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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-01-20

prised to find him very thin, and
so weak he could scarcely walk.
whats the matter, Babe?" ask
ell the neigbbor.
"You remember my sick mule?"
eyes"
"You told me to give him ealo-
mel, ten times as much as 1 would
take at dose, and blow it tdown his
throat through quill
Well?"
p" Well, l put the calomel in the
quill, put one end Of the quill in
t1e mules mouth, the other end in
my mouth and prepared to blow
"Well?"
"Well, the mule blowed
first"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-01-20
THE MULE BLowED FIRST.
Babe Johnsoh's Experience with a Sick
Mule.

Babe JohnsoI's Experience with Sick
Mule.
Jackson Times-l
A visitor at Democratic National
headquarters from Georgia, related
this story, which.was told by Orator
Ham of that State, while making
speeches in Tom Watson's Congress
sional district.
Ham said that Tom Watson's at
tempt to doctor the Democratic
party reminded him of Babe John
sons attempt to doctor his sick
mule.
Babe johnson was aGeorgia far
mer and owned a sick mule. Meet
inga neighbor, he told of.the mules
sickness, and asked what he could
do for it.
"Give him calomel," said the
neighbor.
"Give him ten times as much as
you would take at a dose. That
will cure him."
"Buthow am Ito give it to him?'
asked Babe.
"Put the calomel in quill ant
blow it down his throat"
A few days later the neighbo
met Babe Johnson. and was sur
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-01-20
HIS CAUSE FOR SUICIDE.
A Pennsylvania Thought he was his Oazn
Grandfather.

"a Il IehhSylNahlan IhOuBnG ne was hlS OaHn
Grandfather.
Exchanged
William Harman, a resident Of
Titusville, Pa, committed suicide
recently from acknowledgements
tion that he was his owngrandfath-
er. Here is the singular letter that
he left: 81 married "a widow who
had a grown up daughter. My
father visited our house very often,
fell in love with my step-daughter
and married her. So my father
became my son-in law, and mystep-
daughter my mother because she
was my fathers wife. Some time
aftarwa4d my wife had "a son; he
was my fathers brother.in-lawand
my uncle for he was the brother of
my step-mother. My fathers wife
i. e. my step-daughter had also
a son; he was, ofcourse, my broth
er, and in the meantime my grand
child for he was the son Of my
daughter. My wife was my grand
mother because she was my moth
er's mother. l was my wife's.hus-
band and grand-child at the same
time. And as the husband of a
persons grandmother is his grand
father | was my own grand father
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-01-20
OLD VIRGINIA HOSPITALITY.
\ Trait which is Prominent in all Parts
of the State.

On a bright summer morning
early in the SOS, with my father, ]
left Berryville, in Clarke County,
and drove across the Shenandoah |
River, up the road to Smokers
Gap, in the Blue Ridge, says a
writer in the Richmond Dispatch.
There we turned south to visit a
point where a shooting affair had
occurred, in which my father was
interested as an attorney. On ac-
count of the many winding roads
we became lost and drove beyond
the place we expected to oreach. In
a short time, however, we heard q
rooster growing, and going a short
distance saw a mountain farm.
We drove up and were greeted
by an old gentleman who was at
least four score and two His home
was a simple one, but the right
royal welcome that he gave us was
as cheering as "a rock in a weary
land" and as free from deception
as dross is foreign to tempered
steel The patriot was q great ad-
mirer of "Old Hickory" and had
strong views about the affairs of
the day. There hung his rusty rife
over the door, and everything
showed d sign of rural independ-
ence. A large dagger was sticking
between the upper floor and one of
the ioists. II had that made" he
said, "for some of our soldiers, but it
was never used. The women folks
got hold of it last year and chopped
Ipea-stlckS with 1t and dulled 1t up.
Just like 'em, though"
The next morning when we arose
we were unable to find a comb, Oh
brush. When we asked our friend
&bout it, he said;
"Why, can't you find it?
bought a comb directly after the
war, but l reckon the women have
been usin' it, and there's no tellin
where it is. Women are are a heaE
O trouble about such things"
Despite these facts, that after
, noon dinner, supper by early can
; delight, and breakfast near th'
rising of the sun, will long be re-
! membered. That old ham, oven
baked biscuits, solid butter, Glove
= honey, rich milk, blackberry pre-
= serves, ice-cold water from tn
= mountain spring, and those kino
. hearts have ever since been tempt
+ ing us to return once again to tn
|, spot where we learned that "Ol
It Virginia Hospitality" is as nativ
|. to our humble homes as it is to on
d richly furnished mansions wit
q their marble halls.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-01-20
SIMMONS TO FIGHT THE SUIT.
he Denies the Charges Made in his wife's
Bill for Divorce.

