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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
SATISFYING A GRUDGE.
He Proposed to Get Even with the Gov
ernment.

Chicago Tribune.l
"Any letters here for Absolom
Jacobson?" asked the tall, loose
jointed man with yellow hair and a
tuft of faded whiskers on the ex-
treme southern frontierof his point
ed chin.
The village postmaster got up
from his chair and looked through
the J box.
None," he replied.
cary papers?"
The postmaster examined the
contents Of another pigeon-hole.
"No papers for jacobson"
/" Letters 4 papers for Alabena
Dulseena Reeta Haycraft?"
"I don't think there are"
"Wisht ye'd look an see."
The postmaster looked through
the Ell boxes.
"None."
Anything for Barker Eals?"
"No."
Guess you'd better look"
The official inspected the boxes
again.
"Just as I toldyou Nothing for
Eals."
"Sime Polhemus?"
Another weary search through
stuffed pigeon-holes.
Nothing for Polhemus."
The persistent man at the window
kept it up until the postmaster had
ascertained by personal investiga-
tion that there was neither letter
nor paper in the ofice-for Emery
Wheelhouse, Nelson McPelt, Bar
ney Steadman, Hickory Twyman,
Giles Ruggles, Jarvis Kingsberry,
or Homer Bearce and then made
way for an impatient agriculturist
from the Bainbridge neighborhood
who had been waiting 5 minutes
and was becoming threatening and
dangerous.
"Whatmade you ask for all those
folks mail?" inquired an acquaint-
ance, as the man with the faded chin
whiskers stepped outside the build
ing. "Do they live out in your Sec
tion?"
"No; they don't live anywhere's
I know Of"
"Then what do you mean by max.
ing the postmaster go to all thai
trouble for nothing?"
"Pye been asking for mail at this
awfus fur mighty nearsevenmontht
an never got a blamed thing" re
piled the other with vindictivc
chuckle, "an' Tma-gettin' even will
the Gov'mentl That's ALL"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
PARALIZED HIM.
The Banking Business is Not Generally
Understood.

The Banking Business is Not Generally
Understood.
st. Louis Globe Democratl
Il can see where great good can
be done in imparting correct in
formation about the banking bust
ness to people who are not in it,
said I. S. Plum, of Talladega, Ala.
"We have had considerable expert
ence in our State with people who
have mistaken ideas about banks.
The word "bank" is worse to them
than a red rag to a bull. They be-
lieve banks are the curse of the
country tits simply because they
do not understand the business.
"An old farmer came into my
Office not long ago, and sat down.
l was putting my signature to some
bank bills received in sheets, the
usual form, you know, from the
Treasury Department. The old
farmer watched me for a few mo-
ments, and asks:
"What is that?"
81 handed him one of the sheets.
He looked at the blank bills and
said:
~This is money!
eyes, I said.
e. Is that the way you makeit?'
he asked.
eyes, said 1.
"My godlemityl' he said, and
walked ont without another wore. +"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
HE FED AN ELEPHANT.
An Experience, However, Not Likely 80
be Repeated.

An Experience, However, Not Likely 60
be Repeated.
Detroit Free Press.l
~"No, | wasn't born this way" re-
piled the man as he backed up toa
chair, got his crutches from under
his arms and fell into the seat.
"This came on me very suddenly
one day about fifteen years ago."
"What do the doctors call it?''
"Damphoolism, l believe. That's
what it is, anyway"
sect fall froma balloon?"
"Rather worse. / don't mind
saying that about fifteen years agoI
used to think I knew itall. You've
heard of the town Of Chillicothe,
Ohio, maybe?"
eyes"
""Well, [ ornamented that town
with my presence, and / fattered
myself the people couldn't possibly
spareme overaday at time. Twas
at the apex ofmy conceit when cir
Gus came along. There was a drove
of eight elephants in themenagerie,
and as / stood before them I want
ed to do something awfully smart.
One Of the beasts was reaching out
with his trunk for cakes, and I de-
termined to give him a lighted ci-
gar. An old gray-haired farmer
who stood by and twigged my game
uttered word of caution, but ]
wasn't taking advice from hayseeds
at that epoch
And you carried out your plans,
eh?"
81 did. I puffed on theweed IN
til it had lots of fire, hid it behind
me for a minute, and when the ele-
phant reached for it again l let him
have it, fire end first. Something
happened, of course. / had Just
commenced to grin and look around
for applause when that proboscis
suddenly pickedme up, whirledme
high into the air, and then l was
flung clean across the tent and land
ed under the cage of serpents. I
knew when the fun began, but /
didn't see the end oft. [ was un-
conscious for two days, and when I
came to [ was SO knocked out of
plumb that the doctors couldn't do
any better than this for me. 1
shall be cripple to the end of my
days"
"But
ooh certainly l know more
than l did, and shall never have
the swell head again. 1t seems
that the elephants trainer had his
eye on me all the time, and I've oft
en- felt that it was too bad he didn't
feelinclinedtokick me all oYertown
and back and thus enablemetolearn
wisdom and keep in shape at tla
same time"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
SECRETARY CARLISLE is holding
stiff hand in the present financial
ackpot.-Appeal-Avalanche

