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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04

Sleep, In which we spend about a
third of our lives, continues to be one
of the mysteries Of biology, despite
the attempts of scientists to find So
luton. Dr. Raphael Dubois of Mar
settles, after a prolonged series of ex-
periments on alternating animals, has
come to the conclusion that sleep Is
due to antitoxin or poisoning by GER
tain waste products. which accumu-
late In the brain, and are only got
rid of by sleep. DR.. Claparede of &C.
neva thinks that sleep is an instinct
devised for the protection of the or
ganism. 1t was DR.. Ramon y Cajal
who formulated the neurotic theory,
according to which the neutrones or
pyramidal cells in the gray matter of
the brain sink down and cease to ex4
cite each other during sleep.
But there are objections to these
theories, and all others that have been
advanced. 1t Is q matter of absolute
knowledge that in sleep there is a
certain absence Of blood in the
brain. Anything that lessons the sup
ply of blood to the brain is likely to
induce sleep. For this reason. keep
ing the head cool and the feet warm
is recommended as one of the best
means of overcrowding sleeplessness.
Absence of light, noise and strong
odors help to produce the loss of con-
seriousness, which is the chief charac.
teristic OF true sleep.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
CHANGED MIND ABOUT MULE
Eieutenant's Ideas as to Kindness and
Firmness Vanished Soon After the
Animal Got Busy.

There is lieutenant in an Ohio
regiment who believed that mules
were much maligned, and that If well
treated mule would behave accord
ingly. In his own company was
mule with bad reputation, and the
lieutenant undertook to tame him.
Il will show you how this mule
should be treated" said the officer.
So he had the mule brought in front
of his tent, saddled him without re-
sistance or protest, and patted him
kindly on the neck.
He needs kind but firm treatment"
said the lieutenant.
Then he mounted the mule, which
walked six steps, danced three steps,
executed an original hop. step and
Jump with each leg, and then projected
the lieutenant into the air and into
thorny bush.
Catch the brute and kill him."
said the lieutenant, as the hospital
corps assisted him to his tent. The
men caught the mule, but did not kill
him. He was just as good as any other
mule.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
FACE DISF!GURED WITH
SKIN TROUBLE

3107 Foster Ave-, Baltimore, Md
"About five months ago little blisters
appeared on my face. They looked
like hlisters from fire burns. They
itched and burned something terrible,
which caused me to rub them and they
burst, then sores appeared which dis
figured my face. My face was all full
of sores. The disease spread from my
face to my neck and back. When any
thing touched them they would burn
and stick to my clothes, which kept
me from sleeping and made me suf-
fer terribly.
II used home remedies and I used
a salve but 1t did no good. suffered
about three months then ! saw the
Cuticura Soap and Ointment adver-
tised and / thought would send and
get sample and try them. used the
sample Of Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment and they helped me great deal,
SO bought some and used them about
two months and they completely cured
me-" (Signed) Edward v. Thomas,
Mar. &c, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura. Dept L, Boston"
Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04

bors say look younger now than l did
fifteen years ago. Mrs. SARAH r.
WHATLEY, Athens, Texas, R. F. D.
No. 3. Box 80.
We know of no other medicine which
has been SO successful In relieving the
suffering of women, or received 80 many
genuine testimonials, as has Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
In nearly every community you win
find women who have been restored to
health by this famous medicine. Almost
every woman you meet knows Of the
great good it has been doing among
suffering women for the past 80 years.
In the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, are files containing hundreds Of
thousands of letters from women seek
ing health, in which many openly state
over their own signatures that they have
regained their health by taking Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
many of them state that it has saved
them from surgical operations.
If you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Conf.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by .
woman and held In strict confidence.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
Wouldn't Take Chances.

