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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-12-30
FaIIacles About Paper.

Chinese rice paper, said Lord Redes-
dale in his address before the Royal
Photographic society, had no rice
whatever in its composition. That
curiously brittle, pure white material
used for the marvellous drawings Of
Chinese artists was manufactured from
the pith of a tree peculiar to Formosa
His lordship also stated that the
first paper was never made of raw cot
ton. The Chinese did not use it, and
history began with the making of rag
paper, both in Arabia more than ten
centuries ago, and also in Europe when
the Crusaders, having brought the in
dustry westward, the first paper manu-
factory was established in the last
years of the thirteenth century.-West-
minister Gazette.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-12-30
NO USE FOR WALKING STICK
Average American, in Hustle Of Life,
Has No Time for Unneces-
sary Cargo.

Now that we are reminded Of It. we
realize that the great American peo-
pie are seldom seen to possesu d
walking stick. Its a small thing
whites an essayist in a morning paper.
The absence of the walking stick but
It belongs to the American motto,
never, in the hustle of life, carry I'M
necessary cargo"
The idea is, of course, fantastic
with the fantasy of transporting COM
mon sense. The hustle of life surely
extends to travel in the case of ra-
ton which would consider itself de-
graded II It spent longer than a week
In a complete journey through Eur
ope; and when Americans travel they
are the last to deny themselves the
luxury Of an extra bit Of luggage be-
cause II happens to be unnecessary.
1t is common knowledge that they go
on loading the liner with trunks until
the comPany's officials say STOP" If
only to collect so many more steam
ship and hotel labels to add to their
already bloated store of these
trophies.
No. The walking stick is matter
purely Of personal choice. Most
Americans chance to feel no need for
a walking stick whereas we do. That
is how the thing stands. When it
comes to a walking stick the world
must be considered individually. The
physical weakling is quite likely to
have taste for gigantic club; the
enormously powerful man who snaps
his Sandow developer before break
fass as though it were a piece of cot
ton may select for a walking stick the
thinnest shred of malacca that money
can buy.-London Globe.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-12-30
Tournament on Sea Horses.

Rumor has often told us of sea
horses, but with amused incredulity
we have always waved the tales aside.
Faith is. however, no longer called
upon, for in the water of Huntington
bay, on the north shore of Long is
land, actual sea horses are daily ca.
pering In highly spectacular water
sports, even in quaint revival of the
ancient tournament The strange
beasts have been brought to us from
France and are ingeniously composed
of barrel, weighted on one side
which is under water, and decorated
with an expressive head and an ag.
gressive tail. AS soon as one mounts
upon the rotund back of one of these
beasts it shows its temper, for, al
though tame and mild enough when
grazing among the waves by them
selves, they are fiends incarnate as
soon as one attempts to throw a leg
over them. They kick and buck in
manner which would appall "a Buffalo
Bill himself
One of the daily features of the
beach at Huntington is a tournament
In which armed knights, each astride
of a prancing sea horse, face each
other for battle royal, The riders are
equipped with long lances, we'll wadded
at the end with "stuffing" With there
the knights paddle their course to
each other, and then with lances
poised the battle begins.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-12-30
Her Description of Flying.

The Countess La Bragiere, sister OF
Count de Lesseps, who made the
second cross-country fight in the
Halethorpe meet, has been up in the
air with her brother several times,
says the Baltimore News. This she did
at the Belmont park meet, and would
have done the same thing here had
not the storm interfered with her
plans as we'll as with the meet She
was compelled to leave Baltimore for
her home In France without seeing
her brother fly the Halethorpe courses
TITS just lovely and foolish and
wonderful, this flying" she said. My
brother never seems to mind me
when l am up in the air with him. He
looks after his biplane and look aft
err myself. There is no interference
on my part
"Oh, no, really l am not afraid when
am with him. But / don't think l
would care to fly alone. | have no
ambition to become real. accredited
aviator, even though | do like to go
nm in the air. l mean this expression
literally not as you Americans fire.
Quently use 1t.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-12-30
10 aleHT TO scofF


