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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-08-29
August 20, 1896.

Under the auspices Of the State
Board Of Agriculture the farmers,
wheat growers, grain dealers and
the Southern Millers' Association
will meet in convention at Nash
vile September 10 and IL next.
The program viii embrace papers
on the preparation Of land, seeding,
fertilization, wheat fields, harvest
ing, threshing, marketing, diseases,
impurities, inspection, best wheat
for milling, modern methods of
milling, impurities in wheat, vari-
ETY. Of wheat for profit, winter and
spring oats, and many other sub
iects Of Importance to farmers. A
few premiums are offered for the
best yield of wheat, oats and rye.
Mr.. bred Melton, of the Har-
mons Creek neigbborhood, and a
son Of Mr.. Pony Melton, met with
very unfortunate accident while
at work on a house Thursday Of last
week. An ak left in the loft fell a
distance Of twelve feet or more and
struck him on the head, inficting
a severe wound on the head. The
wound is not serious, and he will
soon be out again.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-08-29

PERTYvILLE BRANCH.
Lv Lexington $40 pmIN Perryville 9.20 am
Ar PerryYIe $40 pm Ar Lexington 1i.3O am
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-08-29

A Natural Beautiier.
Karl's clover root tea purifes the blood
and gives a clear and beautiful complex
ion. For sale by J. G.. Presson.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-08-29

M AGISTRATES WARRANTS, Executions.
w and State Warrants for sale at THE CIIRoN.
4cLE Office. Other blanks printed 10 order.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-08-29

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out Of sorts. weak
and generally cE
hauaied nervous,
have no lite
aud can't work,
begin 81 onecfak
Ing emostreiia
bic sifengt hcnlng
medicine ,whichta
Browns Iron Bite
teTs "A few bot
ties cure benefit
comes from the
very first dose ~
ueH'f sfzfH 5onF
teeth, aud IT'S
pleasant 10 take
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-08-29
MISCELLANEOUS ADvERTIsINe

GSy- Advertisements inserted under this head
at cents per line each insertion.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-03-24

GEMS FROM THE POETS.
Tho Riyer or Lifc.

Tho River OF Life.
Tho moro we live, more brief appear
Our lifcs succeeding stages:
day to childhood seems year, NJ
And years like passing ages. 81
Tho gladstone current OF our youth
Ere passion yet disorders.
Steals lingering like river smooth
Along its grassy borders.
But as the caroworn check grows wan,
And sorrows shafts fly thicker.
fc stars. that measure life to man,
Why seem your courses quicker?
When joys have lost their bloom ana breath.
And life itself is vapid.
why, as we reach the falls of death.
Feel we its tide moro rapid?
1t may be strangc-yct who would change
Times course to slower speeding.
Whom. ono by one, our friends have gone
And left our bosoms bleedingf
Heaven gives our years q fading strength
lndemnifylng ficctness;
And those of youth, q seeming length,
Proportioned to their sweetness.
Il. Campbell in Cheerful Moments
To Ono Who Has Returned
Dear heart, waited many weary years
In distant doubt, afar OF lingering;
And once was thcro dream OF fallen tcars,
And once strife nnd once u sorg to sing.
But now, with glad gray eyes. again you bring
When nights are long, and the dim sun grown
old,
Scarce With one smile may peer through
winter cold
Sweet aforementioned blossoms of the spring. :.
Pail Mall Budget
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-03-24
What Can n BODY Doq


What Can n BODY DO?
When one wanders. fancy fec,
And lovers come TO WOO.
And ones own mind is hard to find,
What can body do2
Oh. when one breads to say word
That some day one may rue
II silence gives love hope TO live.
What can o body do?
Oh when. to ones own hidden heart
Ono cannot find the clcw.
II lingering long be taken wrong,
What can body do?
If when-for very kindlincss-
To mo" one can't quite screw
Ones courage, love make yes" thereof,
What can body do?
II one be called flirt and false
When trying to DO true
To truth-to find ones own true mind,
Whit can body do?
Boston Globo.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-03-24
To n Sweet Little Girl.

