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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-08-21
COMPANIES TO INVESTIGATE
The Death of DR.. Poore Who Carried
$4,000 of Life Insurance.

The Death of DR.. Poore Who Carried
$50, 900 of Life Insurance.
The investigation which has been in-
augurated by the insurance companies
in regard to the death of DR.. John J.
Poore, of Monroe, Ga, has developed
several sensational rumors that have
caused much comment in the quiet lit
tie village.
The sudden death of DR.. Poore I'M
der alleged mysterious circumstances,
coupled with the fact that he carried
life insurance policies to the amount of
so, 900, caused the insurance compa-
MES to begin searching investigation
of the cause of death, and it is said sew
eral expert insurance adjusters are
now working upon the case in order TO
secure any information that may be
needed when the death proofs are for
warded to the home Office of the COM
panies for payment of the policies.
Last January DR.. Poore, who was
practicing physician in Monroe, and a
man of little means, secured $50, coo
worth of life insurance from five COM
panies. In each case it is said that DR..
Poore sought out the agents of the
various companies and appeared ex-
tremely anxious to secure the iasur-
ance upon bis life. He had never been
insured before To the surprise of the
insurance companies, the premiums
were promptly paid, and this fact
itself caused comment among the in
surance men, as it was known that DR..
Poore was not supposed to have suf-
ficient capital at his command to meet
the premiums.
His sudden death only increased the
general talk, and an investigation was
decided upon. The Mutual Reserve
Life Fund association, carrying $40,
600 in policies, at once sent q secret
man to Mcnroe, and for several days
an investigation has been quietly 60
ing on. This investigation hos devel-
oped several startling revelations, it il
said, and the citizens OF Monroe have
become interested in the mystery sup
posed to surround the death Of theil
townsman.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-08-21
Free Coinag is Safe Row.

In yours Of the s2sth inst, after ad-
verting to Cernuschi's latest position
touching the policy Of the United
States in freely coming silver at IL to
j without waiting for an International
agreement, you ask what il any obiec'
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-08-21
An Alliance Factory

Within two weeks, at Hillsboro, N.
O., shoe factory, whose output will
be 600 pairs daily, will be in opera
ton. 1t will be the second largest in
the south the one in the Richmond
penitentiary being the largest. 1t will
utilize 100 hides a day. 1t is the
state Farmers Alliance factory.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-08-21

National Democratic Committee Call. .
Secretary Walsh of the democratic
national committee, by instruction of
Chairman Jones, has sent cut a call for
meeting of the national democratic
committee ct the Fifth Avenue hotel,
New York city, on August llth4
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-11
ALANp OF FLOWERS
Australian Landscape IL an Endsess
Panorama OF Surpassing Beauty.

Australian Landscape 10 an En6eee
Panorama OF Surpassing Beauty.
There is nothing that astonishes tbs
stranger visiting Australia for the first
time go much as the variety and beauty
Of it's flowers. Australia is, indeed. a
land of floral loveliness, and nowhere
has nature been more lavish in her
gifts of bud and blossom than in New
South Wales. The landscape is an end
less panorama of surprising beauty.
There is a plethora of color In tue
flowers that everywhere meet the gaze.
They are not placed here and there
only, to give one the impression of limit;
they cover mountains and valleys In all
kinds of form and shades of beauty.
Climbers, in rich crimson. and inter-
spersed with every other color, are null
tiplied by millions, and scattered with
q prodigal hand that knows no stint nor
bound, save that of ininitude itself,
until every shrub and plant and bush.
robed in splendor, makes the country
gay with blue and gold, and many col
ored dyes.
The gorgeous coloring of the Austria.
lian floral kingdom is hardly to be ex.
celled elsewhere. Among the favorite
native flowers is the stately waratah
or native tulip. us it is sometimes in.
correctly designated. 1t grows to the
height of four or five feet. the slender
stem being surmounted by large dab
lia-shaped flower of the deepest GRIM
son. 1t is sometimes grown as a gar
den flower, but thrives best in the bush.
The native rose, which has no resem-
blance, save in its delicate pink tint. to
the favorite garden flower, is exceed
ingly plentiful. The blossom is small
and modest. but wonderfully enduring.
and forms charming addition to an
Australian bouquet.
The rock lily is SO called from its be-
fng most abundant In rocky country.
where its masses of yellowish-white
blossoms stand out in a picturesque re-
lief from the dense background of dark
green foliage. The gigantic lily is, per-
haps. the most magnificent Of Austria
lian native flowers.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-11
VISIONS WHICH WARNED.
Two Instances Where Dreams O
Horses and Fire Came True.