No. brother men have not always
been so Indifferent to dress as they
are today Their raiment. as com.
pared with the darnfoolishness OF
woman. hasn't always been above re
preach
Consider. if you will. the days when
our respected forefathers would draw
on their layender-colored pants with
a shoe horn, using a little slippery
powder. maybe, to help things along,
until people looked at their feet and
wondered if the pants hadn't heen
sewed up after the feet got through,
Consider their tight boots-made so
tight that they caused the most ex-
circulating agony. And remember that
the handles of that day would care
fully polish these burning, blazing
pinching, agonizing boots and then
step carefully with the toes in a mud
puddle so that the mud drying on the
lower part would make the feet seem
small. o, yes. they did it. And of
course you know that bootjack
wasn't used merely because the boots
might soil the hands. but because no
body had invented a stump-puller in
those days and applied 1t to the re-
moval of tight boots.
And remember the beIl-crowned
hats, and the dingbats and jimcracks
they hung on their watch fobs. And
the fancy waistcoats and the frilled
shirts
And going even further back, con-
slider what historical drawings give US
of information as to ancient dress
the knee breeches with gorgeous
rosettes-the brilliant buckles on the
shoes-the cream-colored cloaks with
mauve satin Innings. And the white
silk stockings that the excelsior
would show through. Think of the
bepowdered and becurled wigs when
you rave at rats on women's heads
and repent of your scoffing words.
Face powder? Perfumes and scents?
Sure they had EN- Patches on their
complexion-yes and rouge They
sure were pretty men those days.
And going back to the Indian
think of his war paint. of his gaudy
blanket, his stained arrows, his paint
ed pony, his bear-oiled hair and his
colored feathers.
But what's the use? He's not SO
pretty now Only he really hadn't |
oughter scoff so much at hobble skirts
and peach-basket hats and Chinese
hair switches and things. He really
hadn't oughter.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-12-30
INTRODUCTION ANNOYED HER

There is a little East End girl, still
under SIX who reaches the limit in the
matter of sensitiveness. Likewise,
she has her points in respect to dead
gameness. She was taken out to Lake.
wood about a week ago to spend a
few days with her aunt. The little
Miss played around in front of her
aunt's place for awhile. Then her
aunt let playful young terrier into
the yard, saying to the child:
This is your little four-footed cou-
sin"
Five minutes later the aunt returned
to the front yard to call the kid into
the house, but she wasn't anywhere
to be seen. The fox terrier was play
ing alone. There was a scrambling
hunt for the child, and all kinds of
alarm, but the little girl didn't turn
up. The aunt hustled to town. The
little girl was home with her mother.
She had walked right to the car for
town as soon as the fox terrier pup
was presented to her.
why didn't you stay at aunty's?"
her mother asked her in surprise.
"She introduced me to a dog!" re-
piled the naughty little person.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-12-30
TROUT FISHING AT NIGHT


You are to know there is night as
well as day fishing for a trout; and
that in the night the best trouts come
out of their holds And the manner of
taking them is on the top of the water
with a great lob or garden worm, or
rather two, which you are to fish with
in a stream where the waters run
somewhat quietly, for in a stream the
bait will not be so well discerned l
say In quiet or dead place, near to
some swift, there draw your bait over
the top of the water, to and fro. and
If there be a good trout in the hole,
he will take it, especially If the night
be dark, for then he is bold, and lies
near the top of the water, watching
the motion of any frog or water rat,
or mouse, that swims betwixt him and
the sky; these he hunts after If he
sees the water but wrinkle or move in
one of these dead holes, where these
great old trouts usually lie, near to
their holds;' for you are to note that
the great old trout is both subtle and
fearful, and lies close all day, and does
not usually stir out of his hold, but lies
in 1t as close in the day as the timor-
Gus hare does in her form; for the
chief feeding of either is seldom in the
day but usually in the night, and then
the great trout feeds very boldly
Walton's Compleat Angler.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-12-30

The color of cloud depends on the
manner in which the sunlight falls up
on II and the position of the observer.
It will be noticed that high clouds are
always white, or light in color, and this
is because the light by which they are
seen is reflected from the under sur.
face by the numberless drops of mois-
ture which go to form the cloud.
Heavy rain clouds. on the other hand,
are found much nearer the earth, and
so the light falls on them more direct
ly from above, giving silver lining to
the cloud, though the under surface ap-
pears black, owing to the complete re-
Election and absorption Of the light by
the upper layers. Seen from above by
an observer in a balloon, the blacklist
rain clouds appear Of the most dazzling
brilliant white.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-12-30
kaIser,s Insult to a courtI.r.