A Chicago lawyer found a new sort
of therapeutic treatment. His in
structor told him that if he retired
into the silence. breathed rhythmetic-
ally. and said certain words he would
be able to cast off all his bodily all
ments. He tried 1t and 1t worked.
Then his three-year-old child got
measles and he worked it on him. He
was all pulled up. Later his prize set
ter contracted the mango. He sum-
moned veterinary. Then a friend
expostulated. your system worked
with yourself and it worked with your
child" he said; why don't you try it
On the dog?" THAT dog cost me 500
when he was mere pup" was the an
Bwer, "and / can't afford to take any
chances"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04

To have deepened life for ones own
self, to have pierced beneath trivial
ties and superfluities to the heart of
living, is reward enough for any man.
But to have shown in the simplest life
of faithful doing what the earth may
mean to the poorest child of the eter-
nal is to have gained the victors
wreath. We may not treat as failure
or calamity any life that has been
spent in such way as, by its achieve
ment or it's ending, to have caught the
imagination of even one or two and
given them a glimpse of the eternal
verities and beauties that underlie our
folly and our fears.-Boston Evening
Transcript.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
HIGH TIDE OF WAR |
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG WAS
TURNING POINT OF GREAT
CIVIL CONFLICT.
BOTH SIDES FOUGHT BRAvELY
Three Days Of Fighting That Resulted
In Total Losses of Over $4,000 and
Put Confederate Forces on the
Defensive.

Bravely fought by two great armies
OF Americans, bravely won by the Fed
erals and bravely lost by the Confed-
crates the battle of Gettysburg proved
to be the turning point of the Civil
war. Before that the victories Of, the
south were frequent and its armies
were aggressive. After the bloody
battle of July /, 2 and 3, 1853, the
forces Of the Confederacy were gen
orally on the defensive. Lees inya-
sion of the north, undertaken in the
hope that it would bring foreign aid
to the southern cause, was brought to
a sudden and disastrous end.
General Lees army at Gettysburg
numbered approximately $4,000, while
the Federal forces, under command of
Gen. George G. Meade, aggregated
about $4,000 officers and men. Lees
corps commanders were Generals
Longstreet, Ewell and A. P. Hill. Com
manders Of the Union corps were Gen.
erals John F. Reynolds, w. S. Han
cock, D. q. Sickles. Sykes, Sedgwick,
0. 0. Howard and Slocum.
Reynolds, sent ahead to feel out the
enemy, arrived at Gettysburg the eve
ming Of June 81, and in the fighting
which began early the next day, was
killed. Gen. Abner Doubleday, who
succeeded him, was forced back to
Seminary Ridge, after hard fighting,
and then had to abandon that posi-
ton, SO that the first day of the bat
tie was IN reality Confederate vic
tory. That night Meade ordered the
entire Union army to Gettysburg, and
by next morning the two armies were
confronting each other along q ten
mile line of battle.
Lee ordered Longstreet to turn the
left flank of the Federal army by TAX
ing Little Round Top, but Sickles de-
Tended that position SO stubbornly
that Longstreet's movement was
checked. Peach Orchard, Cemetery
Hill, Culp's Hill and The Devils Den
were the scenes of desperate fighting,
and Little Round Top was saved to
the Federals by the arrival of brig
ade under General Weed. His men
dragged the guns Of battery to the
summit by hand
The third day opened with won
derful artillery duel, the greatest of
the entire war, and then came Pick
ett's charge, which has gone into his,
tory as one OF the most heroic as
sGults of all time The men OF
Pickett's division formed in brigade
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
katherine's Point of View.

Little Katherine is a believer in the
outdoor life, and she does not confine
backyard. Her mother recently had a
load of sand placed in the rear of the
yard, thinking Katherine would devote
her time to playing in the sand. She
did play there part Of the time, and
part of the time she was out of the
yard.
Katherine" said her mother, exas-
perated because her daughter was not
staying In the yard. -don't you know
had that man bring this sand here to
keep you In the yard?"
Mamma" replied Katherine, tell
him to come and take 1t away"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
REAL MERIT HAS MADE
BONDS LIVER PILLS

household word through the South.
We have spared neither time nor
money in perfecting BONDS PILLS
for the cure of Headaches, Bilious
ness, Constipation, Malaria, and SIM
liar ills. MERIT was our chief object.
Not how cheap" but how good we
could make them.
The extraordinary success OF
BONDS. PILLS is due solely to their
MERIT, not to- loud and misleading
claims of CURING EVERYTHING
Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
Oh. You fiushandsi

