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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-05-27
PICKED PlcKINoa

A snake farm is located in the
section Of Missouri.
There is only one sudden death
women to every eight among
men.
The authorities Of Meran in the
Austrian Tyrol, have forbidden the
outdoor wearing Of long trains by
women.
The original manuscript Of John
Bunyan's "Pilgrim Progress" is
said to be in the possession of a
family named Bates living, in Law
renee County, III.
An old way Of interroga ing fate
in love affairs is to slice an apple
in two with a sharp knife. If this
can be done without cutting a seed
the wish Of the heart will be full
filled.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-05-27

" Castoria IS so well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior TO any prescription
known 10 me-" II. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
81 Portland Ave-, Brooklyn, n. Y.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-05-27
IN CHANCERY AT CAMDEN.
J. H. Spencer guardian, etc, VS. William
Cowell.

J. H. Spencer guardian, etc, VS., William
Cowel
On Monday the 4th day Of July, 1892,
at the court house door in the town OF
Camden, Tenn, l will sell to the highest
bidder, free from the equity Of redemp-
ton, the following tract or parcel Of land
lying in the fifth civil district Of Benton
County, Tenn, and bounded as follows
to wit On the north by Henry Hudson
and Mrs. D. Lynch, cassidy Houston Cow
ell and J. II. Key, south by Henry Hud-
son and J. II, Key, and west by j. d.
Bridges, ct ais and contains about 40
acres. Said land VIII be sold on a credit
Of 9and is months, except Is per cent,
cash. The clerk and master will take the
notes OF the purchaser, with approved Sc
curity, and a lien will be retained upon
the property sold as further security.
May Is, 1892, TOM @. RYE,
By Guy HALL, Clerk and Master,
Deputy Clerk and Master. SO
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-05-27

Farmers in Mexico always use
oxen of one color in the morning
and Of another color in the after
noon. They do not know why; but
they know that Unjust be the right
thing to do, because their forefath-
ers did ii.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-05-27

An absent-mined Philadelphia
barber tucked a newspaper under
his patrons chin and gave him a
towel to read.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-05-27
A CLEVER ooNvoTs ESCAPE.
IN STRIPES ONLY ABOUT ONE YEAR,
How a Tennessee Convict Got Away From
His Armed Guard at Brioeviue.
New York SUM-

New York SUM-
In Tennessee the most Of the con-
victs are worked in the mines, and
are not guarded by walls and bolts,
but by men who stand over them
with shotguns and Winchesters.
AS matter of course these task
masters are not Of a very high So
cial order, and do not excel in either
humanity or education. If a con-
vict leaves the line as he and his
fellows are marching from mine to
stockade in the first shadows of
evening, or if he drops his rake at
the coke ovens and starts to run,
he will certainly he pursued by one
or more bullets, aimed with consid-
cradle precision. 1t is, therefore,
not rare thing for a convict to be
killed or manned for life. But the
guard is only doing his legal duty,
and seems to enjoy shooting atsuch
big game by way Of break in the
monotony oflong days Of watching
and loafng.
But frequently convicts do es-
cape to the mountain wilds, where
they are never pursued. In fact,
if a convict manages to get half a
mile from the mines without being
caught OF killed, he may count HIM
self safe so long as he keeps away
from the villages and towns. The
trouble is in getting his convict
garb exchanged for less conspicu-
Gus clothing. And all the escapes
chat are planned by convicts who
have no friends on the outside are
planned with this in view. Every
convict guard has some story of an
ingenious escape, and is willing to
tell it if he was not too badly i'll
volved in it.
Not long ago there was a white
convict named Reed working at the
Briceyille stockade. He had been
put in for ten years for a series of
forgeries, and as he was not very
strong, they let him do the lighter
work around the stockade, and only
worked MIN in the mines when
there was particularly heavy run
He had been in stripes about a year,
and had behaved himself SO well
that the guards thought he was re-
signed to his lot. Furthermore,
Briceville is far away from civiliza-
ton, and he had no friends to give
him clothes, even if he succeeded
in getting away One morning he
started for the we'll to draw some
water, a guard with a Winchester
over his shoulder accompanying
him. They walked along side by
side, the convict carrying two big
tin pals. The we'll is about foul
hundred yards from the stockade
around the side Of the mountain
and shut in from any sort of view
by trees and bushes. The guar(
sat down on a stone near by and tn
convict stood at the we'll box look
ing down into the well. Prett,
soon the convict leaned away owe
and put his head far down into th
well box.
"What's the matter?" asked tn
guard.
A Dig water snake, SAID ID
convict, standing up and lookin
around at him. "The biggest
ever saw"
The guard left his Wincheste
leaning against the rock he ha
been sitting upon, and came ovel
He looked down the well.
Il don't see no snake" reptile
the guard. "Draw your water an
comealong."
aYou don't lean farenough.
said the convict. "He's lying on
ledge about half way up the side {
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-05-27

