ito what purpose, then, has he tasted
to death TO gain, renown which has
never travelled beyond the precincts OF
Chinaf' There IL scarce village In
Europe and not Que university that Is
not thus furnished with its little great
men.-Oliver Goldsmith.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-16
= II. Lunt, Auctioneer.

by VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
- made by Mary Anne NeCuen, bearing
tate on the l4th day Of July. 1906. and OF
record in the land records Of the city OF Alex
andra, Va, in deed book 10. IS, page i04,
and at the request Of the party thereby
secured, default having been msde' in the
payment Of the said deed of trust according
to It's terms, the undersigned trustees will
offer for slle on
SATURDAY, the 2Sth day Of March, 1908.
at ~ o'clock M, in front of the Royal street
entrance to the Market Building, all that lot
Of ground with the buildings and improve
ments thereon in the said city Of Alexandria.
Va, bounded as follows, TO wit:
Beginning at The intersection Of the north
side Of Queen street with the east side Of Co
lumbus street and running thence east ON
Queen street eighteen (l6) feet, five (5)
inches more or less, to the line of the
Friends Burial Ground;" thence north par.
alltl to Columbus street eighty-six 1867 feet,
sewn ~ inches; thence west in direct line
eighteen (lS) f ct, five (5) inches to Column
US street. and tberce south on Columbus
street tighty-six 1861 fret, seven ~ inches
to the beginning. with all appurtenances
Terms Ofsale: Cash. All costs of conyeyan-
cling at the expense Of the purchaser.
JOHN n. NORNOYLE,
HENRY BLADDER,
z. II. BRADSHAW,
oarII III Trtisfeea
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-16
Ink Erore on the Pen.


The winter Of 1884 in Europe still
holds It's place as one Of the most Sc
we're and remarkable on record. SO
tremendous was the cold that trees
split asunder with deafening reports
The strangest sight of all was on the
Thames. Here on more than a foot
thickness Of Ice thor0ughgolng town
OF streets was erected. There were
taIlors' shops. butchers shops. tobac-
consists, printers and, indeed, many 9th
er businesses all being carried on As II
they had stood there for years.
Writing anywhere but near large
IRE was Impossible. as the Ink froze IN
pot aud on the pen. whole barrels OF
liquids were frozen solid and wine was
sold in one pound blocks. New bread
OIL being taken out OF the oven would
Immediately stiflen and become solid.
There were hundreds OF deaths from
the cold. and throughout the frost the
poor suffered miserably. - Pearson
Weekly
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-16
His Apprenticeship.

yes" said Mr.. Pater. with III con
cealed pride. my youngest boy makes
some smart remarks at times. Only re
Gently lie asked me what it meant TO
be an apprentice. told him that II
meant the binding Of one person TO an
other by agreement and that one per
son so bound had to teach the other all
he could Of his trade or profession.
while the other had to watch aud learn
how things were done and had TO make
himself useful In every way possible
what did he say to that;" asked one
of the audience.
"Why, after few minutes the young
rascal looked up at me and said. Then
suppose you're apprenticed to mother,
aren't you, dad? "-London Answers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-16
alexandria 6azettt.
MONDAY EVENING. MAR. IS. 1908.


''The following letter" said travel
ing man, was received by friend OF
mine who was drumming up trade In
New England for a New York necktle
house:
owe have received your letter with
expense account. What we want Is or
ders. We have big families to make
expenses for US. We ind in your ex-
pense account 80 cents for billiards.
Please don't buy any more billiards;
also we see SOB for horse aud buggy.
Where Is the horse, and what did you
do with the buggy? The rest OF your
expense account is nothing but bed.
why is it you don't ride more In the
nighttime?
"John says you should stop in Bos-
ton. where his cousin George Moore
lives. John says you should sell Moore
a good bill. Give good prices-he Is
Johns cousin. Sell him mostly for
cash; also John says you can leave
Boston at 11:45 in the night and get to
Concord at 4;35 In the morning. DO
this and you won't need any bed. And,
remember, what we want is orders"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-16
indifferent.

IT can't give you an opinion on that
question" the statesman replied, "be-
cause IT'S a question pay no attention
to. | am Indifferent to it-as indlffer-
ent as the swoodsman's wife.
That lady. you know, looked on while
her husband had a fierce hand to hand
tussle with a bear, and afterward she
said ii was the only fight she ever
saw where she didn't care who won -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-16
rradina "a Fine Art.

