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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
They Were Cheap.

Y An elderly lady from the country,
one day decided to adopt two children
from the county orphan asylum.
She walked several miles before
reaching the car line. 1t was the first
time she had been on car She
stared wide eyed at everything she
saw, then her gaze stopped on sign;
she read thus:
"The Ohio Traction Company-Chil-
dren under twelve years of age three
cents or two for FIVE cents"
well" she said. that is the best
bargain ever. Calling the conductor,
she said: Young man, I'll take two
of those children for five cents right
now, a boy and girl, please. Ma
tional Monthly.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
Selfish Eyes.

A New York theatrical manager
said
American ragtime is sweeping Eu-
rope, but the American ragtime COM
posers get no credit and no cash
either.
/. Hence our composers can't help
looking at this ragtime furore with
sad and perhaps selfish eyes.
1--WE look at everything, you know,
selfishly. We say, with the million
aire:
Poverty Is no disgrace, provided
the victim doesn't owe us anything. 7"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
Thla Beats Wlnsted. Conn.

Some Danyille fishermen captured
this week on trot line a large cat
fish that was wearing pair of
glasses. Upon investigation 1t was
found that the spectacles were those
recently lost by Mr.. Edward McCon-
nell when he was thrown into the
water by boat capsizing. The
glasses were turned over to Mr.. Nc
Connell.--Danville Advocate.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
Why She Wore Glasses.

Mistress-Why Bridget are your
eyes weak? | notice that you wear
colored glasses every time you go
out of the house.
Bridget-It's not me eyes, mum.
But whin the sun shoines loike 1t
does outdoors today, I'd tan as black
as a naygur av ! didn't moderate the
loight little by wearin' thin colored
spectacles.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
Stomach Trouble

yields quickly to DIR. r. A. ARMS
TEAD'S AGUE TONIC. Not only a
Chill and Malaria specific, but splen-
did tonic for the stomach, reaching ev-
cry spot in the entire system and max
ing the food assimilate properly. A
dose before each meal. Perfectly harm
less. Pleasant to take. soc and $1.00
bottles.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
Always Popular Car.

We'll, Bildad," said Jimpsonberry.
Il suppose, now that you are living
out in the country, you have car
Yes said Bildad. That is, my
neighbors and have one together"
Really" said Jimsonberry.
Cooperative arrangement, Ell? Not
bad idea. What make is it?'
"Oh, just plain Trolley."-Judge.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
ROOElNGS

We believe that we carry the largest
stocks of roofngs in the SOUTH in painted
and galvanized steel, rubber and compo-
sition, In all prices, from SOC per square,
complete, and up. Try "Paroid," the
King of Rubber Roofing. Ten years with
out brush. Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Com
pany, Iron, Steel. Railway and Mill Sup
plies, Memphis, Tennessee Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10

Chicago, Ill.-"I take pleasure in
writing to thank you for what Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done for me. suffered with such aw-
full periodic pains, and had displace-
ment, and received no benefit fromrthe
doctors. / was advised to take lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
am now as well as ever. Mrs. VIII
LIAM FULLY, 2052 Ogden Avenue,
Chicago, Ill.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compoundwill help yOu,write
to Lydia f. Northumberland Co.
(confidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened
read and answered by a woman,
and held in strict confidence.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
Dance as Hotel Burns.

Nero's adding while Rome burned
has modern parallel in the action of
a crowd that kept "turkey-trotting'
and "tangoing" by the. light of a
burning hotel at Horseshoe Lake, ILL.,,
until the dancing pavilion also
caught fire, relates the st. Louis Re-
public.
Not until the heat and smoke be-
came uncomfortable did the strains of
the "trot" and the tango" cease.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
Cow and Soil Fertility.