THE argument that the silver dol
lar will buy a dollars worth of mer-
.chandise is all rightas far asitgoes.
But the trouble begins when pay
ments to foreign countries are to
be made. Tennessee Times.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
LOCAL OPTION ROAD LAW.
1t is Now Ready for Adoption by the Peo-
pie of Missouri.

ical departure from any we have
heretofore had in force. 1t is the |
so-called local option road law pre-
pared by the Hon. N. d. Thurmond,
of Fulton, in accordance with the
suggestions Of the State roads i'm
proyement convention, held last
January at Sedalia, and passed by
the thirty-seventh general assem-
bly,.
The law provides that in coun-
ties adopting it the county court
shall appoint a county supervisor
of roads, who is to have supervision
of the roads Of the county, under
the direction of the county court,
and be custodian Of all tools and
machinery Of the county used for
road purposes.
Itis made the duty of the first
supervisor appointed to divide the
county into convenient road dis
tricts and to file with the county
court a map Of each road district,
showing the location and length Of
the roads. The size of the districts
is to depend on the amount of work
required to keep the roads in repair
and not on the number of miles of
roads.
At the February term of court
the supervisor is required to report
to the county court the condition of
the roads Of the county, indicating
parts of roads needing special work
in the way Of culverts, bridges,
draining, grading, graveling, or
macadamizing, and where improve
ments could be made by changing
location soas to secure better grade
or material for making the road
bed. The court may order this spe-
cial work or change in location if
means at command justify it.
The court having considered the
report Of the supervisors, and order
ed the work done, the supervisor
must advertise for bids on the work
of repairing and improving the
roads of the several districts, in
cluding special work, for one year
from the first Of April following.
Contracts are to be let to the low
est and best bidder, and the con-
tractors must give bond for faith
full performance Of contracts.
In counties adopting the law the
county courts shall levy poll-tax
of $2 on each male inhabitant be-
tween 2l and go years and a prop
.erty tax Of from 10 to 20 cents on
the 500 Of property, all to be paid
in money, and by the collector paid
into the county treasury, this to
constitute a county road fund.
The foregoing are the prominent
features of the law now awaiting
adoption by the people and trial to
see if twill lead to any better roads
than we now have. 1t is believed
that twill open the way for the i'm
,provement that the needs Of the age
are demanding.
1t should, and doubtless will, be
supplemented by the adoption at
the next general election Of an
amendment to the constitution, fol
which provision was also made by
the thirty-seventh general assem-
bly,, by which Is cents tax on the
$1O0 valuation can be levied fol-
road purposes.
It is hoped that those interested
in road improvement in the vari-
Gus counties will inaugurate a cam.
paign in favor of the new law and
secure its adoption. The county il
which this first occurs will be en-.
titled to much credit.
"What is a confidence man, pa.
pooD GA roo,, unvvorfb1y of conf
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04

EX-PREsIDENT HARRISON says
the Sherman act is not the sole
cause of bad times. He says that
the Sherman act has served it's pur-
pose. We can say the same for you,
Brother Ben.-Lexington Demo-
.crat.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04

PLEASE keep revolving over and
over again in your mind the fact
that three-fourths Of the money
made in Tennessee goes abroad for
manufactured articles. Who is 60
ing to build the factories? Do you
.expectthefarmers to raise themeat,
bread, mules, horses, COWS, poultry,
sheep and cotton and build the fac
tories besides? Turn your guns
around, gentlemen, and cuss the
other fellowssome. The Cleveland
journal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04

