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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
FOR WAR ON LONG KNIVES"
Cache Where Indians Had Gathered
Munitions Found In Cave In
Wayne County, Kentucky.

Ruins of what once was flourish
ing munitions factory" are sheltered
In cave IA miles east of Mill Springs,
in Wayne county, Kentucky, in the
opinion of Prof. A. M. Miller, head Of
the department Of geology at the Uni
yersity of Kentucky.
This factory" according to Pro-
lessor Miller, produced arrow heads to
tip the shafts Of Indian braves whose
no mans land, In the days before the
squirrel rife supplanted the bow. was
Kentucky.
Professor Miller returned recently
from trip to Wayne county, where he
prospected for caves, rockhouses and
old Indian village sites, favorable
ground for the finding of extinct mann
malian remains.
"Two rockhouses and one cave'were
examined" he said. I'm one of these,
about fourteen miles east of Mill
Springs. numerous arrow heads in vari-
Gus stages Of completion were scat
tered at shallow depth over the floor,
furnishing evidence that this shelter
formerly was an arrow head workshop
of aborigines."
The other rockhouse also gave evil
dence of having been a popular resort
of the aborigines. Human bones found
in the cave lead to the belief that 1t
had been used as burial place.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
Bad Teeth as a Racial Trait.

Do poor teeth run in races? Accord
ing to a report made by DR.. A. w.
Schoenleber of the medical department
Of the Standard Oil company to the
Eugenic Research association there is
a racial difference in resistance to dem
tai decay as shown by an examination
of 2,758 men Of various nationalities.
The cleaning whiteness Of the ne
gro's teeth is not just contrast with his
black skin, these figures show, as the
greatest proportion of perfect teeth
was found among the Afro-Amerlcans.
Polish and Austrian Jews showed the
next highest percentage of excellent
teeth, while English, German, Dan
ish, Norwegian and Swedish subjects
showed very feeble resistance to decay.
The Irish had the worst teeth Of all.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
VELVET JACKET WAS SYMBOL
Worn by Stevenson, According to
Writer, as Protest Against the
Tyranny of Fashion.

Thus CALAMITY he appears in my
minds eye when | pause in rereading
one of his books and summon up a
fantasm of the author-RObert Louis
Stevenson, gentleman adventurer in
life and letters, his brown eyes shin
ing in swarthy face, his lean, long
enduring body adorned with black
velvet jacket, Henry Van Dyke writes
In Scribner's.
This garment is no disguise, but
symbol. 1t is short, so as not to i'm
pede him with entangling tails. 1t Is
unconventional, as a protest against
the tyranny Of fashion. But 1t is OF
velvet, mark you, to match a certain
niceness of choice and preference of
beauty-yes, and probably touch OF
bravura in all it's wearer'S vagarles.
TITS like the silver spurs, broad SOM
brero and gay handkerchief of the
thoroughbred cowboy-not an element
of the dandiacal, but tribute to ro-
nance. Strange that the most genu-
inc of men usually have bit of this
in their composition; your only incur
able poseur being the fellow who af-
fects never to pose and betrays him@
self by his attitude Of scorn.
OF course Stevenson did not always
wear this symbolic garment. In fact
the only time l met him in the flesh
his clothes had discouraging resem-
blance to those of the rest of us at
the Authors club In New York. And
a few months ago, when traced his
footprints on the sands of time" at
Waikiki beach, near Honolulu, the
picture drawn for me by those who
knew him when he passed that way,
was that of lank, barefooted, bright
eyed, sun-browned man who daun-
dered along the shore in white-duck
trousers and a shirt wide open at the
neck. But the velvet jacket was in
his wardrobe, you may be sure, ready
for fitting weather and occasion.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
What Becomes of Rainfall.