To Sweet Little Girl.
No other little girl know
Is half SO swee. as you
think, when you were made, they used
The swcctcning up for two.
And since you are Just twice as sweet,
Why, then, You know, you should
BE better than most little girls,
And really twice as good
James G. Bufoett in n. Y. Independent
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-03-24

UNHR REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OF
l. the stockholders OF this Midway Land Com.
pany will be held In the Office OF The company.
NO. Campbell avenue, " cdnesday, March 27th
1895, at O'Clock p. III. JUNIUS Mc0EHEE,
Secretary. 2G I'd
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-03-24

ARDING-FURNISuED ROOMS, WITH
~ board IL desired. Conveniently located No
~! Campbell avenue southwest. MRS V. E.
MATTHEWS. aaai,v
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-03-24

TINilREE NICE LARGE RUOMS.NITH WATER
K for light housekeeping Jor rent Apply ut
GOD Campbell avenue southwest. 3-i3-tf
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-03-24
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

WANTED--A GOOD WORK HORSE FOR
pno,siXt y days for his boaid. Apply to d q.
BOOTH, over stewards furniture store 32i3t
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-03-24
AGENTS WANTED.

w Carolina and Virginia Apply at once at
wv Commerce street, Eoanokc STANDARD
INSTALMENT COMPANY asst
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-03-24

WAETRD-TEN TEAMS TO HAUL STONE
" to U. >. postoiicc building. Z. a. WILSON
q" W. 32i1t
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-03-24
" AN TALIAFERRO,

" AN TALIAFERRO,
Justice of the peace for Roanoke city
Office No. 110M Moomsw building, on
Jefferson st. between Salem and Camp
bell avenues. Also represent the Mary
land Life Insurance Co. of Baltimore,
Md
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-03-24

THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OF
the Stockholders of the Roanoke Street
Railway Company viii be held in the Company's
Office IN Terry building, Roam oke Va, Saturday,
April 13, 1885, Mt IL O'Clock noon
13td GEO. q. McCAHAN, Secretary
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-03-24
NOTICE OF MEETINGS.

no SHAREHOLDERS ROANOKE BUILD.
ing Association and Investment Company
The annual ling Of the shareholders Of the
Company will he held on Monday evening, april
10. 1882 at O'Clock NJ the offices OF Messrs. Penn
& Cooke, sixth floor OF the Terry building, cor
ncr Campbell avenue and jefferson street, Roa-
noke, Virginia, when an election will be held for
president, yice-pfcbident, secretary, treasurer
and three auditors for the ensuing year and three
ness transacted as may properly come before the
meeting. ID. Ii. MATS IN, president.
A. j. LOUGHEhY, secretary.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-03-24
LOST AND FOUND.

I OST-ON SUNDAY EVENING, SILVER
- hair pin. Reward II returned to "a. b.
care lime 3.231t
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-03-24

FNHE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OF
i the stockholders CT the Roanoke Electric
Light and Power Company will be held in the
eomPanys office IN % Terry building. Roanoke,
Va, Saturday, April IL, lea3 at 1890 O'Clock p. III.
313td GEO. c. McCAHAN Secretary.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-03-24

TOR SALE.-A CASH REGISTER IN GOOD
condition. Apply at TnE TIMes office.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-03-24

T osT.-CERTIFICATE NUMBER IL, FAIR.
ERSI ONE. 3ott
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-03-24
Capital, 100000; Surplus, $4,000.

JOS. II. ENGLEBY, President.
GEO w. RAMSEY, Vice Prcsdcnt.'
JAS. IL. CAMPBELL, Scc'y. and Treas.
Il. q. JOHNSTON, Insurance Department.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-04-13