DEMOCRATS in Congress should
get together and not allow the Re-
publicans to play them against each
other, as they will, if given an OPP
portunity, on both the silver and
the tariff questions. Hickman Pi-
,oneer.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04

WHENEVER the worthless negroes
of the country cease to assault and
rape white women, then mob vio-
3ence in the South will be thing
of the past. This maudlin sympa-
thy expressed for a brute thus dealt
with is all buncombe, and will have
no effect in staying the hand Of re-
vengewhen the person or character
of fair women have been assaulted.
Huntington Democrat.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04

SHOULD the wall session of Con-
gress bring the currency Of this
country to strictly gold basis, they
will have to hustle to find some more
gold mines, as they will be mighty
apt to fall back, after a while, upon
the "fat dollar" Of the Farmers
Alliance or the edespised "rag baby"
of the Greenbackers. The center
of population is getting away out
West now, where it is not SO handy
to do business with bank clearings,
and the people want a plenty Of cur
Columbia Herald.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04

The lynching Of the negro rapist
at Memphis Saturday night was a
,disgraceful affair. Not SO much
that the negro was hung, for he de-
-serveddeath, but because thesheriff
of Shelby County with his deputies
and the police of the city made no
actual effort to protect the prisoner.
Brownsville States-Democrat.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04

The South has stood the financial
strain with remarkable success and
is in a better condition to-day than
any other section Of the country
when it comes to the question of
general prosperity. Though taxed
and ground down by sectional leg
islation she still has left the vitality
to outstrip the West or the East
Murfreesboro Free Press.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04

WHEN we consider the fact that
the Republican party, through its
press and by the utterances Of its
leaders, have done ell they could to
destroy public confidence and awak-
en- uneasiness; when we reflect that
the dangerous and threatening de-
moralization in money matters from
which the country is now recover
ing has been largely an unreal and
artificial thing, is it not natural to
suppose that our friends, the enc
my, have tried to obscure the issue
of tariff reform by precipitating
specific legislation on money!
Lauderdale Enterprise.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04

"What is a confidence man, pa
pa?" ga man unworthy Of conf
dence." New York Press.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-12
TEN PAGES.
THE NEVIS THIS MORNING.

For,ian.-A Cabinet crisis is reported in Egypt,
the Khedive having quarrelled with Riaz Paoha,
bis Prime Minister --= The Britannia won the
race for the Commodore's cup of the Royal VIC
toria Yacht Club -- The French steamer Octe-
vile was sunk in collision with the transport
Dromc and five persons were drowned - Inc
Camrania made the voyage from Sandy HOOK 10
Browhead in five days, sixteen hours anu thirty
minutes.
Congress-Senate: Not in session the Steer
ing Committee" vainly attempted to reach a COM
promise - House: The Democratic factions
agreed upon an order of procedure limiting DEBATE
70 fourteen days with votes successfully upon inc
PROPOSITIONS of the free-conage men and the re-
peal of the Sherman act; Mr.. Wilson introducea
a repeal bill, Mr. Bland moved bill providing
for a ratio Of 16 to ! as a substitute, and the
debate began.
Domestic.-A tornado near Larned, Nan, de-
stroyod many farm buildings. - No more cases
of yellow fever have occurred in Pensacola, and
the manic there is over - Charles e. Eddy,
prominent railroad man, committed suicide in
Chicago. - The long drouth has done great
damage to crops in this State. ~ The race
of the cup-defenders off Newport for the Ooeiet
Cup was spoiled by fog and lack of wind.
City and Suburban.-State Treasurer Danforths
debt TO the Madison Square Bank was paid. -
President Cleveland passed through the city on his
way TO Buzzards Bay. - Winners at Mon
mouth Park: Kingston, Ben Lomond, Cleaning,
Restraint, Madrid and lola - The New-fork
nine won from Philadelphia at baseball - An
ex-convict beat nsensbe woman who Is alleged
to have betrayed him TO the police. - Mon
signor Ducey vigorously resented the recent
attacks on MonsignOr Satolli. - dense fog
interfercd with navigation during the forenoon :;
the steamers Monmouth and s b. Waterbury were
in collision, and number Of minor accidents were
reported - Stocks dull until the last hour,
when they advanced rapidly. The closing was
confident, even if last prices We're not always the
best The advance encouraged by easier rates
for time loans. Money call was abundant at
per cent.
The Weather-Forecast for to-day: Cooler by
night: fair, with possibly shower Temperature
Yesterday: Highest, IS degrees; lowest, 7O
average, IS 81.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-12