dicular, and with one tremendous
jam loosened his hold on the box
and stuffed him into the well. The
guard fell with a yell and a huge
splash. But the yell was mufled
by the close walls of the well and
by the small box. Fortunately for
him the water was so deep and he
struck it in such q way that he came
to the surface right side up. There
he was spluttering, splashipg, and
cursing resonantly. He looked up
at the small square Of daylight high
above him, and saw the convicts
face and heard him laugh. "Do
you see the snake?" said the con-
Wet.
"Just wait till l get out Of this"
said the guard, "Pll make you sweat
for il"
"But I won't wait" said the CON
Wet. His face disappeared from
the hole and the guard began to
yell. The convict reappeared with
the Winchester.
"You needn't trouble yourself to
YELL" said he. "Two feet away
from this box it sounds no louder
than a frogs croak Now undress
yourself quickly and I'll let down
the bucket for your clothes. If
you don't undress I'll shoot"
off you shoot they'll hear you,
and then it'll be all up with you,"
shouted the guard triumphantly.
The convict was silent a minute,
then called back: "Thats fact.
I'm much obliged. I'll drop big
stones in at you if you don't hurry
up those clothes" And he drop
ped in a small stone just to show
how it would work. The guard
lodged, but the stone caught him
on the shoulder and made quite an
impression, coming from such a
distance.
"Hurry up" said the convict.
"Ill undress, too, and pass you
down my clothes. See that ledge
over there? You can get on it and
keep dry until some one comes. I
am really doing you a favor in let
ting you have my dry clothes for
your wet ones"
The convict was undressed first
and hurried the guard with a couple
of good-sized stones that just miss
ed him, When the clothes were
ready the conyictletdown theempty
bucket, which was caught by the
shivering guard and filled with the
wet clothes. The convict raised
these to the surface, took them out
and put his dry close in and lower
ed the bucket again. When the
guard had got the dry clothes the
convict raised the bucket again.
He wrung the wet clothes out
over the mouth Of the we'll and ther
put them on. He leaned over tn,
; well and said
"Say, old man, you forgot to take
, your money out. I'm ever so mucl
> obliged, as 1 need your months pa.
' worse than you do. Good-by.
hope you will get out soon, butno
e too soon"
: And he was gone with the Win
Y chester over his shoulder before tn
I howl Of rage from the guard reach
g ed the surface. About two hour
afterward they missed the guar
e and the convict and set to search
ing for them. Assoon as the guar
Q heard the faint sounds Of footster
g he started to yelling. 1t was neal
l ly an hour before they got him OF
and started in pursuit Of the cor
r vict. But everybody had to G
d afoot in those wilds, and the cor
: vict had too good a start. He wa
clever enough to keep away froi
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-05-27

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child she cried for Castoria
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria
When she had Children, she gave them Caetoria
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-05-27
81. Louis @ Tennessee River
PACKET COMPANY.
(CITY OF SHEFFIELD.
srEAMlRs:} CITY or pADUCAH.
tCIrY OF SAVANNAH

One Of these elegant steamers leave st. Louis
every Wednesday and Saturday for all points on
Mississippi River TO Cairo Chic River to Padu-
cah and TennSeeSSce River TO Florence, taking
freight and passengers for all points on the Ohio
to Pittsburgh, and on the Cumberland to NASH
vile. Through bills OF lading prompt service,
and low rates
JOHN JG. MASSENGALE,
Traffic Manager,
WharfBoat foot of Olive street, ST. LOUIS.
e777One of these steamers arrive at Johnsonville.
every Tuesday and Friday
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-05-27
Paducah, Tennessee & Alabama r. r
"HOLLOW ROCK ROUTE"

Time Table No Z, Taking Effect May 8, 1892.
. Daily. +Daiy except Sunday. s,md ,s only.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-05-12