Isill for Divorce.
A recent Milan dispatch to the
daily press says that S. G. Simmons
has employed Judge 10 R. Hawk
ms, of Huntingdon, to fight the di-
vorce suit recently brought in the
courts at San Antonio, Tex, by his
wife, Mrs. Lula Simmons, an ac-
count Of which appeared in The
CHRONICLE.
Mr.. Simmons does not object to
her obtaining a divorce, but objects
on the grounds charged in her bill.
In his cross bill he swears that they
were engaged thirteen months, and
that she married him without coer-
cion, lived with him three days, and
was content until Cook alienated
her affections and persuaded her to
follow him to Texas. Dispositions
are being taken.
Thecircumstancesc connected with
this rich, racy, and highly sensa-
tional. case are romantic in the ex-
treme. Lula Carter was the reign
ing belle of her community, a dash
ing brunette, who had half of the
neighborhood young men at her
feet. Tom Cook, "a neighbor's son,
wooed the girl when she was just
budding into lovely womanhood.
Fond VOWS were exchanged, and
when the eager young lover had
carved out his fortune and amassed
wealth sufficient to start life with
they were to be married. With
VOWS Of constancy the fond lovers
parted, he going to Texas. Loving
letters came weekly, and it seemed
fthat the old maxim, "true love never
runs smooth" would be disproved
in this case. Suddenly, and with
out warning, the letters from the
Lone Star State ceased to arrive
The lonely girl continued to write
until she finally gave up and mourn.
ed him as dead. She wentto visit
a relative, Abner Keel. There she
met Simmons, who fell in love witt
her and laid siege to her heart anC
hand. Being wealthy, handsome
and intelligent, and having the ap
probation of parents and friends
the girl agreed to wed him. The,
: were married at midnight. Whel
: all the guests had departed a horse
man knocked at the door, and whel
admitted announced himself a
Cook, the supposed deceased lover
} The bride of few hours leape,
+ from her couch, rushed to her lover
and throwing herself in his arms
refused to leave him. A few day
4, after she followed Cook to Texas
5 land the divorce suit is the outcome
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-01-20
NEw SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
Suggestion to the General Assembly from
the State Superintendent.


the State Superintendent.
The following appears in the re-
port Of the State Superintendent Of
instruction, W. r. Garrett:
"The act of 1891, granting pow
er to the several county courts to
create new school districts and TO
change the boundaries between ex-
isting districts has given rise to
many legal questions. The law
contains no provisions for estab-
fishing a voting place in the school
district In dist lets which do not
contain the voting place Of the civil
district, or in which there may be
the voting place of two civil dis
tricts, or in which the school dis
trict IS not co-extensive with the
civil district, much confusion has
been caused in the election of di-
rectors.
"The difficulty can not be cured,
in many cases, by establishing a
voting place, unless the day for
electing directors be also changed.
When the school district ceases to
be identical with the civil district,
the voter may be required to vote
on the same day at one place for
school directors, and at another
place several miles distant for the
county officers. Besides this, the
Judges and officers Of the school
district election would be practi-
cally disfranchised, being compel
led to remain the whole day at the
voting place Of the school district
If the present law remains in force
it will be necessary to provide fol
holding the elections of the school
district on q different day from the
general elections. The second Fri.
day in June would be the most suit.
able time; so that the newly rejected
directors could enter Office July l
the beginning of the incoming
school year.
q 1t will also be necessary for The
law to be amended so as to make
. definite provisions for the division
of the school funds in the old schoo
, districts and the discovered por
| tions. The present law is silen
{ on this point, and it is a prolifi,
: source of controversy, and is likel.
to lead to much litigation.
"In addition to this, it would b
: wise to throw some limitation
| around the power of the court. A
/ present no notice is required to b
: given to any one. A motion at tn
: quarterly term of the court is made
and new school district spring
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-01-20