TIE officers naturally reasoned that the reten-
,;or Of the State deposit of $3.50, 900 was con-
d;tioned unon letting the State Treasurer have
S-o OO0 for his individual use upon his I'M
socurod note So they surrendered at discre-
ton.
Well. the State Treasurer mas the courage
of his obliouity. Confronted with This shame
ful transaction. he coolly remarks that as the
$40 600 loan was of private nature the pub
lie has no interest whatever in the matter
This * rather TO, suggestive of Tweods" What
are YOU going to do about 1t ~ The public
has a vital interest in the matter IL de-
mands. and has the right 10 demand that the
conduct of its servants especially those in high
nlaces. shall be above suspicion. No other
hank in the State. it is safe TO say would have
loaned Mr. Danforth 10000 on MS unsecured
note. He got it from the Madison square by
what can only be regarded as Wanton pros
titution of his official character. lie traded on
the Treasurcrship for his own advantage.
In tbo circumstances the best service Mr..
Danforth can render the people Is forthwith to
ros;cn his Office But an official capable of
doing what he has done can be counted upon
IN cling 70 his Office in defiance OF pubic sentl-
mcnt. Hence the Governor acting under the
authority conferred by the Constitution, ought
To suspend him. The fact that Yesterday MIR.
Danfolth took up his note paying 1t principal
and interest. does not alter the character OF
the transaction in the least or render him less
omenobIc to criticism. 1t simply serves to
show he is aware that the existence of the
loan had become public scandal. The loan
has been wiped out. The scandal remains, nor
will if blow over so long as Mr. Danlorth
l;pocrs supcrauous in the TreasurcrshiD.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-12

English naval supremacy is a thing OF tne
past He shows that England has only 90
armored ships built or building, against % Ill
the French Navy, and makes series OF con-
trasts between the two fleets, in construction
armament. officers and men. to the disadyan-
tage of his own country.
Admiral Symonds does not deign to take any
notice of recent American achievements III inc
course OF his structures upon the naval progress
of England. Since he is fully possessed WIN
apprehensions of an alliance between France
and Russia. he is probably incapable OF looKlhS
outside of the European circle. 1t is true tha'
the new American Navy does not rival the
great fleets of maritime Europe either IN the
number of arm0rcd ships or in the symmetrical
development of all the known resources OF
modern warfare at sea. But while it is less
formidable fleet, it is one which is admirably
adapted to the practical requirements OF the
Nation. Undoubtedly the naval pessimlsts Ill
England exaggeratc the weakness and detects
of their feet. but they are right in asserting
that the French designers and architects
especially in the construction of armored ships,
have made fewer mistakes than their English
rivals. The great merit of American work III
the same field is that it is essentially original
and the best of the class. The only mlscal-
citations have been made in connection with
English designs purchased or appropriated with
und nc haste.
The success Of American designers is
markedly in contrast with the costly plumbers
and unscicnttic limitations of French ideas
which are lamented by Admiral Symonds and
other candid critics in England The Neg
York, Brooklyn, Columbia, Minneapolis In
diana, Oregon and Massachusetts are perfect
ships, each after its own kind, and every one
while superior to anything of its own class
aaoat. is adapted to the requirements of the
American Navy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-12
THE INDICTMENT AGAINST THE STATE
TRE1STRER