Governor Sulzer of New York said
recently of notorious politician:
This man deems himself honest
but his idea of honesty is good deal
like come husbands idea of devotion.
Two husbands were talking about a
third
Blanc said the first, is very de-
voted, conscientious and considerate
husbasd, understand
Eyes said the second; whenever
he is going to be home to dinner he
always notifies his wife beforehand +"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04

columns, move dsteadily across open
fields which were swept by such
storm of shrapnel and rifle fire as had
never before been seen, and though
they fell like grain before the reap
ers, some Of them reaching the Union
lines, only to be speedily overcome.
That ended the mighty battle, and
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
He Owned the pIae..

Little Tommy was inclined to be
wicked, and when the minister found
him with rcd and line fishing near the
road one Sunday morning the good
man asked:
'.Doa't you know Il is wrong to fish
on Sunday, Tommy"
Il don't care II 1t H." Tommy re-
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04

there was nothing left for Lee to
do but get back into Virginia.
Gettysburg cost the Union army the
lives of a number of generals, and the
loss of nearly $4,000 men. On the
Confederate side five generals were
killed and nearly 10000 men killed or
wounded.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
WIRE FENCING

Both welded and wrapped for stock,
pigs. poultry, garden and lawn, all Sizes
per rod. Send trial order. ROOFING Of
all kinds. galvanized and painted steel
rubber and gravel coated. We have a
good rubber roofing for SIC square. all
complete. Send trial order. Mention this
paper. Pidgeon- Thomas Iron Co, si-96
N. I'd ST.. Memphis. Tenn. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
Guard Against Bores.

Lord Rothschild's father. Baron Ma.
than, guarded himself against time
MASTERS by allowing no chairs in his
private room in the city save the one
occupied by himself. From a passage
in the "reminiscences of Charles
Gavard," who was for many years first
secretary at the. French embassy In
London, It appears that this precau-
ton did not always prove effective.
'Gavard frequently had occasion to
visit ST. Swithins lane in connection
with the payment Of the Indemnity ex-
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
l |; ON! |! l |; A! ! ION!
OF W0MAN'S ills
Yields to Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Athens, Texas.-"I had a complica-
ton of diseases, some of them of long

SLandlng. i WrOCe
to you for advice
and took Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, and
some other things
tn at you sugges-
ted. ] must confess
that I am much bet
ter in every way and
have been relieved
of some of the worst
trol1hles. NV neiph.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
QUIRIAE and IRON THE MOST
.EFFECTUAL GENERAL TONIC
Groves Tasteless chill Tonic Combines both
in Tastcless form. The Quinine drives
out Malaria and the Iron builds up
the System. For Adults and
Children.

You know what you are taking when
you take GROVES TASTELESS chill
TONIC, recognized for 80 years through
out the South as the standard Malaria,
Chill and Fever Remedy and General
Strengthening Tonic. It is as strong as
the strongest bitter tonic, but you do not
taste the bitter because the ingredients
do not dissolve in the mouth but do dis
solve readily in the acids of the stomach.
Guaranteed by your Druggist. We mean
it. Soc.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
No Substitute.

Scientific formulate will never take
the place of holding hands in the
moonlight as mode of mating, and
the superlative idiocy OF lovers will
be always blessed.-Doctor Crane.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
No. SIx-SlXTY-slX

This is prescription prepared es-
pecially for Malaria or ChilIs and
Fever. Five or six doses will break
any case, and If taken then as a tonic
the fever will not return. 25c.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
Old Fraud.