A grocery store in Nelson, Lanca-
shire. was managed by \ Golfers wife.
One night the good woman was COM
PEELED to leave the shop for a short
time In charge OF her husband, giving
him full instructions how 10 act and
especially eauuoning him that In the
event of a customer presenting a jar
or pot and asking for treacle. jam or
pickles he must be sure and weigh
tn pot"
Full Of confidence, the collier INSTALL
ed himself behind the counter In
short time u lad ran into the shop and
piped out:
al want two pound O. pickles fur mi
faythur and here's tn pot"
The good man carefully weighed the
pot and exclaimed:
"Nay, lad, tn pot weighs enough
bowt pickles, but I'll 81 thi one or two
anyway."-Llverpool Mercury.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-16
S. Il. Lunt, Auetioneer.

y. II. j.unt, AuHIlOneeT.
RY VIR UE OF A DEED OF TRUST
~ made by Mary Louise Rsbe, bearing date
Oh the 3 day Of June. 1897 and recorded in
the land records Of the city Of Alexandra,
Va, 10 ceed book No. Sc, page IL, default
haviog heen male in the payment Of the
deed OF trust according to its terms, and he.
ing thereun'o requested, the undersigned
trustees will offer for ssle at public auction on
SATURDAY,
the 2Sth day OF March, 1908, at ~ o'clock NJ,
in front Of the Royal street entrance TO the
Market building, the following described
property in The said city Of Alexandris, Va,
bounded as follows. to Wit
LIST. Beginnii < on the west de # Pi,pe
street l76 feet, inches north Of DnL+S rec,
and running thence north on PAYNE rect 10
feat, more or les. to Dudley'> line, thence
west parallel TO Duke street l23 feet, 8 inches.
thence south parallel TO Payne street 10 feet
more or less. an thence east ia direct line
l.3 feet, ; inches to the beginning, with all
appur!tnsnces.
Ind. All that lot beginning at the south
line Of the above described lot and running
thence south on Payne street 80 feet more or
less, to the north line Of the LIT eonv. yed bS
+. c, Atwell aud wife 10 T.. @. Atwell;then 2
west parallel to Duke street lbs feet. 5 inches;
thence north parallel to Payne street 30 fel
the length OF the first a aud thence etst ~
direct line % feet, 8 IN hes to the leg n
ming, with sill appurtenanc's
Terms Of sale Cash. All C SITS Of convey
anciDg at the exp nsa Of The puIchsse-.
JOHN ID NORMOILE,
HENRY RAADFR.
Z. n. BRADSHAW,
marii I'd Trustees.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-16
The First American Duel.

In the year 1880 occurred the first
duel known to have taken place on
American soil The principals. Edward
Doty and Edward Leister, were serY'
ants of Mr.. Hopkins, one OF the New
England colOnlsts. The men had quar-
relied over some trifiing matter aud re-
sorted TO the field for its settlement
The affair was stopped by the authorl-
ties. but not before one had been
wounded In the thigh and the other In
the hand. There was no law covering
such matters, but the governor OF the
province decided that the men should
be punished nevertheless. Al his or
ders they were sent to have their heads
and feet tied together and lie In that
condition twenty-four hours without
food or drink They suffered so much.
however that they were released at
the end OF an hour,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-16
First American Play.

The hrst play written by an Amer
can produced In this country. according
to the Philadelphia Public Ledger was
the tragedy. The Prince OF Parihia.
by Thomas Godfrey, which was
brought out at the Southwark theater
In the Quaker City in April. 1867. by
Lewis HaIlam's company. tue FIRST or
ganization OF players to visit Phila-
delphla. Godfrew was an ambitious
young poet. who died at an early age.
His play was above mediocrity and an
important part Of the volume OF his
works published In 1868.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-16
Washington, Alexandria Il
Mt. Vernon Railway.
LEAVE ALEXANDRIA.

For Washington, from corner Prince and
Royal streets. week days, at 645. 10. GO
6S5, 645, 7O0,| 40. 100, 7S5. $50, 500.
Sl p % S2 Sc 20 $50 s 81 ssO sS
M, IL 10, IL %, IL 30, IL so, 10, rs. 80.
50, 2 10, rs, 80, 3 so. 3lO, 3 rs, 3 20. 4 90,
4 20, 4 80, 435. 4 SO, 5 10, 8 20, 6S5, 8 %.
500, 6 Is, 6 80. 8 so, 10. 4 80. s %. 3 30.
900, $50, 10 90, 10 80, IL 10 and IL SOP. m.
Sundays-700. $40. Is, 900. $50, 10 10
10 45, IL 10 and IL 40 q. ~, IL Is, IL 10, 90,
/ 20, 1 40, Q 90, 2 20. Q 40, 500, 80, $40. 40G.
4 90, 40, 5 90, 5 20. 40, 90. 6 20. 40. 7 W.
720, 740. 90, $50. 900. $50. 1000. 1880
and II 10 pm.
BOR MOUNT VERNON.
Leave Alexandria for Mount Vernon, week
lays, s 40, 652, 832, 10 rs, IL 26 q. M, II SO,
IS, 225. SS2. 4S6, 5S5. 705 and $40
y. m.
Sundays-7 90, Q S2, 10 Al, II 40 q. M. ~ 10
~, 40. 3 40, Az, 05, 8 46 and 10 ID .. M
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-16
Herbert Spencer and tn. puddI.s.

On no one occasion was Herbert
Spencer known to ride when going TO
a dinner, yet so carefully did he guard
himself against the chance of solling
his dress shoes that he habitually car
ried bundle Of old newspapers under
his arm. These were for the purpose
Of being dropped, one by one, into each
mud puddle he might encounter Oh
crossing the street. By the time he
reached his destination the store of pa
pers was exhausted Muddy shoes on
the return walk did not matter to him
In the least.-LondOn Caterer.