DR.. Trity Of Nansen, who is known from
having trsversed Greenland from east TO
west. is OF the opinion that all the expedi
tions which have hitherto gone ont to find
the north pole have gone the wrong way
The pole can only be approached from
Asia. he thinks. Some objects fonnd on
the coast OF Greenland cannot have come
from parts south ofthat country, but only
from the north. II Is concluded that they
have IN ,st likely been carried there by
current running from the northern coasts
OF Siberia across, or around the pole
toward Greenland. DR.. Nasen proposed
"a 20 10 the months Of the river Yenise
either around the North Cape Of Norway
and the coast OF Russia or through Behring'S
Strait all along the northern coast OF Siber,
10. Should be iod the current which he
eY poets 10 discover he will steam along II
toward the pole His steamer holds about
two hundred and 6ity tons and Is built 80
that pressure from the bottom must lift II
ont OF the water before II can be crushed
by ice. He will take crew Of twelve
men and provisions for six years Tbs
engine also produces slseirio light. A
balloon and gas 10 oil II will be taken.
Tents will be taken for expeditions that
may become necessary, also sleigbs aud
boats.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-05-12

| am converted to the German system OF
house beating. The Dutch stove has been
regarded ss an expression SO contemptuous
ss to be derisive. Ii is an institution pos
sessing the largest merits. The usual stove
10 Berlin is a tower OF porcelain, bound 10
brass, extending nearly to the ceiling. and
en- article of furniture pleasant to look
upon. Stoves are artistic and not fsntss
tic. They get the most out OF fuel, aud
are clean. Within few inches OF the
floor is o thin brass door, not larger than
sheet Ct foolscsp psper. II hasa light
latch, and, open, discloses solid iron
door OF the same size, end on buttoa
hangs the key to screw. Apply the key
and open the door. and within is third
door with airholts. Open that and there
is a chamber for fuel
The Germaps have kiDdling in small
Jumps, that make a fire y sure thing. aud
little black bricks OF compressed slack,
stuck together with tsrry paste. sat
the fire and close the inner door aud
when the bricks are glowing shut the
second door, screw il mp tight, swinging
the outer door into i,s place, and you need
no more fire for twenty four hours. The
porcelain tower becomes warm, bat not
blistering hot, and diffnses warmth that is
wholesome and comforts BILE. 1t is msgt'
cal thut 30 much hest can be evolved from
so little fuel, that the process should be
one of absolute cleanliness.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-05-12

Almost bis fret eil1rt ma pe~spaprr
Office was to oondehse an aoeoun, NJ sol,
den Wedding He did iis bss, and hand
"a :. - us-aeh...- i..eIaa ~ over aud
handed il back, remarklne eolily,
You seem TO have got everything .uu. .,.s
point. Try aesiu,
Greatly absshed. ha returned 10 his
desk and toiled for nearly an hour over
the thing. tioally taking 1t ial,etingly a
second time 10 bis chief That function
AIRY read It through, and then with calm
contempt looked the young man over
Don't You see that the striking thing
sbont this incidsut and the only thing
which mskes il worth our while 10 print
Il, is that each Of these Individuals nov
celebrating their golden wedding has
been married oncs before. Probably an
almost unprecedented thing. You have
carefully left the mau point out OF both
your condensa'ious
The newspaper man went on TO say that
he never forgot that experience. He thinks
be owes his sucoess TO II, for be has come
TO be one OF the foremost copdensers on
the press. Thines come to him from all
parts OF the country TO be boiled down.
Since that maiden fort which was such
a total failure, he says always look for
the point the first thing.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-05-12
pa-asol 10 summer or carry a muf in sia

