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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-07-14
is THE BEST IN THE WORLD
Green Co.. Wis. Jan. 1898.

purchased several hundred pounds OF American hemp
Tor myself and brother last and did not
had me order 50 pounds OF pure Manila and both said
preferred the hemp said did not as uc ana Went
did eat the bands off, At least they did not in
grain think too much cannot be said in favor OF American
hemp. Fraternaly IT,. ANDERSON
Green Co., Wis. Jan 1893.
The American hemp binder Irvine that received from
ns ever used It smooth twln cut about
last and the Irvine did not break but
break then Te gentlemen who used year
well pleased with 1t and they want this year ResRt
Rock Co.. Wis, JAN 10, 1893
The hemp Irvine which used last harvest gave good
satisfaction Irvine trimming well in binder and proving
became with weeds While do not think
pound will bind much grain some other kinds the price
much lower that the amount OF grain bound at
less cost with it than with other Irvine ever used
W.. BEALs
Ottawa Co.. Ohio Feb. 1898
gave very of satisfaction 1t bound good
not touch It though they thick as bees in hive All the
members of Association that bought Irvine well pleased
best hemp Irvine they evar saw It run SO even
think all that bought OF last year will buy OF this
Rock Co.. Mimi, Jan. 1893.
used American hemp Irvine last and that
with great and good was the best Irvine
before because it It the from end OF
the ball the other Crckets will not touch it, have recon-
to Others and
Rock Co.. Mimi, Jan: 1893
used will clog in the needle
uzz stronger than the best manila Irvine
American hemp. AUGUST ENdEL
Lincoln Co., S. D., 1898
particular worked perfection the machine and was not
by the insects The consumption was SO much
othr Hnes we have thar
we needed. We yours Respt BEDDoE BROS.
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Rock Co.. Mimi, Jan. 1893.
reply yours would that well pleased with the
'"'-'' ~ ~''~0N Yours Kespt. BIRCH CHAPLIN.
LAFAYETTE Co., Wis., Feb 1893.
ordered you about a-half ton OF binder
of different kinds, among which two bales OF
divided as each wished to the different kinds oneha bale
used and the best manila liked both equally WELL
the hemp was stronger and harder twisted
Yours truly, G. A. PEMBER
Lincoln s. Oak.
used your American hemp Irvine something 100
and worked we'll The only thing that required
Very Respt'y, HI FRANK.
Lincoln Co, S. D., Feb 1892.
used the American hemp and found it
good any the other kinds have used In way
more '0s acre. Nm Ms
Winnebago Co., ILL.,, JAN 1893.
am pleased to inform you that the A American hemp
purchased Of you harvest gave perfect
have used all kinds of Irvine but used
lot pronounced it excellent Yours respectfully,
Green Co., Wis. Feb 1893.
the binder Run good through gave
much as it is stout twine T. n DUNWlDDlE
Rock Co.. Mimi Jan 1893
fused the American hemp binding Irvine last harvest and
5 @ %Ds 3D. 4 Of be be
by the crckets the other twines THOMAS RAW
Winnebago Co., ILL.,, Dec 1892
AS for experience with the American hemp Irvine will
that worked equal Irvine that used would
the American hemp than the best manila for two rea-
it cheaper and the crickets do not cut it like do
the manila. Yours Respt. G. II. STORDOCk
Mnnehaha Co., S. D., Feb. 1898.
quantity American hemp binder Irvine last
It gave perfect satisfaction in all and binds
would advice ali brother give fair trial believe
In patronzng home industry OLIVER MUNSEN
Rock Co.. Mimi Ian. 1893
ass ~S IT. hemp binder wen
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TESTIMONIALS.