The fertility of the soil can best be
maintained by the liberal use Of barn
yard manure, and the daily herd not
only makes this possible, but dairying
ie also more remunerative than almost
any other branch OF farming when
1t Is properly carried on.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
WHENEVER YOU NEED
A GENERAL TONG TAKE GROVES
The Old Standard Groves Tasteless chill Tonic is Equally
Valuable General Tonic because Acts on the Liver
Drives Out Malaria. Enrches the Blood and Builds up
the Whole System. For Grown People and Children.

You know what taking when
the formula label showing
QUINE IRON
and is Tates
Weakness debility life
Mothers and Pale sy Children Removes Biousne without
Relieves
by
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
THINK OF THE MILLIONS

that have been relieved in the past rs
years by Wrights Indian Vegetable
Pills and decide whether they are not
worth trial They regulate the
bowels, stimulate the liver and purify
the blood. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
Erey's Nermifune

is children's remedy with record
of rs years Of success. It's the best
known specific FOR worms which So
many children suffer from. Contains
no calomel. Csc at all ealers.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
Dangerous.

What is the charger asked the
Judge, as the venerable person with
the side whiskers was brought for
ward.
Insanity, your honor. We found
him on the Rialto singing / want to
be an angel Puck.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
Foley Kidney Pills Relieve

promptly the suffering dae to weak, in
They offer powerful help to nature
in building up the true excreting kid
ney tissue, in restoring normal action
and in regulating bladder irregularities
Try them
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10

and ! got nothing
that helped me I'M
til / began taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vege ia BILE Com
pound. ! was irreg-
ular and had cramps
SO bad that / had to
go to bed. Now /
have better health
than ] have had for
years and l cannot
sneak too highly of
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
Quite So

Are you superstitious ?" asked the
bachelor.
Wei We'll, replied the father OF a
large family, YEARLY. Il certainly
think it's unlucky to have thirteen
children. Judge.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
RuB-MY-IlSM

viii cure your rheumatism and all
kinds of aches and pains-Neuralgia,
Cramps, Collie, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts,
Old Sores, Burns, etc. Antiseptic
Anodyre. Price 25c.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
sprInkIina the Garden.

And the one with the light hair and
pink frock, who is she?"
: 'Oh, that is Daisy; she's the flower
of our family garden"
"And do you ever turn the hose on
herr"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
Cheer up About Il.

Yes, I'm married. l married a per-
feet genius!"
"Oh, well, wouldn't feel badly about
it; | suppose some one has to marry
them"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
No. Slx-SIxTY-SIx

This is prescription prepared es.
pecially for Malaria or Chills 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, 1913-10-10
Foolish Query.

What is the penultimate syllable of
lat letter."
Not a syllable about peanuts in it,"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10

II the SOW is IN the habit of losing
her hitter, it is the height of folly to
continue breeding her, as she has some
inherited ailment
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
Art Of SELMA

1t is much easier and far more prof.
table to sell $50 COW than the SIS
kind. 1t is easy to sell what the PEG.
pie want, but mighty hard to sell that
for which there Ia no demand
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
Comparison.

"A theosophist says heavy, soggy
soul is an inferior one"
Il shouldn't wonder. The same thing
might be said of heavy, soggy bis.
cult"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
Quite Different.

He makes old backs as good as
new"
' "Sanitarium?''
No; bookbindery."
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
eething, softens the gums, reduces inhamma-
ion, allays pain, cures wind collie, CSC bottle.asy
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
Dairy Cow.

Breeding is of Importance in the
dairy COW, but individuality Is what
really counts.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10

Cor the treatment of colds, sore throat,
to-, Deans Mentholated Cough Drops give
ure relief-5c at all good Druggists.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10

In the course of a year lightning
strikes in this country at about 5000
places.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10

Goats may be raised probably on
land which is suited for any kind Of
cultivation.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
ALWAYS WORKING,
nlscardlna Poor Animal.

Like the housewife, the poultry
mans work is never done.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
WOMAN A
GREAT SUFFERER
Tells How She Was Restored
To Health by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetae
bic Compound.