pa-asol 10 summer or carry muif IN sia
ter
Bu' Jonas laawsy, thinking, like sen,
sihla io.n, ths. IA toe good thing. should
not he appropriated by women, an nmbrel'
Ia tprobabiy IL belonged to his uit.l over
bis n,si. he not ouly Kept himself dry
among bis fellow cfes,ures. but be render,
Ell hi. nsm immortal and lett shining
ersmpls to US who have not always the
courage % onr Convictions.
Bu, il vas long before the whole coun'
try got used TO umbrellas II VAS told OF
one distant corner Of Scotland, that in this
quarter Umbrellas were sported only by
the laird and the ml5islef. aud we're lock
ed upon 10y the common class people A.
perfect phenomena To see the minister
or the laird 80 Ivy with au umbrella over
his head vac as good rs clrcus to the
small boys OF the village.
Oae day DaoieI Mcpherson called upon
the laird 10 pay bis rent. As he Was abont
to leave bard shower came on. and Dan
Iel. being well 80 do man and much
respected, the laird politely offered him
The use OF vi um brella, Daniel proudly 40
cep,ed The losu aud, mucn elated. walked
aff with hrs head hald savsrsl inches hish.
or than us1sl
He had not been gone many minutes
however, Shpn 20 tho lairds surprise he
saw Daniel paslias back with all poss,'
bic haste, the nmbrolls still held firmly
over his head
II q, hae, kornel. be called out, this'll
never dol There's nae door in a my
house thstIl tax II iul My yer barn
] oor winps tax tipl
Poor Daniels bu3i bad noi yet grasped
the iiea thrt the umbrella must bc shut
nj before ba tried to take il in the door.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-05-12
The Tree as n scaooi-msster

To those who study II with care and
sympsthy, the tree is always teschins les
sons which help to enlargs rnd elevate the
pinu. rIou H. eau ue aeii,r1 inslfnc'
tions OF profound sisnifesnee, Of high
philo ophy. Of practical sug seslion. az one
considers its meaning, its history and It's
economic value in tbe world
First Of all il teach 8 man to reserve
judgement by showing that the iusienih
canoe OF germ is no criterion OF the msR'
nilu5e OF its product. that slowuess Of de-
velopment is not 90 index OF he scope o.
growth, and proves to him that toe most
far reaching results eau 10 attained by
very simple mesps OF the tree man IN
due course learns the law OF the sntvival
of the tttest.
Then comes the study Of the trees pro-
digslity Of production, the enormous care
for the protection Of the species, the tbous
sDds OF seeds yielded for one that GERM
mates.
Not even when tue fall approaches does
your tree put on wintry connteDsnoe
Rather does il array itself 10 gold and pur'
pie for its last pageant, strewing the earth
with SPLENDID carpet, which enwraps the
new fallen seed or nut, and thus ensures
to it q future growth. Even when the last
laa{ clinos tn the gtem the tree Is talr
sight TO those who truly love ii and can re-
joce in the exquisite outline presented by
its denuded branches, the soft intef'ecing
OF its twigs. the fine curves OF limb and
bough, the rosy brown shadow OF it's tips
closely interwoven in throad'hke seb
against the pale blue of = winter sky.
Even so fine character meets disaster
and loss, brsced for the blast What mat,
ters it that adornmepts are shorn away II
the revealed life is full Of vigorous beauty,
OF unconq energy OF powerful prom
ise; shall not tue future Of the brave
though sbivering tree give courage to the
man shorn OF his wealth or joy to put T. rth
buds Of hope for spring that is TO come
| Thus doee the tree as u schoolmaster lead
man from the great preliminary lessons OF
eternal law and progress OF development
and growth. down to the homely and nee
ded schooling 10 patience, endurance and
calm confidence in hopeful future.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-05-12

Here's something rather novel and anus
ing in the way Of a business arrangement.
said the man on the corner to the other
man. Our trm has a travelling man whose
vile 10 what Is commonly termed terror.
She regulates her husband ip every psrtici
nlar, draws his salary and doles 1t ont to
him. comes IN aud raises SaDcho with the
house II be ia out too long, and makes herr
self generally obnoxious. All the men 10
the ofllce are afraid Of her, and You would
laugh to zee them vii scatter of and get
very bnsy when she appears.
Well, sir. this year the firm wanted to
cut that drum mer's salary down. and how
do you think they did IN They knew his
wife would make tbiogs lively il she knew
his salary was decreased, 80 they fixed 1t
up between them that his pay was to be
reduced, Int that his wife should draw
the old amount, and that ~ the drummer
has q little bank account he wonld make
matters square with the firm at tie end OF
the year. How q that for terrorizing abil'
i,y-one little 130 pound woman holding
nm der her thumb her husband and whole
firm besides?
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-05-12