One of the hardest times to love
an enemy is when he seems to be
prospering like a green bav tres
Rams Horn.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-01-20

The word preface" used in the
beginning of books was originally
a word of welcome to meal, and
was equivalent to Much good may
it do you"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-01-20
The bill to make the supreme
court appoint the State librarian is
proper and should become law
McMinnville New Era.

IT looks as though there would
be a tussel in the general assembly
between the rights Of the dog and
the sheep. Ripley News.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-01-20

The kind of protection the wool
growers Of this State need is not
against foreign sheep, but home
made dogs. Memphis Commercial
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-01-20

AFTER his Inauguration Monday
we shall have the States affairs adj
ministered according to the gospel
of Peter. This is straight Milan
Exchange.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-01-20

The verdict of Tennesseans con-
tinues to be heard from every coun-
ty in the State abolish the fee and
lease systems.--C Clarksville Prog
ress-Democrat,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-01-20

1
the sheep. Ripley News.
The kind of protection the wool
growers Of this State need is not
against foreign sheep, but home
made dogs. Memphis Commercial.
AFTER his Inauguration Monday
we shall have the State affairs adj
ministered according to the gospel
Of Peter. This is straight Milan
Exchange.
The verdict of Tennesseans con-
tinues to be heard from every coun-
ty in the State abolish the fee and
lease systems.--C Clarksville Prog
1ess-Democrat.
The Chattanooga Times must not
claim all the honor for the fight
against the fee system. The Nash
vile Banner is the pioneer oppo-
nent of the fee system as well as the
convict-lease system.-Tracy City
News.
THIS week will determine wheth-
er Senate-stealers, backed by East
ern plutocrats, will set aside the
verdict of the people and make the
United States Senate an impregna-
BILE bulwark against relief for the
masses. Jackson TribuneandSun
A GREAT many people IN this
country thought that we elected a
President and Vice-President on
the 9Th day of last November, but
we did not. The President and
Vice-President we're not elected un-
til last Monday. jackson Times
COOP roads have a wonderful eff
feet. They increase the value of
farm lands, cheaper the cost of
transportation, enliven the hospi-
talities Of the people, attract travel
and business, fill up the school
houses and churches, and advance
civilization and religion. Alamo
Sentinel.
IT is to be hoped that the pres
ent general assembly will give us a
good road law, that will give us bet
ter roads and less complication,
We favor a road law that will keep
our roads up by contracts. En-
ploy good men to work the roads
and pay them for their labor.
Parsons Pioneer.
The general assembly ought to
repeal the 6 per cent. interest law
as early as possible. Banks say
they are making from 10 to 20 per
cent. on their capital. They are
able to do this because they can
evade the law. Put every one on
the same platform, and do not give
corporations monopoly Of the
business. Bristol Courier.
IT is said by leading men Of the
State that the present general as
sembly is perhaps the most intelli-
gent body of men ever assembled
in that capacity in the State. 1t is
so refreshing to know that there
are men of brains in the genera
assembly. 1t is refreshing because
itisa change. Whenever we thinl
of the last general assembly we ge
right tired. Murfreesboro News
Mr.: THRAsHER, who is contestins
Mr. Enloe's seat in the Fifty-thirC
Congress will have the privilege o
taking trip to Washington, look
ing in on Congress, and get abou
$4,000 appropriated to pay his ex
penses. In the meantime Mr.. En-
loe will continue business. at the olc
stand, making, as heretofore, al
able, efficient, and trustworthy rep
resentative of the whole people.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-01-20