ttAC oeOiiA ldkC OutoAuC, OhCl nCdIu
powerful bass voice borne down on the
night wind in song. Again, from the
few words that the hearers could dis
tinguish, think it must have been: 90
show you a mystery; we shall not al
sleep, but we shall all be changed"
"Confound!- CALCULATED one of the
players, emphatically. THAT fellow,
got a fine voice. It's pity he amt goI
sense enough to select better chune
and better place to sing it. Hell
freeze to death out there"
The sand and sleet ratified in sheet.
against the little shanty used as a
saloon. but through it all the mag
nificent roar of the deep voice of the
singer could be heard. Then a pause
and crack. A pistol shot.
Next morning they found him on 6
little elevation in the open prairie
dead by his own hand.
1t is not tragedy have written OF
only the stub end of one. The rea.
tragedy. for the most part. must have
occurred before he came to Texas
What it was God knows. know only
a broken fragment of his life. know
nothing of the life he led before, but
am sure it must have been a much
grander one than the one i know.
hope the life that came after wa,
grander still. am sure that the voics
which sang in the night and the storm
on the open prairie must have sung il
grand and noble songs long years be
fore. Let us hope it will sing ia,
grander. nobler songs hercafter,-P
w. Horn, in Globe pe:aocrat
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-04-13
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in tho
remedy. Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feven
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it 10 man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Fig,
and being we'll informed, you viii not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-04-13
COTTON ACREAGE.
The Proposition to Reduce 1t Should Not
End In Talk.

The Proposition to Reduce 1t Should Not
End In Talk.
1t is to be hoped that the PROPOSE
ton to reduce the acreage in cotton
will not end in talk. The commercial
world can not be misled by the pas
sage of resolutions declaring that the
cotton acreage should be reduced. It
requires the actural accomplishment
of the proposed reduction to affect, in
the slightest degree, the markets of
the world. To bring about the re-
turn of fair prices for cotton. the
crop must be reduced. How can
this result be accomplished? Not
by the efforts of one community,
one county, or one state; but by the
combined action of planters through
out the cotton belt. How can this con-
cert of action be brought about? We
know of no way except the continual
agitation of the subject through the
press of the country, and by the united
efforts of farmers throughout the south.
When the manufacturer finds he can
his mill, he wisely discontinues manu-
featuring until prices improve. When
the merchant finds he can not sell an
article for the money it costs, he pur-
chases no more until prices change so
he can realize profit.
Then why should the cotton-grower
continue to impoverish himself and
burden his home with debt by contin-
uing to plant cotton after its market
value is below the cost of its produc-
ton?
1t is absolutely true that the more
cotton a farmer gathers, gins and sells
at five cents per pound the more money
he loses.
A shrewd man, of wide business ex-
perience, was heard to say recently
that he had saved several thousand
dollars by allowing his large planta-
ton to remain uncultivated and with
ont tenants for four or five years.
His neighbors had cultivated cotton
and sold it at loss. Their work was
thrown away absolutely; their lands
were more or less impoverished and
damaged, and the only result of their
efforts was an increase in the amount
of their debts
If the acreage of cotton throughout
the south should be reduced to three
fourths of the acreage of 1894, the
price of cotton would advance at least
to remunerative figure. If this
policy is adopted and adhered to for
term Of years, instead Of having to
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-04-13
A Chin se Proposal.

When man in China desires the
daughter of a neighbor as wife for
his son, he writes to him as follows
ION my knees 1 beg you not to dcspise
this cold and common request, but
listen to the words of the matrimonial
agent and give your honorable daugh>
ter to my slave of son, so that the
pair, bound by silken threads, may
have the greatest joy. In the beauti-
ful springtime I shall offer wedding
presents and give a couple of geese
and let US hope for long and continued
fortune and look forward through end
less generations to the fulfillment of
genuine love. May they sing of
plenty and have every joy. On my
knees beg you to consider my pro-
posal favorabiy and throw the mirror
like glance of your eyes on these lines"
To this the father of the prospective
bride replies that he will ATTEND to
the portion of his poor and poverty
stricken daughter, that she might not
be without bedclothes, cotton clothing,
hairpins and earrings. Therefore IL
was to be hoped that the couple would
have constant fortune"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-04-13
HERE AND THERE.