GRANVILLE, IlL-"I was great suf-
ferer of female complaints for year
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10

Lack of nerve keeps lots of rs out
of fail.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
The Object.

The Object.
They say Mrs. Jinks' husband fol
lows her about like deg"
"Yes; to growl at her.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10

your medicine. Mrs. JESSIE SCHAAR,
l1S Main st., GRANVILLE, I'll.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10

any other place in the world
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10
Films Developed SC Per Roll

Prints and cents each. Mail us your films
Write for sample print. Best work, prompt service
Kodaks, Fresh Films
WILES, ARCADE, NASHVILLE. TENN.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-10

Feathers, roots etc Send me your next lot or write
for prices IL hcient quantity will send represent
alive. Highest grading prompt remittance Estab
llshed ~ years, largest dealer In south References
any ClarksviAe bank or the commercial agencies,
LUZ HEIMA NSOHN, Clarksviile, Tennessee
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-04

wasn't enough left on the birds two
legs to put him in a good hUmOr. We
ate the rest of the meal in silence
until we approached the plum pud-
ding.
81 bought the plum pudding from
the baker, and he had given me a
recipe for a delicious brandy sauce,
so did not consult the cook book on
that, therefore I remained in ignO-
rance of the fact that plum pudding
must be steamed.
81 brought it to the table. Harold
smiled just a little.
That looks pretty good he con-
descended to remark. The sauce
smells fine. You weren't stingy with
the brandy anyway, even if you did
eat the meat off the turkey legs be-
fore it came to the table
81 made no answer. On the sue
cess of that meal depended whether
Harold and l ate in different estab-
ishments or at home, so wasn't go
ing to have trouble if 1 could avoid it.
He smiled with anticipation as he
shifted for few seconds of the
brandy, then he attempted to insert
his spoon into the pudding, but the
attempt was as far as he got.
What's the matter with this
pudding?' he demanded.
Why, there isn't anything the
matter with it, said, with a trem-
Bile.
Who in the world told you how
to make it? It's tough enough to use
an axe on
81 got real naughty. Z didn't
make it bought it and I paid TWEEN
ty-fve cents for a very small piece
of it, at that
We'll, if that's the way you waste
my money on thing that isn't fit to
eat, we better break up housekeeping
and go boarding again. and he
f7Ou0ced ont Of the rom bIIt 7 still
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-04

wrong, and then I bought a COM
nonsense cook book that gave in
structions on broiling steaks and boil
ing potatoes, and now if Harold
wants a fancy meal we go downtown
to the cafe. But, can certainly pity
any girl who maTTies without know
ing how to cook"
The dark-haired one looked out of
the window a moment, then she said,
very seriously: Believe me, pity
them myself"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-04

them myself"
- $50
sTO EAT WATERMELON-HoW
AND WHY
= BY the champion" DeVotee of =
Congress.
Cool, but do not chill the melon.
Cut it IengthWise, not.in round
slices.
Save the seeds, to make water ="
*meIon tea"
Eat without salt.
Use your teeth-no knives orr
forks.
Watermelon is refreshing and
good for the stomach and kidneys.
s#ss ssss asssS
Washington, Aug. 4.-State secrets
on statesmen's appetites and partic-
ularly watermelons during the pres
ent height of the watermelon season
were diWIged Saturday. The diVul-
ger is R. J. Martyr, boss of the cap
itol cafes.
Twenty big fat watermelons are
consumed by congressman every day,
and, according to Chef Martyr,
Representative Henry D. Clayton of
Alabama, chairman of the House
judiciary committee, is the acknowl-
edged champion" watermelon eater
He gets outside of from one to three
big slices daily.
Other watermelon fanatics" who
take their daily portion of the rich,
red and juicy ones, are Representa-
tives Mann of Illinois, Serene Payne
of New York, Sims of Tennessee,
Dietrich of Massachusetts, Austin Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30
NEARING COMPLETION.