Il test Of eight different kinds Of Irvine
~ result say that hemp Irvine excele them
A. Yours Respy. R. B. WILLARD.
Lincoln Co., S. D., Ian. 10, 1893.
~ sxine made ''''4 WESLEY HEEREN.
liked the hemp Irvine bought OF you last and
~ say that gave perfect satisfaction went farther
I'D skipped bundles than other used Have used
o Standard Manila and Blue Jay but hemp suits me best
q aA. Yours truly, F. B. MEACHAM
Minnehaha Co., S. D., JAM 1893.
The hemp Irvine purchased from you 90 K. 1t gave
=. N. NJ. WEBSTER.
Minnehaha Co., s. D., Jam 1898.
Win that have used Manila ssa Standard and Blue
thing in favor OF the hemp the ckets do not
y Yours Frat1y, A. E. LOCKWOOD.
Minnehaha Co., s. d. Jan 1898.
used your American hemp binder Irvine to bind my
E during the harvest Of 1892 and well pleased with
srisr this year. Yours truly, cHAs. JOHNSON.
shiawassee Co., Mch Jan 1893
satisfaction and hope to send in large der this coming
season. Yours Resptly, s. l. KELLOGG
Minnehaha Co., JAN IA, 1893
vGnd that asvs used the hemp Sd tyS and
Rock Co., Mimi, JAM 1e, 1893
The hemp bought from you last harvest gave good
Yours Fratly, JOHN BREWER
Adinnehaha Co, S. D., Jan. 1898.
used 80 pounds Of your hemp binder Irvine and it
D0ct satisfaction. have two old machines alter A.
Mood and Mccormick binder would it
4aaila twine Respt'y, OLE SEVERSON.
Lincoln Co., s. D., Jan 1898
used the American hemp Irvine last year used
q svsn Irvine and it filed the recommend exactly.
8t Yours truly, E. J. DARLING :"
Lincoln Co., S. D., Jan. TO-
- shall use this get it. used ute
S1sr, that Wa no good Yours Respt. ED. J. south
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-07-21
MOUNTAIN RAM AND PUMA.
A Furious Battle Which a California
Hunter Witnessed.

Lovers of sport with spice of dan
ger will find plenty of it to suit them
in the interior of Lower California,
where great stretches of heavily tim
bered land have yet to receive their
visit from a white man. Col. William
Denton, the well-known mining man
and surveyor, was the undesigning wit
ness of savage and exciting contest
while on his prospecting trip north of
Calamojue some weeks ago, the partic-
ulars of which he related to San
Diego Union man. Attracted by furi-
Gus noise in the brush and the evident
uneasiness of his animals he tied them
securely and went forward to recon-
hotter, unlimbering his gun for use il
necessary. The sight that presented
itself was certainly worth witnessing,
as battle royal between two magnifi.
cent brutes. A full-grown California
lion had attacked mountain sheep,
and was finding it's claws full in trying
to let go. The sheep was of formid-
able size, and be used his monstroua
horns with astonishing rapidity, back.
ing off, stamping his feet with quick
jerk, and propelling himself at his foe
like sure-enough battering ram.
The great yellow puma, agile and
watchful, leaped aside or into the ali
to escape the onslaught of the tartar
he had caught, and with lightning
like spring he would aim to clutch the
ram behind the horns. But not once
did the interested observer see the ran
caught unawares. The heavy horns
were swung quickly on the pivot of hi
sinewy neck, and received the clawins
of the cat with no effect whatever.
Col. Denton watched the sport will
all the zest of a sportsman, and, on in
dications that the belligerents werv
becoming mutually disguised an,
about to separate and disappear, h
embraced moment when the ran
stood stamping his fore feet preparing
to dart forward, and gave him bulle
behind the shoulder. The ram leape,
upward and forward, game to the last
and tumbled forward on his horns
Col. Denton then turned to pay hi
respects to the lion, but as the brut
had already received more than it ha
bargained for, it was out of sight. Tn
splendid horns of the ram were secure
by the hunter as trophy.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-07-21
TO TEST MEMS SOCIALISM,
Give Man Chance to Get Rich and
Watch Him.

Give a Man Chance to Get Rich and
Watch Him.
"The best way to test mans faith
in socialism," said a traveller to rep
resentative of the st. Louis Globe
Democrat, sis to watch what he does
when he accumulates or is presented
with little property. have trusted
employee who is a first-class man in
every respect, except for his determine
ton to talk and argue little too
much. For years he has been an ex-
IRENE socialist and has been arguing
about the crime of wealth. Not very
long ago he refused to continue the
discussions and seemed very anxious
to forget all he had ever said in favor
of an equitable division of all the
good things in. the world among all the
people living in it. laughed at him q
good deal, but without success, and
finally ascertained the cause.
"He had for years been buying tho
house he lived in by small install
ments, and not being very good ac-
countant had lost track of the fight OF
time, and was very much surprised one
fine morning to find that he owned his
house free from incumbrance. The
ground had increased in value about
two hundred per cent. while he was
paying for it, and he is now worth
three thousand or four Thousand dol.
lars.
81 forgot how much he had been ar
guing was the maximum amount each
American should be allowed to own
but it was very small percentage Of
his present earthly possessions, AND
hence his abandonment of the desire
for dividing up. The building associa
tons scattered over the country In Sc
many thousands are the best anti
socialist advocates that can well bt
imagined"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-07-21

