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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-09-07

This is called the age of electricity.
That, in the opinion of the New York
Recorder, is O mistake. We haven't
crossed the threshold yet. The adj
vance has been wonderful, however.
In 1870 two examiners in the United
States Patent Office did all the work
of the bureau; now twenty are re.
quired, and they are months behind
Then two electrical patents were issued
o week now there are fifty. Notwith.
standing all this advance the small
amount of electric energy obtained
from a pound of coal is sufficient to
stimulate every inventor in this line
to renewed effort. The next great
step will be to dispense with the boiler,
engine and dynamo and create electric
energy direct from fuel. Until that
is done the age of electricity will not
have begun.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-09-07
wHEN THE HEARr,s IN LIS PR1ME.

WHENTHE HEARTS IN ITS PRIME.
The Suns on his throne, and tho Wind on
his tour
Like wandering minstrel DER meadow and
moor,
The day and the season are both in their
prime,
And youths at its sweetest and tonderest
time.
The buds are in bloom, and the birds sing
their best
This trees are in Leaf, and the orchard is
dressed
With clustering fruits, for the years in its
prime,
And youths at its rlpest and tenderest time.
Too soon shall the clouds cover sunshiny
sky,
The voice of the minstrel be hushed to a
sigh,
Too soon shall the day and the season de-
cline,
And clustering fruits shall be melted to
wine.
The petals shall fall and the songsters de-
part,
The foliage fade like the youth of the heart
For swift runs the current of pitiloss time,
And always the swlfer when llfes in its
prime.
The birds and the blossoms and fruit shall
appear,
With summers return and the turn of the
year,
The breez9 shall be sweet, and the sun be as
fair
Alas but ne prime OF my youth is not there.
Eachmonth Of the yearhas its prime, but in
truth
There's only one prime in the season O
youth,
Though hearts love again, and shall love fol
all time,
There's only one love when the hearts in il
prime.
Mary Berri Chapman, in the Century.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-09-07

As an offset to the movement for
general disarmament of Europe there
has recently been going on discus.
sion as to its probable effects on the
labor market. Mr.. Longhurst, Honor
ary Secretary of the English Chamber
of Commerce in Paris, has come out
boldly in favor of large armies in the
interests of the working classes. He
shows that the armies of Europe Oh a
peace footing number 3,775, 900 men.
Allowing $4,000 to be retained for
keeping peace at home, how could the
remainder be provided for if dis
bandedP They could not find occu-
nation in the fields or the factories,
because production has far exceeded
consumption. A fall of wages would
become inevitable, aud the struggle for
life be much severer. Rather than
throw the liberated men on charity
he argues that it would be better for
them to remain in the regiments. The
cost to the nation would not be more,
and service in the army is less de-
moralizing than idleness. Besides a
military training has its advantages.
Il teaches habits Of order and dis
oipline, and itpreyents early marriages.
which in countries that have no con
scription are among the chief causes
of poverty and distress.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-09-07

Steel is now cheaper than iron. II
seems hardly possible, remarks the
Boston Cultivator, but the estimates
of cost in recent bidding for bridge
in Pennsylvania to be made with steel
stringers and steel rivets was lower
than like estimate for the same
bridge made with iron stringers and
iron rivets. Four bids were made,
and in each case the bridge could be
made cheaper of steel than of iron.
The successful bid was $1965, as
against $2157, which was the lowest
bid for the iron bridge. Owing to
the greater strength of steel, the
weight of metal in the steel bridge is
much less than it must necessarily be
for one of iron.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-09-07
Great PHILOSOPHERS.