In a very few months more the Ambrose
Channel will be completed, and II VIII re-
ouire only small amount of dredging 10
keep IL clear TO the specified depth and
width thereafter II has already been
open TO navigation for several years. hav-
ing been first buoyed for that purpose IN
September 1907.
Until within the last three years no
vessels attempted 10 navigate the channel
at night but now they come IN AT all
hours of the night. and some steamers
come i'm i'm heavy fog. To safeguard the
use of the channel at night there was
built a novel lighthouse in the woods
as it has been called. two and cne-half
miles inshore on Staten Island. This
lighthouse was put IN use in April of last
year. 1t bears 100000 candle power in
candescent oil vapor bulrs-eye light. ele-
waited 23l feet above sea level and hav-
ing a range of twenty-one miles. Five
and one-eghth miles out from IL is the
West Bank Light. which has a range Of
fourteen miles. Holding these two lights
in line the pilot guides his vessel into the
entrance Of the channel and through the
first four miles of its length.
1t is great loss to an admring and APP
preciatve general public that the magni-
tude OF this piece of engineering is not
apparent to the naked eye. Hordes OF
tourists will swarm through the Panama
I Canal for years to come and will greet
with wonder and praise the enormous
Culebra Cut. the great Gatun Dam and
the giant concrete locks. Many OF these
same tourists. and far greater army
besides. will also sail in and out Of the
; Ambrose Channel. but its banks Will
never be seen by them. This great sub
merged canal will have no visible reality.
and only the engineers who have toiled
over IL in the making will realize the
greatness OF the achievement
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30

- any wears. Experts have estimated thai
for the first few years after II u opener
there will pass through the canal total
of not much over ten million tons a year
nv 1920 these same experts say. the ton
mage will probably have increased To
thirteen millions II is difficult To deter
mine the amount of shipping that passes
through the Ambrose Channel, since rec
ords are kent Of only foreign vessels on
,crinc and clearing from the Port OF New
York This foreign shipping amounts
escb wear to about twenty-sevcn million
tons. and practically all OF 1t passes III OF
ont Of New York 'larbor by way of the
Ambrose ChannclLmorc than double the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30

-HF Panama Canal. referred To with
anectionate pride by ninety million
l. Americans as the Big Ditch.
has been q gold mine to steamship com
NAMES and tourist conductors. The great
slides of earth and mud I'm the Culebra
cut that have sprinkled the heads OF
canal engineers with gray hairs have
been Intermittent But the avalanche OF
sirhtseers that pours between those
treacherous banks never stops. Hundreds
Of curious Americans sail out of New
York Harbor every week on their way to
inspect. with certain proprietary awe
this wonderful piece Of engineering.
How many of all these hundreds realize
As they stand ON the deck Of the bis
steamer bound for the tropics and take a
farewell look al the towers of Conc\
Island and the wooded slopes of Atlantic
Highlands that they are passing through
another biz ditch that compares favor
ably IN size with the one they are traN-
cling twenty five hundred miles 10 see :
Few Of the passengers on the biz ocean
liners that ply up and down the Ambrose
Channel every day know that the mys-
teIious being. known as pilot and seldom
seen by ordinary mortals is carefully
guiding them through one OF the widest
and deepest bitches ever dug for the
passage OF boats
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30