AS AN illustration Of the kind Of men
we have on our western frontier the
following may be related; At the time
when the Indians of old Chief Colo
rows band were threatening trouble
out west one of the "bucks" called at
an agency to inspect a lieutenant who
had just been put in charge and to
show his contempt of the soldiery. He
had repeating rifle on his back, two
revolvers and knife in his belt and u
look of scorn on his brow The lieu
tenant, who was unarmed, greeted him
cheerfully, and offered his hand. The
Indian looked at it and turned away
with a grunt. 1t was time to show
decision. The lieutenant, who was an
athlete, seized the red man by girdle
and jacket and dashed him violently
against tree, whereupon all the as
sembled Indians burst out laughing,
and the Inundated bully skulked away
without trying to use his firearms. It
is safe to say that redskin suddenly ac-
CURED wholesome respect for Uncle
Sans soldiers.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-07-21
A pangerous operatlon.

Plucling ostriches requires many
precautions. The birds are driven into
large Enclosure, then into smaller
ones until they are so closely packed
together that they cannot fight or turn
round; from there into pluclxing box,
where there is just room for bird to
stand. An operator standing on each
side OF the box reaches in and with
shears ships the long white plumes
from the wings. The tails and the
glossy black feathers on the body are
pulled ont
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-07-21
RILLY's JOKE.
The Story of . Mountain Goat Who Is OF
a Humorous Turn of Mind.

the story OF mountain Goat VINO is or
q Humorous Turn of Mind.
A mountain goat that l once kept in
confinement was about as cunning as
the average street arab, and, had he
lived to maturity and kept on acquir-
ing knowledge, the chances are would
have had to move out and give him the
ranch.
He usually followed me, says n
writer in Forest and Stream, on short
excursions into the woods, and gen.
orally kept right at my heels; but on
one occasion he Jagged behind, and,
although ! called him several times,
he paid no heed. 1 finally walked back
to see what he was interested in and
found him busy feeding on some moss
that grew at the roots of n fir tree,
so left him and continued my tramp.
But after / had got away short dis
lance the thought occurred to me to
hide and see how he would act; so
slipped into hollow stump close by
the trail and awaited the result. Pres
emily l heard him coming bounding
along the trail, and after he had
passed stuck out my head to watch
him. When he got twenty feet beyond
me he stopped and commenced looking
around, and the comical expression of
his face as he scanned every object
that bore any semblance to human
being caused me to burst out laughing,
when he turned and saw me. Then he
commenced to sulk and would not go
any further, so I had to go home.
The next day he followed me as
usual, but in the midst of some thick
brush and down timber got interested
in bird that 1 was following up, and
forgot the goat, and when 1 came to
look for him he was gone. Walking back
to where l last saw him / called, but
no ''Billy" came in sight. Then com
menced a diligent search, and present.
ly l caught sight of something white
beneath a brush heap. STOPPING down
and looking in, saw the little brute
curled up in a heap, and not move
could get out of him. Reaching in,
caught him by the leg and pulled hin
out, and gave him a good cutting OF
both sides of his head. But he die
not mind it a bit, and seemed to enjoy
the joke immensely, capering about IL
his usual manner all the way home, al
if he would say: "You hid from mt
yesterday and L hid from you to-day
and honorS are even"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-07-21

laughed at the loss and thought no
more about it. Last week during a
severe windstorm the old tree, now
rotten stump, was blown down. Mon
day Mr.. Lockwood went out to haul
away the trunk and was surprised to
find his former employees whisky flask
safe and unbroken. He took out the
cork, took one smell. "And, sir" said
he, though I've been a teetotaler for
nigh onto fifty years, never was so
tempted to take a taste of whisky in
my life as was then. But I didn't,
and the stuff is safe up at my house"
1t is said the whisky, when poured out,
had the consistency and color of olive
oil. 1t will not be used SO long as Mr..
Lockwood holds it.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-07-21

A VERY disagreeable surprise is said
to have awaited Australian tourists
who lately landed in San Francisco.
AS is customary, they expected to dis
count home drafts drawn by the colon
ial banks on London correspondents.
But when the unfortunates landed
they found no less than eleven banks
had gone into liquidation while these
confding depositors were at sea. One
Scotchman carried four hundred sove-
reigns in belt about his waist, and
he wore a smile yard long. People,
however, found credit still if their
drafts were drawn by either of the four
great banks of the antipodes, viz: Bank
of Australia, Bank of New South
Wales, Union Bank of Australia and
Bank of New Zealand.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-07-21
MOORISH WOMEN.
Something Concerning the Yelled Beauties
of Northern Africa.