The Kafirs are great philosophers.
If an OK should die the owner never
grieves, but remarks: "Now 1 must
go to work for master (all white men
who treat them well are called mas
ters), and in six months he will give
me COW it will have q calf. If it is
bull calf, in a year I'll again have a
pair of oxen, but should it be heller
calf, I'm all the richer, for the next
year I'll have two calves instead OF
one"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-09-07
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Sulphuric acid will remove grease
spots from wall paper.
The mean annual temperature of
the Arctic regions is below thirty de.
grees Fahrenheit.
The starfsh has no nose, but the
whole Of its underside is endowed with
the sense Of smell.
The sassafras is the only survivor of
a race of trees which at former pc
Rod was common over both hemi-
spheres.
A rats teeth have very hard an
terror edge, while the hinder part is
much softer, and, wearing away more
rapidly, leaves sharp-cutting edge
always ready for use.
Measured by our time standard,
there are forty years of constant day
light, followed by forty years OF un-
broken night, around the poles Of
Uranus. And the sun rises in the west
and sets in the east there.
That cats will occasionally hunt for
butterflies has been affirmed by q
British periodical, and recently ob.
served by DR.. Jentick, Of Holland.
They have also been seen jumping
after, catching and eating grasshop-
pers apparently with relish.
Sir William Thomson is forced to
conclude that the hitherto supposed
connection between terrestrial mag
netic storms and sun spots has no e&-
istence, and that the seeming agree
ment between the periods is q mere
coincidence and nothing more.
! A scientist has recently published
the result of his studies OF the rela-
tons between many mites and certain
ants in whose nests they are boarlers.
A strange case is that OF species
which lives habitually in spiders
web In harmonious relations with the
otherwise ferocious host.
London has an annual average rain
fall of but twenty-five inches; Paris,
twenty-five inches; Manchester, thir-
ty-six inches, and Edinburgh, thirty
eight inches, while Boston shows
forty-six inches; New York, forty'fve
inches Philadelphia, forty-one inches
and Chicago, thirty-six inches.
A scientist, discussing the canals of
Mars, is disposed to accept the view
that only the middle of the canals is
water, and that the great width of the
visible dark lines is probably due to a
fringe of vegetation. Indeed, he sug-
gests the possibility that one ravine
may carry two rivers flowing in oppo-
site directions.
| Recent experiments by Mr.. Kunz
prove that the diamond emits light
when rubbed on wood, cloth or metal.
The fact that it becomes luminous by
rubbing on metal shows that the phe-
nomenon is not electric. As imitation
diamonds and other hard stones do
not exhibit this phenomenon, the
property will be valuable as an easy
test of the genuineness of the dia-
mond.
Shooting stars are small cosmic
, bodies generally weighing only few
grammes, often much less, and COM
, posed mainly of iron and carbon.
They travel in swarms through space,
and, like comets, move around the sun
in very elongated ellipses. When these
cross the path of the earth, shooting
? stars become visible. They are not
luminous in themselves. Their brill
fancy is the result of the transforma
ton of their rapid motion into heat
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-09-07

lively gale-had broken the mo-
notony.
The ship was bound for Rio, Brazil,
with cargo of wheat, aud | was her
only passenger = seeking health in
this manner according to my physi-
clans urgent request. She was com
manded by q sturdy old navigator,
Captain Collins, man who on first
acquaintance might appear to be cold,
distant and reserved, but who proved.
IN my case, at least, to be exactly the
opposite, for l soon found him a ge-
NAL, hearty good fellow. He was
strict with his men, but not tyran.
meal and he was q good story teller.
But monotony was not to last us all
through the voyage. There was soon
singular and sinister change.
One day, about noon, at the begin
ming of the third week, sailor named
Bates was placed in irons for striking
a messmate with marlinspike and
breaking his arm. The punishment
was undoubtedly deserved, but there
were angry mutterings and more than
one sullen face among the crew in con-
sequence; for Bates, whose only fault
was an uncomfortable temper, was
general favorlte. But when the I'M
fortunate man was found dead the
next morning, things began to look
black for the officers.
There was no sign of wound or strug-
gle upon the body of the dead man,
but the atmosphere of the forecastle
where he had been confined was odor-
Gus with the fumes of chloroform.
called the captains attention to this,
but he thought l must be mistaken
and would not be convinced, even when
the boatswain and one of the mates
argued on my side. He declared that
there was none of the drug on boarC
and never had been. And SO it hap
pened that poor Bates was buried il
the deep sea at the very hour at which
he was to have been liberated.
At eight bells the following night
when the first mate went on decl
to relieve his fellow-oficer
the latter had disappeared anC
could not be found. happened t,
be leaning against the mizzenmast
smoking, when the alarm was given
and could have sworn that I had beel
smelling chloroform for half an hour
although 1 did not call the fact t
mind until the dreadful cry of "Ma
overheard !" was sounded and all hand
piped on deck. A boat containing til
first mate and four men was lowere
at once, the ship was brought about
and two hours were spent in fruitles
search. In the mean time every az
cessible nook in the ship, which Wa
lacking back and forth in the locality
was inspected with like results.
last the searching party was taken o
board, and the ship resumed i
course
The captain now took turns at ii
watch with the mate, and everythin
ran smoothly till the following nigh
or rather the next morning-fol
bells of the first watch. Then, whC
| lie turned out to relieve the mate. tn
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-09-07