IT is to be hoped that the pres
ent general assembly will give us a
good road law, that will give us bet
ter roads and less complication.
We favor road law that will keep
our roads up by contracts. EN-
ploy good men to work the roads
and pay them for their labor.
Parsons Pioneer.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-01-20

The Chattanooga Times must not
claim all the honor for the fight
against the fee system. The Nash
vile Banner is the pioneer oppo-
nent of the fee system as well as the
convict-lease system. Tracy City
News.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-01-20

THIS week will determine wheth-
er Senate-stealers, backed by East
ern plutocrats, will set aside the
verdict of the people and make the
United States Senate an impregna-
BILE bulwark against relief for the
masses. Jackson Tribuneand Sun.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-01-20

COOP roads have a wonderful eff
feet. They increase the value Of
farm lands, cheaper the cost of
transportation, enliven the hospi-
talities Of the people, attract travel
and business, fill up the school
houses and churches, and advance
civilization and religion. Alamo
Sentinel.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-01-20

A GREAT many people in this
country thought that we elected a
President and Vice-President on
the 9Th day Of last November, but
we did not. The President and
Vice-President were not elected un-
til last Monday. jackson Times.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-03-30

to Durham placed upon its shelves and
counters. The firm occupies both the
upper and lower floors, giving it more
floor room than any clothing or dry
goods firm in the city.
Mr.. Lambe guarantees to sell the best
goods for the least money, and from the
business he is doing it would appear that
this was generally understood by people
who buy ready made clothing. His
stock this season Is in excess of any
thing heretofore carried, and the sales
during the present month as compared
with those of the same year ago show
an increase which Is at once gratifying
and significant. With Mr.. L. s. Puryear
as book.keeper, Messrs. V. T. Lambe,
W. r. Riddick and r. L Davis as sales.
men, who are always ready to serve and
oblige a customer, the firm is better
organized at present than ever before and
in better position to attend to its large
and growing trade. A tailoring estab-
lishment is run in connection with the
store, and those who leave orders will
be given perfect fit at moderate prices.
When wanting any thing in the clothing
line don't fail to look at his stock.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-03-30
YOUR PICTURE.
Where Photographs Are Made and Are
True to Life.

When it comes to photographers, Dur
ham boasts an artist who cannot be ex
cellcd either in this state or any other.
Mr.. William Shelburn, who has been In
Durham since the place was village,
who is known at home and abroad as one
of the finest photographers in the coun-
try, and who makes all kinds and styles
of pictures, is still making additions and
improvements as the years go by, and
every season is better equipped than
ever before for achieving triumphs in the
Photographic art. At his studio to day
are shown some beautiful specimens In
cabinet photographs, crayon portraits
and pastels, while the cheaper pictures
are equally true to life and thorough
in workmanship.
If you want a picture of yourself or
friend, one which you will like TO keep
and which will always prove a pleasure,
go to Shelburn's and you will be sure to
get what you want.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-03-30
BARGAINS IN PIANOS.
Payments Easy and a Good Instrument
in Reach of All.

in Reach of All.
Darnell & Thomas, the only firm in
Durham which handles musical instru
ments exclusively, are making a special
run on pianos and organs this season.
They are selling instruments way down
and on the installment plan, making pay.
ments so easy as to enable every family
TO purchase good instrument without
feeling the expense. They handle the
very best makes and guaraLt tee all instru-
ments to be represented.
Mr.. Thomas is musician and practi-
cal tuner. If he cannot sell you a new
instrument he can overhaul your old one
and make it as good as it ever was. He
is thoroughly familiar with all makes,
both in pianos and organs, and can take
either to pieces and give as thorough a
renovation as if it had been to the fac
tory
A, the only exclusive music house in
the city, they make specially Of must
cal instruments, which they place at
figures % insure quick sales. People in
town or country who are contemplating
the purchase Of a piano or organ, or who
need anything in the tuning line, would
do well to call on them and get their
prices
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-03-30
HAS MADE A RECORD.
"A bout TIE Big Clothing House of T. j..
Ianbe and it's Present Business.