Elliot DanfOrth is Treasurer of the state OF
New-York. As such he is the custodian OF all
the money which is paid into the State Treas
ury and the payer of all debts which the state
ncurs. The place, therefore is obviously one
of great responsibility, and the public welfare
demands that its incumbent shall be man Of
the highest character-a man who commands
the general confdence-a man who, in the
words of Burke, possesses q" that chastity Of
honor which feels stain like wound" But
is Elliot Danforth that sort Of person? IN
deed. if he were descendant of Dick Swivel
Ter in the direct line could his code of honor
be less rigorous?
Some months ago Mr. Danforth deposited
$3.50, 900 belonging to the State in a metro
politan bank, and that not bank of rccOg-
nized strength. He placed this large sum in a
concern which he knew, or was bound to know
as one of the chief fiscal agents OF the State
was regarded in financial circles as shaky. This
was grave error of judgment. 1t marked
Mr. Danforth as a reckless and unsafe Gus
todian of the public funds But what followed
reveals him i'm a much worse light. Having
deposited the S25 5000, he turned around and
asked the bank which he had thus greatly
favored to let him have a personal loan Of
$50. 600 In preferring this request he offered
the bank no security for the $50 ,OOO-not a
single collateral of any sort. His idea was
that the bank should let him have the $4,000
IN his unsecured individual note bearing the
Endorsement of an unknown young fellow, the
son of his deputy. Well the bank gave him
the $40. OO0--woud it not be fairer to state
that he extorted it from the Madison Square !?
True he did not obtain it by pointing self
cocl,er at the head of the paving teller of the
Madison Square Bank ard ordering him to
throw up his hands but all the same, he had
the drop on the bank and the bank knew it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-12

MONTY Orders At ALL POSTOFFICES.
There are about 1900 postoilices in the
country that depend for the transmission OF
money entirely upon registered letters. They
do not issue postal notes nor can money orders
be obtained from them. The registered letter
system is far from being entirely satisfactory.
1t is slow the rate is high when small sums
are sent. and no one is responsible III case Oh
loss Where money OIders are issued the post
master is compelled by law to furnish S1,oOO
bond. This is too large an amount for many
of those in charge of these small Offices to OBJ
tain easily. nor is it warranted by the amount
of business that they might do.
A veteran in postoflicc matters, Mr.. Samuel
w. Hook. of Franklin County, has submitted
plan TO the Postmaster General for overcoming
this difficulty and supplying all the postoiiiccS
in the United States with money order faclll-
ties Briefly stated. his plan Is to limit all
orders t. so, and that the small offices shall
ONLY have power of issuance. These mGdlll-
cations do not constitute a serious drawback
rs most of the money sent 10 the small OFFICES
is in sums of so or less. ana by the
limitation proposed the bond would be reduced
10 S3TJ in offices where twenty-five blank
orders were furnished, and to $50 where only
ten blanks were allowed at one time. with
This cheap. convenient and practically safe way
of sending money "A large amount now sent IN
common letters t. tempt thieves would be
transmitted by money order thus increasing
the safety of ordinary letters. and bcnelitinS
the Government the city merchant, and above
all. the great mass of the country people who
live in places remote from money order Offices
such an eminent authority rs ex-PoStmaSter-
General James declares that Nlr. Hook has
made "A most valuable suggestion, and we hope
that Mr.. Bisscll will give it proper consldcra-
ton as soon as possible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-12
NAVAL PESSIMISTS.

The loss of the Victoria has brought all the
naval D s,mS;s t. the front in England. While
millions are expended every year upon the
navy there are always croakcrS and grrmblcrs
to dcplorc the dcicncccsS condition OF the
country. Admiral Symonds in 1.-THE Fort
nightly Review gives the gloomicst view of
the achievements Of British naval architects.
He strongly condemns battlcships with UNI
armorcd ends like the Victoria and the Camper
down. and contends that the consequences OF
the collision would have been very different
if the ships had been almored from end to end
Of the water line like modern French and
Russian war vessels Then he asserts that the
French designers have continued To maintain
a marked superiority over their English rivals
and points out Il long series OF blundcrs and
miscalcuations made by the British Admiralty.
Admiral Symonds is thrcshing over old straw
when he demonstrates in detail the infcriorlty
of the British Navy in comparison with the
French fleet The pcSsimiss have told the
same story for twenty years in and out OF
Parliament and the instruction of new ships
ON q large scale has only quickcned their
zeal. lie goes further than most of them when
he contends that England ought to have navy
equal to the combined fleets of France and
Russia. This is an application of German
militarism to naval warfare, and is obviously
an extreme view. 1t is not improbable that
Great Britain may have to fight either France
or Russia some day at sea, but it is hardly
necessary for any Englishman to assume that
naval preparations must be made in an era of
profound peace with view to future war
with the two nations combined Rut oveu
when Admiral Symonds is rational and con-
tent with comparing the British feet with the
French Navy he blurts out the confession that