The American Register, of Paris, is
authority for the statement that the
descendants of Queen Victoria are
either now in possession Of, or will in
the natural course of events come to
occupy, seven thrones-those of the
British Empire, the German Empire,
the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of
Greece, the Grand Duchy of Hesse,
the Duchy of -Coburg and Gotha,
and the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen.
According to this the Anglo Saxons
may shortly come to universal rule in
Europe, as its language is coming to
be the universal language of the world.
Possibly in this way, muses. the Tren-
ton IN. j. American, the universal
Republic, 50 long predicted by dream
ers, may be established.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-09-07
QYISTGARD. THE BIG DANE
DY II. sanford SMITH.

Or two weeks the
"Plunging Petrol, /"
a big, three-mnsted
schooner, had plow-
cd Its way through
the placid waters of
the Pacific with a
sameness that was
exasperating. Since
leaving port moth
lng-not even g
threatened storm or
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-09-07

A new fad is rugs made of old stock
ing yarn.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-14

GEoRoE GEAR, IS years Of age, and
Frank Shortz, Ia years old, while bath
ing In the river at 0sawatomie. Kan.
got beyond their depth and were
drowned
JOHNNIE WYLER, aged years, and
Otto Winters, aged .. were drowned
while fishing near Kansas City, Mo.
ONE man was killed and two others
fatally injured by the collapse OF an
overloaded wharf I'm Boston.
In a race war at Harrisburg. Ark,
several negroes were killed.
THE entire business portion OF st.
Clairsville, o., was wiped out by fire.
The steam barge Myrtle NJ. Ross
was burned at South Haven. Mich,
and Frank Smith. son of the owner of
the vessel, and Charles Connell, engi-
neer. were fatally burned.
THE Equitable Mortgage company
OF New York. which failed with liza
bilities OF si0,oOO,OOO, will shortly be
recognized.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-14
The News Condensed.
important intelligence From All Pata
CONGRESSIONAL.
Regular Session.

THE senate was not In session on the bth -.
~. the house the tariff bill passed by the
a, nate was reported. A bill 70 subject 20 state
taNrf!On national bank notes aud United
states treasury notes was discussed. but no
aai ion was taken.
II the United states senate no business Of i'm
,portance vas transacted on the 9th. and an nd
lou-nmont was taken until the 9th. In the
house the bin for the state taxation OF green
hacks was passed By large majority. The
poiA, 81 interest IN the day 3 proceedings was
tne taking OF the tariff bill from the speakers
table aud It's reference TO the committee on
WAYS and means. several unimportant bills
vegc passed The evening session was devoted
60 pirate pension bills.
pHr senate was not In session on the 9Th 49,.
In the house the senate amendments OF the
tafim tlll were disagreed 20 and the measure
sent toEonfercnce.
ON thf 9th the naval appropriation bill was
passed "a tho senate. senator PETER intro
.iuced "A resolution providing for government
control OF railways and mines. that wages Of
employees pe regulated by law and paid promptly
A. money. aud that all revenues OF the govern
Inent be- raised by taxes real estate Dis
trkft OF Columbia anairs occupied the attention
of The house. A bin for an equalization OF real
estate values was passed
IL the senate on the 10Th the railroad strike
wss discussed and speeches were made Ia con-
demnAtlon OF riOtous movements and aparch-
istlc sontiment The post ONCE appropriation
bin and the Utah statehood bin were
passed. . In the house the bill opening for set
Element the uncompahgTe and Ulntah reser-
vations In Utah was passed. IL adds 100000
acres 20 the public domain.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-14
4. q. Hanford. Chicago Millionaire,
Takes Ills own Life.