a bout TIE Big Clothing House of T. j.
Lambe and it's Present Business.
One of the men who has made record
in Durham and one TO which they can
always point with pride, is T. J Lambe,
the pOpulcr clothier, who has staid with
the town in its bright days and in its
dark days, always for Durham, with
never a doubt as to its future. Mr.
Lambe has not only built up n business
which is che of the largest of its kind in
the state, but has bought real estate and
built him a home, thus proving that he
was here to stay and prepared for any
competition which might come
Eight years ago Mr.. Lambe started in
the clothing business here as senior
member in the firm of Lambe, Slater i
German. Later on, buying the interest
changed to that of Lambe & German.
Later still, buying out Mr.. German, Mr.,
Lambe became sole owner and manager
of the business, which during the past
five years, the time lie has been alone,
has grown to such proportions as to
place it among the biggest ready made
clothing establishment in the state.
Outgrowing the quarters he then occu-
pied, the big building on the corner of
Main and Mangum streets formerly oc-
cupied by J. Levy was secured, and the
largest stock of clothing and gents fur
nishing goods that had ever been brought
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-03-30
A HAPPY COMBINATION.
Where Art and Good Taste in Millinery
Have Expression.


Have Expression.
The day is now past when the idea
was that all sorts of heads and all sorts
of faces appeared to equal advantage
under the same hat, and that all it took
to be milliner was TO follow one gen.
eral model and explain that it, and it
only, was the thing to wear. At no time
in the worlds history has fashion al
lowed its devotees a wider license or in
dividuality in dress been SO generally
aimed at. In the matter of hats the
milliner who has the ingenuity to create
and the taste to execute-the versatility
to invent as many different com limitations
and effects as there are seats of features
among the visitors to her establishment
the milliner who studies faces from al
artistic standpoint, Is the one who holds
her customers and whose services are al
ways in demand.
In this line Mrs. C. NJ. V. Toilette,
long considered one of the most success.
full trimmers in the state, particularly
excess. Following the instincts of a
true artist she is bound by no rules but
beauty and good taste, and the result is
that hats and bonnets of the most strik-
ling and becoming patterns every day
leave her establishment For pleasing
effects and delicacy Of touch, Mrs. Fol-
lette as milliner. canuot be excelled.
J
ce3s and her present large business. She
| is just back from the North with new
and beautiful line of spring millinery. An
informal opening is being held this week
and those who have not called to see the
new styles, should do so at once.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-03-30

The need of perfectly safe and reli-
able remedy for the peculiar diseases of
summer is universal. AS a remedy for
the household, office or the farm, on ship
board, and for travellers by sea and land,
Winkelmann's Diarrhea and Cholera
Remedy has proved its inestimable worth
in the prompt relief and cure of all dis
orders originating in the stomach and
digestive system, such as cholera, cholera
morbus, diarrhea, cramps, etc. Service
able under all conditions, and always
ready for use; is perfectly safe. Price
25 cents at all druggists
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-03-30
Rich, Red Blood

AS naturally results from taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla as personal cleanliness re-
suits from free use of soap and water.
The great purifier thoroughly expels
scrofula. salt rheum and all other impu-
rites and builds up every organ of the
body. Now is the time to take 1t.
The highest praise has been won by
Hoods Pills for their easy, yet efficient
action. Sold by all druggists. Price 25
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-03-30

One hundred bushels Of peas, and
also seed corn for sale by w. Ii. Proctor
at the Racket Grocery.