An incident very reminiscent OF
such pettiness was told to Tip the
other day by an American just re-
turned from Berlin. 1t seems one of
the Kaiser's suite, a noble of high
rank, had incurred the imperial dis.
pleasure The Kaiser did not wish
to lose this gentlemans services, but
apparently desired to humiliate him
for the real or fancied offense. At
one of the state dinners shortly after
ward, the noble was seated half a
dozen places from his ruler Beside
him sat a woman of title, whom he
had known from the time both could
walk. The two conversed animatedly.
Suddenly his imperial majesty leaned
forward and exclaimed in harsh
voice: prince, It is not etiquette to
fiirt at my table" The man thus
addressed rose to his feet and bowed
low. The next day he resigned and
retired to his country estate, although
II is we'll known he received a per-
sonal letter of apology from VIII
helm II.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-12-30
Bank With Royal Depositors.

The English banking world is con-
graduating itself upon the receipt of a
large and acceptable account. In fact,
King Manuel of Portugal has honored
the house of Coutts on the Strand with
the deposit of his private fortune, and
England is so much richer for Manuels
loss. This firm of Coutts is remark
able establishment, by the way, for 1t
has attracted the patronage of nearly
all the royalty which has had occasion
to leave money in London. Every
English king from George H. to the
present George has kept his wealth in
their vaults, and Louis Philippe, the
shah of Persia and Leopold of Belgium
have all patronized the Coutts.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-12-30
open-Air Treatment.

Time was when doctors used to
bleed weak and emaciated patients,
and thus make them weaker and more
emaciated. In those same good old
days" consumptives we're kept in
close, unventilated rooms and slowly
put to death by misdirected kindness.
And in that same era schoolchildren
who lacked muscle and strength and
were less vigorous and healthy than
their fellows were coddled at home,
and in school were kept near the hot
stoves and away from every draft of
fresh air. They breathed the vitiated
atmosphere of the ordinary school
room which had been breathed over
and again by all the other scholars
in the same room. Every avenue to
good health was closed against them.
and most of them died.
What a change has taken place in
the past few years. Doctors rarely,
if ever, bleed patients now. Consump-
tfves are turned out of doors, away
from heaters and stoves and regis
tiers, and puny school children ara
now taught in tents, in warm wealth
er and in cold, with no fires to burn
the oxygen out of the air and no other
walls than those Of thin canvas to
protect them from drafts.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-12-30
Not to Be Fooled.

Proudly young Tomkins displayed
the sights of London to his uncle
fresh from the verdant country. They
visited st. Paul and the Embankment
and the National Gallery and all the
places they could get in free, and, as
an especial treat, they visited a music
hall, where a trombone solo was in
progress when they entered.
With rapt attention the old man
watched the Observation-Disclosures facial
eontortions. At the close the audience
applauded thunderously. but the old
man sat mute.
WELL" said young Tomkins, didn't
you like it?"
Vera good. vera good, no doubt"
nodded the old man, but we country
folk Gamma be taken in SO easy as all
that; knew all the time be wasn't
a-swaliowin' Of iti"-Answers.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-12-30
HOW TO
q King Of Beasts Fails to Realize He
Is de Trop Tourist Should Walk
Away With Becoming
Dignity.