CHICAGO, July II. -Philander c. Han
ford. the rich oil merchant, third
vice president OF the National Lin
seed oil company, shot and killed
himself at the Metropolc hotel
Wednesday. Although supposed TO be
worth several millions OF dollars Il Is
reported that Mr.. Hanford took his
own life because OF dependency re-
sulting from financial troubles. Mr..
lIanford was widely known and high
ly esteemed as shrewd business
man. A few years ago he was
said TO be worth S2.OOO,OO0. The only
cause that can be assigned for his
suicide is found In the report that he
had wasted his great wealth Is specu-
lation. He was said TO be long on
wheat on the board. and the con-
tinued depression Of prices may have
ruined him.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-14
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

THE Michigan populists in conven-
tion az Lansing placed a full ticket in
the field, headed by DR. A. w. Nichols.
of Montcaln. for governor.
EDWIN c. BINGHAM, OF Cheshire. was
nominated for governor by the Con-
necticut populists.
THOMAS SLANT and Mrs. Elizabeth
Eggman were married at Washington,
H., the groom being 81 and the bride
so. Each had been married twice be-
fore.
LOREN FLETCHER was renominated
for congress by the republicans OF the
Fifth Minnesota district.
DEMocRATIc candidates for congress
were nominated in the Chicago dis
tricts as follows: Third, Lawrence
McGann (renominatedl; Fourth. limo
thy f. Ryan; Fifth, +. Il. Noonan;
Sixth julius S. Goldzier (renomi-
nated). In Iowa the republicans renom-
mated w. T. Hepburn in the Eighth
district and ]. i. Dolliver in the Tenth.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-14
ATER.

THE United States senate on the nth
adopted senator Daniels resolution
commanding the course OF the prcsi-
dent in the railwa strike and denounc-
ing as treason the acts of the men who
were practically levying war against
I United States. An amendment
favor ng arbitration was defeated by
n vote OF 1 to 80. The diplomatic and
consrlar, the invalid pension and the
military academy appropriation bills
were passed. In the house the land
grant forfeiture bill was passed The
measure will restore 81, 900, 600 acres To
the public domain
The Palais d'lste theater, recently
opened in Brussels, was destroyed by
fire, the loss being 100000 francs.
WILLIAM WYASr, wealthy farmer.
aged g. years, shot and killed his wife
at Whitesburg. Pa, and then suicided
by blowing the top OF his head Off No
cause was known.
FouR more shocks OF earthquake
were felt in Constantinople aud vi
CT ity Hundreds OF persons were
killed by falling buildings.
A SOUTHERN Pacific train was
wrecked on trcstlc near sacramento
by strikers or their sympathizers and
three REGULAR soldiers and the engineer
were killed.
1mE village Of White Bear, Mimi.
was visited 10y an inccndiary FIRE that
nearly wip out the business part OF
the town.
IN a collision near Odessa between
the steamer Vladimir and the Italian
steamer Columbia 100 passengers OF the
Vladimer lost their lives
KNUTE NELSON was renominated for
governor 10y Minnesota republicans in
convention at ST. Paul. The platform
fevors the protective tariff, indorses
bmeta lism and urges the restoration
OF silver as money, opposes all trusts
and combinations seeking 20 control
or unduly enhance the price OF COM
moditics, favors the settlement Of la
Dor troubles by arbitration. opposes
pauper migration and fayors liberal
pensions 10 veterans
The chemical works at Cartcret, N.
j., were destroyed by fire, the loss be-
ing $500, 600
THE situation In the railway strike
was greatly improved on the nth. In
Chicago trains on most Of the roads
were running as usual aud no acts Of
violence were reported. In other por-
tions OF the west the railways were
also improving their service. Machn-
lists, painters, hod carriers and bridge
and structural iron workers In Chicago
decided tO aband n work through sym
pathy with Pullmau strikers.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-14
ANIl.oAMnllNo RULES.