Victor Grayson, the English parlia-
mentarian who was expelled from the
house OF commons for obstruction. eaid
In New York the ether day:
eYc-- r..asi!...millionaires are the glib
best lot OF hypocrites that history has
ever seen. With one hand they make
tine gestures for a Sunday school ad.
dress and with the other hand they
pick siie neopie,s pockets.
These men, preaching good and do
Ing evil so piously, remind me Of the
old fraud who said:
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
Modern Art.

This is a picture of straw stack
in tornado, isn't it?"
"Sir, that is a painting of Jacob
Wrestling With the Angel by dis
tinguished Cubist,
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
Tourists In the Desert.

What is that smoker" Indians
signaling" Il wish we could reply
to them; but we have no wood" Call
Algy think we can make smudge
with one of his Turkish cigarettes"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
s,,.ur ,Nro vorp s,,or.

Aliens Foot-Ease, the Antiseptic powder for
tired, aching, swollen. nervous feet. Gives
rest and comfort. Makes walking a delight.
Sold everywhere, Csc. Don't accept any sub
stitute. For FREE "a rnpe address Allen S.
Olmsted, LIE Roy. N Y. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
Cigars.

Cigars are like women. Many times
you can't tell by the wrapper what the
filler is. They are of many kinds,
sizes and shapes, and when on display
in their rainbow raiment few sights so
tickle the eyes or furry the fancies.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
Getting Il Richt.
rs that your baby?

Greeble-Is that your baby?
Crawdon-No, sir; the possession is
on the other side. He is not my
baby, I'm his father.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
Queer,

Making candles is a serious mat
ter"
''It is also wicked sort of bust
ness"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04

~ believe in putting Dy something
for rainy day
And. SO saying. ne stole his neigh
boris macintosh.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
Suitable Retreat.

tWhere do you suppose the dove Of
peace goes when it is frightened
away"
Il suppose, to some pigeon hofe."
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04

piled. I'm going to fish when can
get chance, Sunday or any other
day"
Are you not afraid that you VIII go
to the bad place when you die?" the
good man asked.
Il don't care If do" Tommy replied
sullenly. Il own that place. It's mine"
What do you mean By saying that
you own the bad place. Toiamy?. the
minister asked, astenished.
Il ran away last Sunday and went
fishing. and when l got home pa gave
it to me-
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04

acted after the Franco-German war.
AS his business was often complicated
he declined to hurry over it, and used
to find as comfortable seat as he
could on the baron's writing table,
London Chronicle.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04

The more a man learns the more
he realizes that this is highly com
plicated cosmos.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04

The lonesomest woman IN the
world is she who hasn't any old mem
cries to brood over
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04

Mrs winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
tecthing, softens tSS gums, reduces indamma.
ton, alays pain, cures wind collie 2Sc bottle.Aas
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04

Some men would sit in the shade
rather than stand in their own light.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04

Some look SO good that you would will
lingly spend your last dime for one,
but after the match you go outdoors
to air your clothing and your opinions.
Another time you pick one with home
ly exterior and 1t radiates such peace
and contentment that you wouldn't ex-
change the brand for million. After
all, much lies with the chooser. Some
prefer them slender and some prefer
them fat; some like them mild and
some like them strong. Still others
go much on shape. forgetting thai
shape is only nodded.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
Relieves PAIN and HEALS
AT THE SAME TIME
The Wonderful, Old Reliable DR.. Portcr's
Antiseptic Healing Oil. Prevents Blood
Poisoning. An Antiseptic Surgical
Dressing discovered by an Old
RR Surgeon.

Thousands OF families know it already,
and trial will convince you that DR..
PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING
OIL is the most wonderful remedy ever
discovered for Wounds, Burns, Old Sores,
Ulcers, Carbuncles, Granulated Eye Lids,
Sore Throat, Skin or Scalp Diseases and
all wounds and external diseases whether
slight or serious. Continually people are
finding new uses for this famous old
remedy. Guaranteed by your Druggist.
We snea,, n DC y0r q m
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04

Even a baby realizes this Is a hard
old sorid the first time y falls out of
bed.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
Faithful Lies Reward.
Mystery Of Sleep.