The etiquette to be observed when
. peacefully inclined tourist or ex-
plorer meets a lion in the jungle is
described by Sir Frederick Treves, the
distinguished British surgeon. in hts
book. Uganda for a Holiday" Just
published in England.
The tourist coming to British East
Africa" he says. "is sure to inquire
as to the line of conduct that should
be observed when a lion is encoun-
tered by the way. In answer to such
inquiry was told that the etiquette
suitable for the occasion was the fol-
lowing: If the lion when met with Ia
walking in the opposite direction to
the tourist the animal should be al
lowed TO continue his walk without
comment. II. however. the lion stops
and stares at the tourist 1t is proper
that the tourist should 'Shish' the an
imal away, as he would an obtrusive
goose on a village green. Should the
lion be unmoved by this expression
OF annoyance the tourist Is advised
to throw Jumps of earth at the obtuse
creature. II. after this, the lion still
falls to realize that he Is de trop, the
tourist is recommended to walk away
from the spot with such dignity as the
strained position demands"
Sir Frederick Treves has several
other things to say about the animals
of the wild. THE rhinoceros is the
embodiment of blind conservatism"
he writes. Its hide is impenetrable,
its vision is weak while its intellect
10 weaker. 1t has, however, two
marked qualities-combative and
a sense of smell. 1t is aroused to it's
maximum energy by the presence of
anything that is new This object
need not be a thing that is aggressive
or inconvenient. It's offensiveness de-
ponds upon the fact that 1t is unfa-
miliar, and the more unfamiliar the
object is the worse the rhinoceros
acts.
When a rhinoceros smells a man
he will charge him with maniacal vio-
lence, although the man may be mere
~ sitting on stool reading Milton.
The massive beast will dash at him
like torpedo or a runaway locomo-
tive simply because the smell of him
is novel; Actuated by this insane
hate of whatever savors of an innova-
tion, the rhinoceros has charged an
iron water tank on the outskirts of
camp and has crumpled 1t up as
blacksmith would an empty meat tin
"A conservative rhinoceros with a
senile dislike of anything new once
a train on the Uganda rail.
way, but with no more serious results
than the tearing away of the footboard
Of a carriage. AS regards the rhinoc-
eros in this case. it appeared sur
prised that a thing composed, as 1t
had imagined of flesh and blood, could
be so hard. 1t went off with an add.
tional grievance and an increased
swelling of the head"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-12-30
plans Wonderful Trip.

around the Earth in Five to Seven
DAYS" is the headline of circular let
ter sent broadcast by man in Esslin-
gen-on-the-R Rhine, who wants 10000
marks to defray the cost of model
airship with which the earth circling
flight may be accomplished. The In
ventor. who has worked at the airship
nroblem for years" says the circu-
lar SIS Al years old, practical me-
chanic and am his business mana
cor The ship, the promoter adds,
will have speed capacity OF $50 kilo-
meters an hour, its passengers VIII
take no risk as to safety, stops win be
made without any difficulty and as
many "a 100 persons will be accommo-
dated All that the promoter wants II
"a 900 marks to build the model
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-12-30
AS TO PRMslNa OF MEN
One Man Who, Grown older. Has
Changed His Views on This
Somewhat.

i used to think said a man now
older than he was, that no man ought
ever to be praised. that it was up to
every man to do his duty and to work
to the best Of his ability without praise
OF coddling, but l think a little diner
entity about that now. | think now
that occasionally when a man has done
a good thing it does no harm to pat
him on the back a little.
you have to use discrimination
about this, / will admit There are
men who If you praise them, get
swelled head, throw out their chests
and think they are the whole works
and straightway begin to deteriorate
or to require praise all the time, but
there's an astonishing number OF men
OF quite another sort.
Il know lots of men who work not
only faithfully but well, men devoted
to duty who take pride in what they
do whatever It may be and who think
OF that only. never looking for praise:
but, like the rest of us they are still
human. And now suppose some day
such man pulls off a job that is
really little better than his daily
good work?
why. what feel like doing aud
what do now is to say to him Billy,
1t was good thing. and / find 1t does
no harm, but on the contrary | used
to think that it was up to a man to
do his duty and that If he didn't he
was a poor sort, and as far as that's
concerned l think that way now, but
now | think little praise now and
then does no harm, and it may be for
the man that gets 1t source OF very
great comfort and pleasure"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-12-30
strannth in Advancing Ace.

To Hugo the years that bend and
weaken and wrinkle the genius of the
master seem but to bring fresh
strength and energy and beauty. He
ages like the lions His brow, scanned
with august burrows, rises under a
name larger, thicker, more bristling
and more disheveled than ever before
His yellow eyes are like suns within
caverns; when he roars, the other ami
mails are silent. Or, changing the com
parison, one might liken him to an oak
that dominates the forest, its enormous
wrinkled trunk bursting into leaf, it's
branches mighty as trees. Its deep
reaching roots drink of the sap of the
heart of the earth, it's head almost
touches heaven. In its vast foliage the
stars shine at night, the birds sing at
dawn. 1t braves the sun, the tempest
of the wind, the thunder and the rain.
The very scars of the thunderbolt have
added to its beauty something formid-
able and superb.-Gautier's Portrait
of Victor Hugo"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-12-30
A praver zen centurlea old.