One ton of water to three pounds
of -four is natures recipe for making
wheat bread, according to figures on
rainfall published by the bureau of
soils in the Department Of Agricul-
ture.
By controlling the water supply in
irrigation, accurate measurement is
possible, and this estimate is Of the
minimum requirement. Many crops
need five times as much water.
What becomes Of all the water2
OF ton of water falling on a dozen
square feet of soil during the year,
about one-third sinks through and Is
drained off underground. Only a
little runs off the surface If the field
is well plowed. A little evaporates
Immediately and the rest is held in
the soil. AS the surface dries, the
moisture in the soil soaks up by cap
Hilary attraction and evaporates off
the surface. But by far the greater
amount is drunk by the roots Of the
plants, drawn up into the leaves and
breathed back in vast quantities into
the atmosphere.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
MIGHT Be MONARCH OR CAT
Officials of Spanish Royal Palaces
Careful in Their investigation
of Sounds at Night.

One day, SO the story goes, mem
Der of the royal household Of Madrid
heard noises below IIe rose and
went downstairs.
ut must be the cat" he thought,
though as rule the cat was not per
mitted to wander about the place at
it's discretion. They must have for
gotten to lock 1t up. Suppose 1t
should wake the king!
Fearful thought Conceive the royal
anger! The official hurried through
the dark passages, and at last tracked
the sound to the pantry.
"Aha-now I've got you!" he whis-
pered, as he opened the door-and be-
held the king rummaging around for
food
If the above story is not true, it is
at least founded on fact, for the king
of Spain sometimes feels hungry in
the middle Of the night, and when the
pangs become poignant, he seeks royal
joints, as you or would seek the hum
bier biscuit. Going into the royal
pantry, he will tear off the leg of
cold fowl, or quietly carve himself a
slice of meat.
1--WE never know" said an official
who figures in the story, whether it is
the cat or the king |-London An
swers.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
crowdinn Insects.

Man, calling himself the master OF
nature, may yet be involved in a life
and-death struggle with insects for pos
session Of the globe-and in some
ways scientists declare insects are bet
ter fitted than men for survival on
earth. Baked beans at dollar por-
ton! Is the plebeian bean to be
driven from its present democratic
company into the ranks of the aristoc-
racy? This possibility is suggested by
the recent invasion Of the southern
portion of the United States by the
Mexican bean beetle, a bandit pest Of
the first magnitude that now has
gained a firm foothold and Is already
at work In a limited territory, under
mining natural resources with such
telling effect that the final outcome Is
a matter Of grave concern. Beans Of
all kinds are being attacked by this
bandit-a kind of ladybug-and entire
crops are being wiped out.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
AS THE WORLD LOOKS At IT
Much Truth, If Poor Morality, In Old
Gentleman's Explanation of
Ethics Of Today.

Secretary Hoover said at lunch.
con in New York:
LET me tell you story about old
school morals--the kind of morals
we've outgrown.
"Pop, said little boy, If l steal
nickel out of your pocket, that's
stealing. isn't itr
"'You bet 1t Isl said the little boys
father, and you'd go to Jail for 1t.
too
Suppose l bet nickel on a game
of euchre and won, that's gambling,
amt it, popY
"'Sure is, son, and you know where
gamblers-wind up-gallows or poor
house, every time
But, pop, suppose cornered all
the quinine in the world, or all the
chloroform, or all the wheat-some-
thing the world can't get along with
out, you know-and suppose / ran
the price up a thousand per cent, or
a million per cent, what would that
be, pop?'
''The fathers eye beamed, and pat
ting his boy on the back, he said with
a proud laugh:
"That would be business genius,
sheer business genius. You'll have
mankind at your feet If you ever &C
complish that"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
That Word "Hysteria."

There is a lot of scientific truth per-
tanning to the physical nature Of wom-
an, concealed in the word hysteria.
The classic origin Of the word is the
ancient Greek "hysteria," the womb.
The sexual or mother nature Of wom-
an is indicated In the word as the
origin of the laughter, the tears and
the contradictory conduct implied by
the word hysteria.
When a man is called "hysterical,"
therefore, the implication is plainly
conveyed that he is acting under the
impulses understandable and excus-
able Though sometimes extremely an
noying) in a woman, but not permits
sible in a person of the male per-
Observation-Disclosures Sentinel.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD
Enelshman's Description Of Life In
the Andes Mountains Makes Inter-
esting Reading.