Stock farming is developing great
ly all over the southwest. Well the
farmers just had to come to it to save
themselves from disaster.
If farmers would get into the way
of buying for cash only. they would do
more to promote the prosperity of the
whole country than could be accom-
plished by any other means.
Cotton seed are not complete fer
tilizer. They are deficient in both
phosphoric acid and potash. About
fifteen bushels of cotton seed are equal
in value to 200-pound sack of fertil-
izer.
The swine industry of the country
has been for two years, and is now, in
a more prosperous condition than many
other industries. And breeders are
looking to the south as the best point
for the future Development of this great
and growing industry.
I'm an old paper we find this ex-
tract: 1--WE laugh to scorn the ancient
people who sacrificed to the war this
harmless unnecessary cat, but we our
selves worship the savage and .unre-
lenting dog, and sacrifice our invalua-
BILE sheep to its bloodthirstiness.
"A sweet potato root will go six feet
and over after nourishment and mois-
ture; hence we might give this crop
much greater distance between rows
and plants than is commonly done, and
yet get all the potatoes the soil is ca
pable of producing.
lis it hard to learn how to make a
fine article of butter? That depends
entirely upon the man or woman who
undertakes the job. While it is prob
ably true that some people never can
learn, at the same time almost anyone
with fair amount of intelligence and
. determination to master it can.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-04-13
sweet Potatoes ~ Stock Food.

sweet Potatoes ~ Stock Food.
We have received the first issue of the
Carolina Farmer, published at Flor
ence, s. c., from which we extract the
following:
During the state fair we had the
pleasure of meeting Mr.. w. G. Hinson,
of James Island, and at our special re-
quest he gave us the result of his cxpe-
rience in feeding stock on sweet pota-
toes. He stated that he had been using
the potato for several years for this
purpose, and found it not only admira-
bly, adapted for the purpose, but far
cheaper than either corn or oats. He
uses them for his work animals, cattle
and hogs, and finds that they all thrive
on them and keep in the best possible
condition. He has small cutter that
cuts up the potatoes sufficiently
small to prevent danger of chok-
ing, and then feeds them raw. The
quantity for large mule for each
meal is one ordinary-sized bucket
full. In order to give the gastric juice
of the stomach better chance to act
on them, he gives in addition about
two quarts of rice -four or bran. He
commences feeding them as soon as
they are large enough to dig. and
keeps on until the potatoes begin to
sprout in the spring. He keeps them
in a cellar instead Of banking them,
and regards this as much the better
plan. as it makes them more easily ac-
cessible, and then obviates the trouble
of washing them before feeding. Mr..
Hinson regards them as the cheapest
stock food that we can raise, and it is
almost needless fer us to say that Mr..
Hinson is good authority on anything
relating to agriculture. Those of our
farmers who have large crops of po-
tatoes would do well to utilize them in
this way and sell their corn-that is,
as much of It as can be spared.
and Ranch.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-04-13

find a market for their crops, the buy.
ers would hunt up the farmers and
purchase their cotton at their doors.
By all means let there be general
determination throughout the south to
discontinue policy so manifestly ruin
GUS, and return to profitable farming.
Dixie Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-04-13
Tired, W6dk, Nervous
Hoods Sarsaparilla Restores
Strength and Bodily Vigor.
The cause of that tired, weak, ner-
vous condition, in which SO many
people find themselves, is the failure

of the blood to
properly nourish
the nerves and
tissues Feed the
nerves upon pure
blood, and they
will be steady and
strong. Read this:
at is with pleas
ure that / recon-
mend Hoods Sar-
saparilla as an ex-
cellens nerve tonic
and blood purifier.
I have taken II
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-04-13
FARMERS, TAKE CoURAoEI