Harbor to be e.o0) feet wide and 90 feet
deep at mean low water This was 10 be
accomplished by eNcavatinc the old
East Channel. now the Ambrose Chan
mel. which had an original available depth
OF IL feet at mean low water and was
used only by towboats. scows and very
light draft vessels. All of the larger
vessels entering the harbor had. up To
that time. used what was known as
the Main Ship Bayside-Gedney Channel
which brought them very close To and.
as they proceeded. far to the westward
of Sandy Hook-quite roundabout route
Vessels of lighter draft We're able TO use
the Swash Channel. which cut across the
big crook of the deeper channel and saved
several miles in distance. Even before
the Ambrose Channel was begun the larg-
or boats using the harbor were obliged to
wait for high tide To enter or leave the
port for the Main Ship Bayside-Gedney
Channel carried "A mean low-water depth
of only 237 feet at several points in it's
course.
These harbor handicaps resulted IN the
project To dredge the Ambrose Channel. "A
much shorter and more direct entrance
10 the harbor and the work was author
lied 10 be done under contract IL fell
far behind. however, under that arrange
mont and In 1905 two United states
dredges We're built To supplement the con-
tractors efforts Three years later the
contractor threw up his hands, where
upon the United States had built TWO
more dredges to join the other two In
completing the work.
Each one of these dredges is provided
with two huge bins, one forward and one
aft of the engine room. The capacity OF
these bins i'm two oi the boats Is $50 cubic
Yards and in the other two $50 cubic
yards. In each boat two powerful cen
trifucal pumps suck up enough material
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30

estimated amount Of tonnage that VIII
PASS through the Panama Canal seven
years after II IL opened. The coastwIse
shipping that enters and leaves the Port
of New York by way oi the AmDros"
Channel is much larger than this, nut
how much more no dependable estimate
can be made.
The dredging of the Ambrose Channel
was undertaken in response To the urS-
ings # experts. who foresaw an early
increase in the size of vessels that would
prevent them from entering New York
rlarbor. The work was authorized by
the river and harbor act OF 1872 when
provided for an entrance To New YORK
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30
NOT A RACING VESSEL

Except to overcome an exceptionally OBJ
stnate hummock a dredge does not re-
main i'm one spot. but Steams slowly up
and down. making about a mile and a
half an hour unless hurried up by the
tide In the course of these wanderinSs
up and down. thousands of relies that
have escaped from civilization have been
brought to light by the governments
boats Coins OF all nations and denomipa-
tons. from a copper penny To "A gold
sovereign. have dropped from the mouth
Of the vomiting pipe and been picked up
by whoever CHANGED to spy them in time
Hundreds OF revolvers. knives and other
small weapons all much corroded by the
seawater. have tumbled into the bins.
Most of these were relies OF New York
police activities. the law requiring that
all confiscated weapons be destroyed. and
dumping in the harbor being the method
usually adopted But many of them were
relies of more ancient date that had
lain imbedded in the sand or mud for a
century or more perhaps. One or two old
horse pistols. with flint locks. were picked
from the deep and ancient graves in the
mud and sand.
one of the most troublesome legacies
left to the dredgers by this regime OF
careless rubbish bumpers is a vast guam
titv of broken rock, apparently the result
of exca cations on Manhattan Island in
years gone by. These rocks have been
the bane of the engineers because they
were too biz to be sucked in by the per-
foratcd paws OF the dredges and be
cause they were not dumped in any one
spot but scattered long distances up and
down the channel. one of the engineers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30

came amount of excavation would dis "
siuiIar canal fifty feet wide and sixty ie''
49,, tina, would reach the entire length
of Long Island.
II the Ambrose Channel itsel "du
due out Of the middle of Manhai'a" 's'
and il would show ditch nearly as "iue
os Central Park. a trihc less than t"eh'' ,
rour feet deep and stretching from Ca"a'
street to l25th street
still using the Panama Cana' as ="
,aord of measurement. 1t will come as
. surprise 10 many to learn that 'he ~" n,,
nroeo Channel is already accommodates
,,r more shipping than the caiai Al ''''
,dll he called upon to handle io'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30

- OH shoes. knives revolVers. coins
~ lew hundred other miscellaneous
'e OF discarded knickknacks.
a, "s the Panama Canal az a standard
hparlson. the amount Of material
c.Seeo from the bottom Of the Ambrose
ei Is almost exactly one-third the
~. ' eAcavated from Colonel GoethaIs $
me two Jobs have taken about the same
En- vi tline, but the difficulty Of ex-
r"s with steam shovels is always
m s'eater than dredging In the case
,o,.,'. ese Two bitches this difference Is as
m M. II measured by the number OF
'e9uircd to do the work ON the