In a recent expedition to Peru Mr..
Joseph Bancroft Of the University of
Cambridge did some exploring in the
higher Andes and made some interest
ing discoveries, which are told in the
British Medical Journal.
At 1900 feet cows gave milk; at
1900 feet they gave little or none. At
$4,000 feet there were no cows. At
1000 feet fleas disappeared, though
lice remained so long as there were
human beings.
At these heights men have lived for
many generations, having become ac-
climatized to the rarefed air. Many
Of them lived in chimneyless and win
dowless houses; they had a purely
communal system Of government, and
some of their customs would hardly
appeal to more civilized races. When
a native was very Ill, for instance, the
date Of his funeral was fixed without
reference to his convenience, and an
official saw to it that he was ready to
keep the appointment.
1t was remarkable what loads the
people were able to carry at these
attitudes. A boy Of about thirteen
would carry from the interior Of a
mine burden of forty pounds, ascend
ing a staircase with 1t from a point
$50 feet below, while full-grown man
would carry one hundred pounds Of
metal, yet the European was out Of
breath If he carried his coat up
slight incline.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
'"HER MAJESTY THE QUEENr
Toast Proposed by Loyal Scot Worthy
Of Place Even in Sorapbook Of :
Good Republican,

The following was on the back OF q
postal card recently received by a
Kansas Cityan from friend in Brus-
sells. 1t evidently was composed dur
ing the life of the late Queen Vic
toria:
Moo, Gentlemen, fill a. your glesses,
for I'm about to bring ,forrit The
Queen. (Applause.) Our Queen, gen.
tlemen, is really wonderful woman.
II / may say it. She's ane' O. the
gud auld sort, nae whigmaleeries or
falderals ABBOTT her, but a douce, dali
cent bodie. Respectable beyond a.
doot She's brocht up grand family
o'weelfaur'd lads and lasses-her auld-
est son wad be credit to ony mither,
and they're a weel married-a'e dauch-
ter is nae less than married to the
duke O. Argyle's son and heir (Cheers.)
Gentlemen, yen maybe no believe 1t,
but ance saw the Queen. (Sensation.)
| did. 1t was when / took my auld
broom coo to the Perth Show. mind
O. her weel-sic colour sic hair sic
Interruptions, and cries of is it the
coo or the Queen that ye're propos-
in') The Queen, gentlemen. I beg
your pardon, but / was tallkin' Of the
COO However, as to the Queen; some
body pointed her DOT to me at the
Perth Station. And there she was,
smart and tidy-like; and says to
myself, Gin my auld woman at hanre
slips ava, We medina remain widow
anither hoor LANCER. (Cheers.) Moo,
gentlemen, the whisky's guide, the
NIGHTS lang, the weather's weet, and
the roads are saft and will harm nae
body that comes to grief. SO aft WI
We; every gless to the bottom-The
Queen p"-Kansas City Star.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
Cause for Haste.

1--WE had big argument last night
Squire, about the real cause Of the coal
strike" began the village bore, upon
discovering Esquire Ramsbottom, the
well-known jurist of Petunia, sitting
in comfort in his back-tilted chair in
the shade. "Now, what is your opinion
about"
"Sorry, Emory, but l haven't time
to settle that for you now" inter-
rupted the squire. II just happened
to remember that my niece told me
to be sure to do something right away.
I forget whether it was one or the
other. To make certain of being right
l am going now and have both oper-
atoms performed See you ter!"-
Kansas City Star.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
One Little Grain of Wheat.

One grain of wheat will produce
100 hexillion grains in the tenth year,
an agricultural professor told group
of visiting farmers at the Pennsylvania
State college. He wasn't quite sure
that "hexillion" was the correct word,
but here is the way he wrote it: 10O,-
900, 900, OOO,O 900, OOO,OO0,OOO. There ould
be wheat grains enough, he said, to
string four billion chains Of 1t from
the earth to the sun. Indeed, the
crop of wheat, long before the tenth
generation, would be so large that the
earth would not be big enough to
provide space to replace the entire
crop.-Bucks County Daily News.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
He Auto Look Bad.