There is something continually in
teresting in the muffled figures of
Moorish women, says a writer in
Harper's Weekly. They make you
almost ashamed Of the uncovered faces
of the American women in the town;
and, in the lack Of any evidence to the
contrary, you begin to believe every
Moorish woman or girl you meet is as
beautiful as her eyes would make il
appear that she is. Those of the Moor
ish girls whose faces l saw were dis
tinctly handsome; they were the wom-
en- Benjamin Constant paints in his
pictures of Algiers, and about whom
Pierre Lott goes into ecstasies in his
book on Tangier. Their robe or
cloak, or whatever the thing is that
they affect, covers the head like
hood, and with one hand they hold
one of it's folds in front of the face as
high as their eyes. The only times
that ever saw the face of any of them
was when l occasionally eluded Ma
named and ran Off with little guide
called Isaac, the especial protector of
two American women, who farmed
him out to me when they preferred to
remain in the hotel. He is a particu-
larly beautiful youth, and 1 noticed
that whenever he was with me The
cloaks of the women had fashion of
coming undope, and they would lower
them for an instant and look at Isaac,
and then replace them severelyupon the
bridge of the nose. Then Isaac would
turn toward me with a shy conscious
smile and blush violently. Isaac says
that the young men of Tangiers can
tell whether or not girl is pretty by
looking at her feet. 1t is true that
their feet are bare, but it struck me as
being somewhat reckless test for so
lecting bride.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-07-21
Only Thirty Years AGO.

Liberal thinkers in the churches are
having a much pleasanter time now
than in the time of Bishop Colenso thir-
ty years ago. After the bishop pub
lished his book showing that certain
statements and figures in the Penta-
touch were untrue, he found himself
almost universally ostracized. Men
and women whom he had known init
mately from childhood refused TO speak
to him. And so general was the detes-
tation of him that his laundress in Lon
don refused any longer to wash his
clothes, because she lost customers by
coming into such close contact with
him.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-07-21
MELLowEp WHISKY.
A Bottle Of the stimulant Lies In n Tree
Trunk Thirty-Six Years.

Trunk Thlrty-six Years.
Thirty-six years ago a man named
Jones, who was employed by Frank
Lockwood of this town, says SIAM
ford Conn. correspondent of the New
York Sun, was at work on Mr.. Lock-
woods farm, and as q stimulant he
took out to the lot with him pint
flask of prime whisky. During the
morning Jones took one nip, and, see.
ing his employer coming, he slipped
the bottle in hole in tree standing
near, intending to return and get il
after Mr.. Lockwood had gone home.
When the opportunity came he was
disguised TO end that the tree trunk
was hollow and the bottle had fallen
to the bottom and probably broken.
Jones related the incident to Mr.. Lock.
wood sometime afterward, who
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-07-21

ONE Of the most curious rock forma-
lions in the world is to be seen in Ari-
IONA. 1t is short distance east of the
stage road between Tucson and Oracle
and stands on a knoll several feet above
the surrounding sand hills. 1t is a
most perfect representation of camel
and is formed of one piece of granite.
1t is about sixty feet high and is very
white and smooth. There are very few
assures on the surface, and they
strangely are in the proper places to
form features. The only real projec-
ton from the surface is exactly placed
for an eyebrow. The two humps are
plainly to be seen, and the neck is
curved beautifully.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-07-21

AccoRDISG to reliable estimate
there were in a single county in Wash
ington more than two hundred and
thirty thousand squirrel scalps re-
ceived from bounty hunters in the
month OF May
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-07-21

A MICHIGAN farmer and his wife
were lately swindled out of one thou
sand dollars by very smooth and cum
ming trick. They were called upon to
sign as witnesses what they supposed
was marriage certificate, but in re-
atty was an order on the bank where
they had an account.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-07-21