Only QUININE QUINNE
Of E. w GROVE box Cures Cold One Day. 2sc
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04

The chap with the loudest voice
doesn't always win the argument
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04

We once knew weather forecaster
who sometimes forgot his umbrella.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04

To Cure Sore and Tender Feet.
I1ply the wonderful. old reliable DIR. POR-
FRS ANTIsEPTIC HEALING OIL. 25c.
". s1.oo.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-08-06
BACK HOME

Game Warden Geo B Russell!
and Sheriff Joe Harris have return
ed from q trip to Jabridge. We
assume they were up in the north
ern part Of the country on official
business. That is enough to strike
terror into the hearts of evil doers
and violators Of the game laws.
They are both strenuous officers.
bent on doing their whole duty.
Any one who thinks they can get
around the law and play hide and
seek with this pair Of sleuths had
better he extremely careful or they
will find themselves guests of the
county.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-08-06
SOME OATS

George B. Russell left q sample
of oats in this office this morning
grown on his fathers ranch 'adjoin-
ing Elko. The sample is nearly
seven feet long ana as there are
ten acres as thick as the hair on q
dogs back and long heads, we'll fill
ed, the prospects for big yield are
unusually good. He reports ten
acres Of wheat fully as prolific.
1t will be seen that our genial game
warden is something besides a pro.
tector of game He is a versatile
editor, printer, law-maker, farmer
and q few other things not necess-
asy to mention. These oats were
grown on a dry farm.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-08-06
W0UID D make RUBBER
FROM The SAGEBRUSH

Congressman Raker, of Califor-
mia. has asked for an appropriation
OF $4,000 to investigate the feasi-
bility of extracting rubber from
sagebrush. That rubber does exist
in that brush or the sap of The
brush there is absolutely no ques-
tion. There is another variety of
brush with sharp thorns, that also
bears rubber, even to a greater
extent than the sagebrush.
A number of experiments have
been carried on in this section
with the plants or shrubs. In sew
eral instances enough Of this crude
rubber has been obtained to send
to laboratories where il has been
pronounced rubber. The question
Of quantity and the mode of ex-
traction has in q measure prevent
ed any commercial use of the plant.
The Indians over the state have
known Of this rubber for years. In
the early spring it has been the
custom to select roots Of the plants
The roots is peeled and then chew
ed, resulting in many gobules of
rubber forming, which eventually
makes wad of gum which lasts
for several weeks. 1t was through
the efforts or custom of the In
dians that the attention of expert
menteTs came abou
P B Ellis and AL Werner took out
patents on extraction of rubber
from sagebrush some years ago.
Another Carson man once interest
ed a French syndicate in the pro-
motion Of the scheme, and many
satisfactory experiments resulted.
The plan fell down about the time
the money panic hit New York.
Others have talked and worked
over the extraction of the saps
Of the sagebrush for rubber pur-
poses. There is no doubt as to the
rubber existing ard if Uncle Sam
should take up the question it
would eventually result in develop
ment. There Is plenty Of material
in Nevada to work on, Il is q ques-
tion Of someone getting busy with
the cash. Carson Appeal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-08-06
lending q Couple Of MiIes.

"Three to Albany" said a club car
passenger as he handed over mileage
book to the conductor and pointed to
his two companions. The conductor
ran his eye down the long strip and
then turned about with the query:
"Who will give this man two miles7"
Half dozen books were presented
Immediately, and the conductor tore
or two miles from one Of them while
the man who had been short expressed
his thanks.
'YeB, it's n kind Of treating frequent.
ly practiced." sp,d the conductor after.
ward. TITS tho same as with postngs
stamp. When you need the extra mile
or two you need IL bad, but there are
few passengers who will sccept the
profrer Of payment on the part Of the
man whose book has run out."-Now
York Sun.