"Good afternoon, Mrs. Jones" ex'
claimed Mr.. Brown. "What coinci'
dence, meeting you. I ran into your
husband an hour ago."
"How funnyr" replied Mrs. Jones.
"And how did you think he was look
ing?"
''Pretty poorly"
"Well, I'm surprised to hear you
say that. Everyone says he is look
ing much better lately"
"Well, he looked bad enough an
hour ago." said Mr.. Brown.
81 wonder why that was" said Mrs.
Jones.
"Oh, l can tell you that" said Mr..
Brown. "You see, was in my car
when / ran into him."-Farm Life.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
Heard Here and There.

Opportunity" divulged the hem
peck, knocks but once, proving it is
not of the feminine SEX"
Might" explained the big man
gently to the little man whom he was
pommeling rather urgently, isn't
right. but 1t helps a whole lot"
Religion" cried the atheist. sis a
lazy explanation of mystery"
"Things left unsaid," wept the I'M
successful fiirter whose object of fir
tation refused to respond with even a
single syllable, "often hurt more than
things spoken"
bah, BAH" answered the baby
when asked his opinion Of piece OF
free verse just read him.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
American Silks.

There are some interesting phases
of the official statistics with reference
to the manufacture of silk goods in
the United States, particularly those
that have to do with the early history
of that industry.
1t appears that the making of silk
goods in our country has grown rap
idly since the year 1860. At that time
only 10 per cent of the silk used in
the United States was homemade. In
1870 the percentage of home manu-
featured silk had doubled; in 1880
it had become more than so per cent;
in 1890, 20 per cent, while at present
it is estimated to be in excess of So
per cent.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
All of That.

When my small daughter became
interested in our ages 1 laughingly
told her that 1 was sixteen and daddy
twenty-one. After she learned to count
she added a year as the birthdays
came around.
One day while she was playing at a
neighbours the woman Of the house
said: "Mary, do you know how old
your mother Isl"
Mary answered: Nineteen"
ooh, she is older than that, Mary,
I'LL bet she is twenty-six or twenty
seven"
Mary came home and told me Of
the conversation. After my resent
ment of my neighbours inquisitiveness
had subsidized / was amused at the I'M
intended compliment. am thirty-five.
Exchange.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
The Whipped Cream Age.

Old Charlie Isaacson says:
AS | rode out of Buffalo l observed
three men playing poker in the club
car-three tough politician types.
When l arrived in New York l was
thirsty and went into my favorite
fountain at Grand Central. While
waited for the electric shaker to make
my egg phosphate l heard in gruff
voice:
"Three chocolate sodas, please"
And In a gruffer voice came the re-
mark:
"And give me plenty Of whipped
cream on NINE"
l turned; l found the customers
were my tough companions from the
fredericksburg Leader.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
Stump Gutter Does Work Rapidly

Stump Gutter Does work Hapldiy.
Tree stumps can be cut off at ground
level, or as much as 30 inches below,
very rapidly by machine, described
and illustrated in the Popular Me-
chanics Magazine, that does the cut
ting with a sort of combined band and
circular saw, for though it Is fiat, like
a band saw, it is 9s inch thick, and
maintains it's circular shape. The saw
is rotated rapidly by small gasoline
engine, and when cutting below ground,
1t is started some distance from the
stump, and is sloped and fed down.
ward so that it descends into the
ground and strikes the stump at the
desired depth. After cutting through
the stump the slope Of the saw is re-
versed, and 1t proceeds to cut upward,
ending by having cut out saucer
shaped section of the ground contain
ing the tree stump.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
whx Hoover SENT Corn to Russia.

Someone asked Mr.. Hoover recently
why he sent corn to Russia instead of
wheat. Because" replied the secre-
tary Of commerce without a moments
hesitation, "for one dollar can buy so
many calories"-carrying it out to the
third decimal place-"in corn, and only
so many"-again to the third decimal
place-'in wheat. get about twice az
many in corn as In wheat. From
behind the Mirrors"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
Want Library for Every Ship.