Among the documents and manu-
scripts taken by the Pelliot mission Of
France from cave in Chinese Turkes-
tan, where they had lain during ten
centuries, is curious manuscript re-
corded by the French Academy of Sci
ences The manuscript is in one OF the
Oldest known Hebrew texts. 1t Is a
prayer formed of passages taken from
the Psalms and from the prophets,
written in beautiful square Hebrew,
with very rudimentary system Of vo-
calization
Evidently the manuscript was car
ried on the person of the man who
owned 1t. Hebrew scholars believe that
the document dates from the eighth or
ninth century of the Christian era, and
that 1t belonged to pious Jewish mer-
chant of Arabia No such paper was
known in Arabia in either the eighth
or ninth century, therefore it is sup
posed that the manuscript was tran
sctibed for its owner when he was In
China, where such paper was to be
found.-Harper's Weekly.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-12-30
counteractIna Lack Of sunshine.

A house built in Brooklyn was des-
ignated, as far as could be, to counter
act the lack of sunlight, which the
houses situation made unavoidable.
The chief means for giving the i'm
preston of sunshine were yellow tint
ed walls and amber glass skylights.
Monotony in the yellow tones was
avoided because the location of each
room offered some peculiar problem
which was best solved by a tint diff
ferent from that Of the rest Of the
house. 1t is said that even on gray
days there was enough OF the stimu-
lating effect of sunshine to prevent
dull spirits, and the effect of the de-
sign on the health of the occupants
was most beneficent.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-12-30

Mrs. Dresser was looking over the
grocer's bill
How many pounds are there In a
peck, Henry?" she asked.
Her husband looked up from his
newspaper.
Are you trying to figure out the
weight Of your / atest couture. my
dear?" he askei.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-12-30

The Cook-Sure, an We don't mane
to tell me that ye think it's bad luck
to break a mirror?
The New Maid Earnestly don't
tank it--Ay know It'll
The Cook-Qory bel An how do ye
know III
The New Maid-Eyery time Ay break
one Ay lose my jobl
Evening journal., 1910-05-31
FINGER PITCHES
NO-HIT GAME

Peerless was the sensation 81 the Semi
Professional League yesterday, Finger
having pitched a no-run, no-hit game
against Newport that ended with 4
to score. 1t was the drst game Peerless
has won since the season opened. Score
by innings: R.H.E
Peerless go. e. mod q f0t0 IL S 3
Newport O.. q. ........o 90 00Q 0 90 2
Summary: Stolen bases. Pfeffer, 4; Luff,
Il; Hanna. 1; Hayden. .; Benson, !; two
base hits. Croney. ODonnel; double
plays. stnwell TO Lancaster; struck cut,
by Finger. a by Hayden, 70; bases on
balls. off Finger. 4; off HAYDEN J.; UNI
piros, Duff and Scarborough.
Madison put it all over Landlith to the
tune Of 70 TO T. Fletcher for Landith
lasted only four innings and Logue sue
ceeded him. Madison hit the pair for six
teen ssfeties. Curlett picking a triple.
Score by Innings RH.E.
Madison. q. .... .10oo5i20x-is IS 2
Landlnh .s. 49,. 100000 - 7
fremont beat Highland out in q fast
game by a to score.
Evening journal., 1910-05-31

Our old friend Harry Bradford broke
in with fOar safeties. Connie Mack may
get after him.
Traynor is going after new men. Court
enay got IN his first game right.
900
Dunn nktched his first game for River
view and worked well eyea though he did
lose.
Mousiez understands that he has lost
Wingate- Hard luck, sure.
Walsh seems TO be rounding out in his
old timr form.
Hall lzot his stick working well but he
couldn't head Off tho kids.
900
That. other Bradford hoy seems to be
some sticker, too.
We certainly have had that promised
shalce-up in the standing,
900
Rivervlsw got thirteen hits and then
lost. Thirteen is unlucky
900
Forget st. and think Of what will harper
on Saturday.