THE people of the Pacific coast are
reported as very emphatic in their de-
mand for the deportation of the Chi
nese. At recent meeting in Seattle,
called to secure an expression of public
opinion regarding the enforcement Of
the Geary law, a resolution was adopted
declaring in substance that the attor-
ney general should take possession of
the property of the Six Companies, and
use the funds secured from its sale to
send the Chinese out of the country.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-07-21

AN unknown girl saved train with
two hundred and fifty passengers from
destruction in Oregon. She was on her
way home from party when she dis
covered that rail had been removed
on a high trestle, and then she pro-
cured a lantern and signaled an APP
preaching train. She then went mod
estly on her way and never waited for
thanks.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-07-21

Ar Hartford, Ind, workmen who
were tearing down an old house the
other day found a newspaper of the
vintage of the forties and half pint
flask of presumably older whisky. The
find was at once bought for fifty dol
lars by man who forgot to take away
part of 1.-THE newspaper.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-07-21

APHAsIA, or the loss of memory or
comprehension of speech, is a queer
complaint. A man who had forgotten
his sisters name always referred to
bier as "that other woman" A person,
apparently otherwise in perfect health,
will substitute the name of one article
for another totally different in the
most ludicrous way.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-07-21

Tom ROE, a truck farmer of Waco,
Tex, is not prize fighter, but if he
should run afoul of some of the sup
posed fighters they would not get off
very easy. Several days ago his horse,
that had been grazing in the field, be-
came crazy and made rush for Tom
with open mouth, and would probably
have seriously injured him had he not
leaped aside and struck the horse on
the neck with his fist, killing him in
stantly.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-11-24

Pompey Is a bright negro boy, err.
ployed to do light work and run err
rands in a boarding house. He has
learned a good many things in the
co irse OF his eight years OF life, but
the art Of read ng a clock-face IL not
yet completely under his control.
The expedients to which he resorts
to conceal his ignorance on this and
other points are many and amusing.
"What time is it, Pomp?" asked a
young man, into whose room the boy
had brought ahodful of coal, and who
had not yet got out OF bed.
Pompey studied the clock-face anx-
for some seconds, and then said
In an ingratiating tone:
sits one o. dem times dat l cam
ies perclsely maxi out what time it
am. Mist Wilkins, sab. But one OBJ
de hands is pintin' todes you. sab, an
de udder is pintin' right todes me,
sab, an / recken you know 'zactiy
what time dat am,D
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-11-24
Har Burr.rds KIN snakes.

81 once observed" said Lamartine
Gibson. uwhat was to me a new and in-
tcresting sight-that Of q hall dozen
buzzards killing q snake. 1t was years
aQo. when I lived as boy down on a
farm near sheboull, III. one June
morning / sat on q rail fence u a
walnut tree, overlooking a Held oil grow
ing wheat. when l observed high in the
air two or three buzzards sailing about,
just as lazy and delightfully."- smooth as
one could imagine, around n arouud
In a circle. II was not loag until sew
cral more arrived, aud then | counted q
halt dozen. They drew nearer from
over a patch Of woods, and dropped
near the ground III the next Held. Here
they circied about, every o and then
ssooping close to the earth, n all at
bnce one arose with a great black wris.
cling cord that / at once imagined must
Be q snake. The buzzsrd dropped tho
snake from about fifteen feet up ana
then dropped right after il and brought
It up again. 1 jumped from the fence
and ran across the field over near where
the battle, somewhat lopsidediy, was pro.
crossing.
"The half dozen buzzards were close
together, taking turn about at the snake,
carving it aloft aud then dropping 1t
with a deadly thud. l thought ct thu
time that a snake could not stand many
falls like that, and so I grabbed . stick
aud ran near to where it last fell. my
approach scared them away. One bird,
however, made . swoop and gathered
the snake by the back, but the beak grip
was not strong enough and the serpent
fell to the ground. I reached there DO.
lfcre the bird could swoop again, ano
stood guard over the remains. The
snake was stunned to death. It was con
sidsrably torn-a great long blacksnaks
July tive ieet In length ana one ana q
half inches in thickness. / added q lew
blows with my club for assurance saks
aud then walked away to soc II the buzz.
yards would return. TheJ had assembled
high into the air, but they were still
over tho spot, ciroling about, awaiting
my departure, l drew of and sat down
BY The fence. Then they came down
One seized the reptile and sailed away,
closely followed BY the other five. II
was q battle Of birds then, and in thu
scrimmsgs the reptile was frequently
dropped. The contest continued fal
wei the fields and out Of my Vision. =
st. Louis Globe. Democrat.