During the recent war the American
Library association placed for the use
of the men of the merchant marine
ships a total of 100000 books. These
books were made up into Libraries and
shifted from one vessel to another.
Recently the American Merchant Ma
rine Library association has been or
ganized for the purpose of carrying
on this work under the slogan "A
Library for Every Ship."-The Class
mate.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
Statue 10 Bed Cross Man.

Capt. ]. A. Pedlow, the American
Red Cross commissioner TO Budapest,
is said to be the most popular man in
the Hungarian capital. Out Of graft
tude for his relief work among the
starving war victims, the Hungarian
government has erected monument
to him in the city park, which was re-
Gently unveiled on the seventy-ifth
birthday of Count Apponyi, the grand
old man" of Hungary.-The Argonaut.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
Putting Her at Ease.

We were being entertained at din
ner at the home Of friend who had
prepared a most delectable meal.
Her dessert had failed and she had
substituted prune whip for which she
made apology.
l said: There is nothing we like
better-whenever l haven't much to
eat for a meal 1 serve prune whip and
our family think they had a fine din
ner."-Chicago Tribune.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
Sarcastic.

A farm hand who had worked every
day in the week from dawn till late at
night, finishing his duties by lantern
light, went to the farmer at the end Of
the month and said:
81 am going to leave. You promised
me a steady job"
"Well, haven't you one" was the
astonished reply.
NO" said the worker. "There are
three or four hours every night when
don't have anything to do except fool
away my time sleeping"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
Wireless SIGNALS and the Aurora.

1t is due to the observations of q
scientist of Montreal that we now
know to practical certainty that wire
less telegraphy may be affected by the
aurora borealis.
This scientist describes three ocea-
sions. when the aurora was present.
or in the brilliant weather associated
with aurora, when his apparatus re-
eeived dispatches over ahnorma:
ranges. SIngularly. the apnaiatnS
epparently aF,r-c3 by the aRfcr3
could reca'Qo transmit signals
while tile iniileaee lasted.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
Minhtx Few Do.

"Why don't you join golf clubP
"Man, / don't know how to play
golf"
THAT'S no reason. Ninety per cent
OF the golf club members don't know
how to play the game, either. DE
troit Free Press.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
Relief to Friend Husband.

"Has the woman in politics improved
the conditions of life?"
Undoubtedly" replied Miss Cay
enne. "Women now argue great cues.
lions among themselves instead Of
:aalzing husbands try to explain mat
tiers they % not understand"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08

Following is the weekly correspond
ence between wife at the seashore
and her husband in town, They have
been married a lot of years and the
letters from the lonely wife are Of a
touching nature. They are all alike
and so are the replies.
Dear Fred-Please send check.
Dear Lottie-Inclosed find check
New York Evening Mail.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
Americans consume Much MIX.

The average American today is a
great milk drinker and consumes
twice as much as former generations,
according to the Department Of Agri-
culture. The consumption of mix
last year was estimated at Al gallons
for each person. not including that
ased in ice cream, cheese and but
ter.-Exehange.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
Sentiment and Annette.

81 understand that one of your col
leagues voted for prohibition, in spite
of the fact that he personally con-
sumes convivial fluids"
eyes," replied Senator Sorghum,
His heart was in the right place, but
his stomach wasn't"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
To Test Jar Covers.

Screw the top on the jar without
the rubber. If the thumb nail can
be inserted between the cover and the
glass, the top is usually defective.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
Heroic Measures.

You and your husband go away
every summer, don't you?"
Yes. but ! dislike doing IT,"
"Then why do you goT
81 have to have Tom live in a stuffy
hotel for a few weeks every year to
,n.te him appreciate the way I keep
kitrlse. Boston Tf,n rriGt
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
Record Earth Girding

The fastest trip around the world,
consuming 81 days, 81 hours and 30
minutes, was made by John Henry
Mears, in 1913.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
sYnconafes Il.

Jud Tunl;ins says profanity is 70
conversation wsat AZ Is ~ idiis.e.--.
Washington Star.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08
Foundation in BeIuium.

According to the latest Official fig
ures, the population Of Belgium Il
7,47S,S40.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-08

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