Times Are Not So Hard ~ They Were in
1885, Though Hard Enough.
During recent visit to my planta-
ton in Lee county, Ga, ! was very
much gratified to know that a majority
Of my neighbors had raised enough
corn, potatoes and peas to last them
during 1895. and to observe that they
were sowing an unusual number of
acres in oats; they have also good
many hogs to kill yet, but found
them far from cheerful. Five-cent
cotton has made them lose heart,
and their courage and cheer
fulness have been greatly dissi-
pated. The small debts which they
owe, and which are due, are staring
them in the face, and their incomes
from the sale of their cotton have been
too small to enable them to pay out
1t will be to the interest of the cotton
factors. warehouse men and merchants
to be rs lenient with their planter
patrons as possible. The farmers should
be encouraged. Cheerfulness was
never so much needed as at this time.
Grave difficulties are confronting
them, and their minds and hearts
are distressed and respondent
Times are not so hard as they
were in 1865, and our surroundings are
not so gloomy; we must not yield to
dependency and despair in time like
this. 1t is a cowardly humanity which
sits down in gloom and despair. and
laments and grleves over its lot be-
cause it is confronted by great diff
culties and surrounded by terrible OBJ
stacles and the strictest economies.
Let us have faith and courage in the
future and find stimulus in opportuni-
ties, not depression and despair.
The more difficult the task and
the, sterner the duty before
us, should excite the greater resolu-
ton and effort. The man who avoids
and shirks duty when the task is hard,
is the greater coward for it. As long
as one has faith in himself, there is no
cause for despair. Our farmers must
cheerfully and bravely face their diff
culties, and they will surely overcome
them. We must not lose faith in our
fellow-men nor confidence in the
promises of our Maker. Brave cheer
fulness and resolute courage will over
come all the obstacles which our
southern farmers are now meeting
Cor. Southern Cultivator.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-05-24
A Couple OF Condolences.

Some little time ago heard Of an &C.
currence that took place at Broadway
and Chambers street on cable car, and
incidentally it was stated that no one
saw it because there was no other vehicle
on the block. AS this was in the middle
Of the afternoon it seemed incredible
till tested it personally. Twice have
seen that very condition of things right
there, once on the block below Cham
bers and once on the block above, and
again on the heavily travelled block be-
tween John and Fulton, and yesterday
morning at 10 O'Clock there was a SINH
lar vacuum of vehicles on the block be-
tween CortlaDdt and Liberty. Below and
above, Broadway was full enough of
wagons going both ways 1t reminded
me Of the passageway for the Israelites
through the Red sea- New York is full
Of such things if only one happens Or is
idle enough to observe them On a priori
reasoning, or principles Of average, the
odds apparently would be millions to
one against such an event Yet have
seen it four times within a short period.
Some might say here that the man
who looks for such things is the only
man who finds them. Let me set against
this another experience Of mine to the
contrary. For something over six years
have looked at the number Of every
railway car / passed, trying to hit one
whose number was an even thousand
have never hit it yet. Once, on the Le-
high Valley road, thought l had.
spied row of brand new coal cars just
out Of the shop ON switch. The num-
bers began at 1850 and ran up in regular
order, and ! fairly trembled with the
Joy Of fruition that only a crank knows.
There were Just 20 Of them, and the last
number was 1999l
The most aggravating circumstance OF
all was that friend Of mine TO whom
/ told my quest in 1892 on my way to
the City of Mexico came galloping
through the train inside Of an hour to
tell me he had just seen an even thou
sand car as we pulled out Of San Luis
Potosi, and ! was looking out on the
other side of the train have never for
given that fellow to this day. New
York Sun
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-05-24

The most wonderful forest tree in the
world perhaps is the "cannibal tree" Of
Australia, which some one has aptly
called 1.-THE most wonderful Of God
many wonders in vegetable life. II
grows up in the shape Of a huge pine
apple and seldom .attains a height Of
more than l. feet. 1t has a series Of
broad, boardlike leaves, growing in q
fringe at the apex, which reminds one
of a gigantic Central American agaye.
When standing erect, these broad, thick
leaves hide a curious looking arrange
ment, which appears to perform the
same functions as those Of the pistils il
flowers. Naturally these boardlikC
leaves, which are from 10 to - feet
long in the smaller specimens and from
ID to 20 in the larger, hang to the
ground and are strong enough to bear a
mans weight
In old aboriginal times in the anti
podean wilds, the natives worshiped the
cannibal tree under the name Of the
devil tree, " the chief part Of the cere-
mony consisting of driving one Of their
number up he leaves Of the tree to the
apex. The instant the victim would
touch the so called "pistiles' Of the
monster the leaves would instantly fly
together like a trap, squeezing the life
out Of the intruder Early travellers de-
clared that the tree held its victim until
every particle Of flesh disappeared On
tnis account it is called the 'cannibal
rec st. Louis Republic