A physician said With some women !
am iold the main object Of wearing q cor
set is they shall have fine busts, but %
matter Of TACT corset We airing is accountable
ior the lack OF Development that one sees
in many young women OF the day. We're
they to throw away their corsets they
would find that in u short time the longed
for dew lopmept would com and unless
they we're uncom monty lean or 10 poor
health they would not have SO very long
TO wait either. In al the photog spbs OF
wild women that one sees. whether they
are Sioux, Sumatrans or South Ses Islsn
ders. one observes that lack OF bust
development is the exception and not the
,ule. Nature is nature every time. and
natural woman is healthy woman under
ordinary circumstsuces and conditions. !
msy state tina, IL is not always we'll TO be
too precipiiHte 10 Lhis matter OF throwing
aside the corset
The bert way for woman 10 rid herself
OF corsets IL to first loosen them up and
wear them that way Tor few weeks This
sill Il i.eeIf give her great freedom and
aiii psre her for tbe greater comfort
which she ! sure TO etjoy later When she
snail have finally cast Of her tightly buck
led shield spd msde of herself q wholly
free women. Then H.. ne strings be
oui still fur,be, End iuriher. until the ribs
Of tue corset piys actually no support 10
the bscK eheu they may be discarded. Ia
this particular, you viii see, there Is no
pxsep,ion 20 the rule that radical and
itfeme messufe. euIieniy applied often
uii aissststousls. It i. better TO take
aetslgrm 10 baod xi,h a determination
p.d 10 puwuo ], TOO hastily.
". have no objection 10 What sr'
Lnosa as waists TheY are sil well enough
IL tho somsn must wear something "a
hep item iGto shspe. a. they call u
There greet deal Of diii-fence betweet
,ae reeds apd bamboos IL the ~sis's' snd
The s,eei sp5 ~hsls bone of the c0sefs
4 Com srsd tn ibs c1fss's they are indeed
quite bsIulhss
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-05-12

on. oi !, by force TIE doctors all said he
would not set we'll. and Charlie said nolhing
only worked; but they conquered. lie was
helpless. though for oolths. sni Chsflie't
funds aud his own savings melt d sway
under the hessT sxpens,si but somasay -
we'll. none Of them aver fuew II til long
Afterwards
But you can see bis monument II you
WISH Up st the epmpsny's etice, in a
room buil, for that purpose, is a battered
mass OF iron and brass that once was The
locomotive he stopped train wi,h.
And Pat himself. fading that be could
never do bard ply sioa' work again became
lawyer He lives ia The city ncw, but
Charlie keeps the little white bcuse in
shape Tor him. and every simmer be
comes back and lives among us sgsio.
They call him Judge now, and have lacked
. whole alphabet OF letters to tis name
bu. among the boys ne IL and always will
be Pat our comrsde and hero.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-05-12
The Need Of Teaching Patriotism,

A. the close OF the first bali century OF
the government, when. for instance, WEBB
ster delivered bis eulogy Of Adsns aud
Je fiersop, or his orstion st the foundation
O, the Bunker Hill monument, there wa
no necessity Of considering how to siimn.
late and deepen the sentiment Of nstionalh
~. The vas, food c' foreign Immigration
with which We are familiar had hardly be-
pup 10 iise, snd so appeal to American pa
,tiotism touched eyerT heard with the
same emotion. Tns, day ia passed
The necessity sni ,be consequent dni'
Of instruction in ns,ionsi history and oi
preservation Of th. national traditions are
in peratiye. The fundamental truths that
there is no liberty without Law, that every
form OF class Iegisls,ien is snttrepubiicso.
that ed dnicsted ioteliig nee is . chis'sbai
vsrk Of free institutions, that indiyidu i
visilsnce and activity 1s tbs sosraniee 81
political progress. must be eonstsDtly .nd
practically incnlcs'ed
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-05-12
VOLUME 81.

smsllef at the top than ., The bottom and
encifclsd With mallcsbls iron hsrhs, pre-,
pared for ai,sschins aite or ether jesosip'
lions OF fencing is seven inches eide aud
and sevea feet long. With an open sio,
eatendins The entire length rae top ia
held Ia place by an ornament cap
TIE pos, is designed 10 he driven into
the ground. thus obyistina The neees iiy
OF digslnr holes For thi. purpose =
driving machine has been designed. which
Ia 40 arranged tha, II csn be se, At any an
gle. the poet being slssys IA a vetiicsi
position when driven into the ground
one man and shorse are required 20 opsr'
ate = machine, whlch can 40 the work Of
ten men IN the same given time, These
posts. befors b ioe used. are treated 10
bath 10 solution heated by electricity
and coating rnt on them r. prevent the
action Of either salt ot alkaliee, The eos,
OF maintensnes Is small and protection
from fre is assured.