Thar no woman or child shall be
called Bet.
THAT n decision shall not under any
circumstances be lett TO toss-up.
Thar IL shall be forbidden TO make
head or tail Of any difficult matter.
THAT the American locution, ''you
bet, may be construed as a slanderous
imputation.
Thar an alternative phrase be found
for whats the odds?" as who should
say, What does II signify2" or, What
material difference does II make so
long as you're happy7"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-14
FOREIGN.

NEWSPAPERS in Rome disclose plot
by anarchists 10 destroy the heads OF
several European governments.
THE wholesale grocery firm OF Eby,
Blain & Co. at Toronto, Ont, which
annually turned over 81, 800, 900 worth
OF business, was forced To wind up.
TWELVE THOUSAND square meters OF
workshops at Saint-ouen-sur-Seine,
France, were destroyed by fire, tho
damage amounting 20 several million
Francs.
In the house OF lords bill was in-
troduced calculated 10 bar anarchists
out OF England
EX-PREsIDENT ARCE Of Bolivia, was
assassinated, and his body horribly
mutilated by his murderers.
The American schooner Henry l..
Phillips was seized by the dominion
authorities for alleged violation Of the
fishery treaty.
A A. ZIMMERMAN, the American
wheelman, beat Edwards, the English
rider. in two match races in Paris.
IL twenty-four hour bicycle race
at Putney, England. II. II. Carter, OF
London, won, covering 42S miles.
SIXTY persons were drowned by the
sinking OF the passenger steamer
Vladimir 10 collision off the Crimea.
THE town Of Plunjan, Russia, was
completely destroyed by fire. Three
hundred and seventy-dye houses were
burned.
GREAT damage 10 property was done
by two earthquake shocks in Constan-
tinople and fifty or more persons were
killed.
THE entire press OF Germany, with
out party distinction, regards the rail-
road war as being disastrous TO the
future OF the United States.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-14
WIT AND WISDOM.

The devil runs when he can't fac
anything TO hide behind.
THE man who minds his own business
will always have business 20 mind.
EVERY man makes the world either
richer or poorer by what he gives To II
of himself.
IT is hard 20 make a stingy man be-
licvc that he Is robbing himself by keep
ing his money In his pocket.
The one who sets a scandal afloat
would go In for lynching the man who
would turn a wolf loose in the street.
Rams Horn.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-14

Little Is accomplished In this civilized era,
but with the gentle laxative, Hostetter'e
Stomach Bitters, the bowels are relieved
without abruptness or subsequent weaken
Ing. Dyspepsia, malaria, rheumatism,
weakness and kidney trouble yield 10 this
reliable curative, foremost also among In
MIGRANTS and recommended by physlcians-
Give this medicine fair trial and be con-
WINGED.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-14
haa Pnre. for 5 stamp..

A copy OF Health and Pleasure on Amer
icas Greatest Railroad" containing bSS
pages, with over 800 illustrations and a de-
scription OF more than ,OOO tours; finest
book OF it's kind ever issued; will DO sent to
any address free, postpaid, on receipt of Ave
two-cent stamps, by GEORGE II, DANIKLs,
General Passenger Agent, Grand Central
Station, New York.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-14

ToBr TO eccentric manl-''what are you
doing with that boxr, PopPerkaq-..Going
10 make wagon OF It." Toby--'Where'n
you get the wheelsln Popperkaq-"Out
OF your headr-N. Y. Journal
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-14

AS rule the lantern can be dispensed
with at lawn parties. The lightheaded
young man win be .-Syracuse
Courier.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-14

Truth Is mighty; but IL win not prevail
In horse trade.-Puck.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-14

"AHAMERIcAN HKIREss" will be continued
No McVicker's Theater, Chicago, for two or
three weeks, when Augustus Thomas play
OF New Blood" viii be given It's first
presentation on any stage. Matinees
Wednesday and Saturday. Seats by mail
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-14

Hairs Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally Price 75c.
, 1894-06-09
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