Horses and Fire Came True.
Dreams, like girls, "are queer" and
dreams wherein horses figure largely
take rank among the Queerest. 1t is
usual to head this column with little
horse talk-a sort Of bait to tempt the
wary horseman into the discussions of
minor subjects. and this time shall
give few dreams, not of flair wo-
men," but of horses, told one day be-
tween heats. In the year eighteen
ninety something gentleman entered
promising PAGER for race to come
off some time during the summer. He
was speeding the horse on the last of
the SNOW, and wrote to his wife, who
was visiting in distant town, that
his prospects for race horse were
rosy. That night the lady, although
not especially an admirer of horses,
dreamed that she was sitting in the
stand watching the finish of the race
wherein her husbands horse was to
take part. Replying to the letter, she
said that his horse would win the race,
the last heat several lengths ahead of
a gray horse, the only other one she
saw in her dream, and that the Judge
announced the time 2:2OA. The letter
caused good deal Of amusement in
the family during the months previous
to the race, and finally when the day
came five horses started, among them
being dark gray. The dream came
true in every respect, the race being
Won in three heats, and at the finish the
gray was the only one in it; the rest
just coming into the stretch; time,
2::20A. The dream 1 can vouch for. as
saw the letter weeks before the raco
took place.
Another gentleman who was Sleep
ing at an inn beside the track where
his horses were stabbed dreamed that
he saw the window of stall contain
ing valuable young horse being
steaithily opened from the outside.
Then fire flashed and fell among the
straw. revealing the horses in state of
terror. paving and snorting loudly.
Tho dream was SO vivid that he awoke
and fancied that he could in reality
hear the horse striking the walls of his
cell He partially dressed and ran out.
and not a moment too soon. Some
miscreant had thrown cloth burning
and soaked with OIL in through the
window. This had ignited the straw
and in a few seconds more the horse
must have perished, though fortunate
ly as 1t was he was but slightly injured.
-Trotter and PAGER.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-11

The vital principle is strongest in the
common tortoise. One Of these animals
has lived for six months after the re-
moval Of Its brain, and the severed
head has given signs of life three days
after being cut of.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-11
A Chilly Firm.

Attorneys December and January are
two Nevada lawyers who are amusing
the Kansas people just now, where they
have gone on business. The two men
are distinguished lawyers in Nevada,
and their firm style is January & De.
cember, attorneys-at-law."
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-11
Dishonored Drafts,

When the stomach dlshonors the drafts
made upon 1t by the rest Of the system, It 10
necessarily because its fund Of strength 10
Bitters, il soon besins to pay out vieor t In the
shape Of pure. rich blood, containing the
elements Of muscle. bone and brain. As
sequence Of the new vigor afforded the st0m.
nlarly. and the liver works like clock work.
Malaria has no effect upon q system thus
ee-enforced.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-11

The horn of the rhinoceros does NOT
grow from the bone. but is a mere ex-
cresence Of the skin. like the hair and
nails. It can be separated from the skin
hy the use Of sharp knife.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-11

when Dobbins' Electric Soap was first made in 1868
Il cost 90 cen;s bar. tits ectsely the same ingred
tents and quality and dOe.s cost hdI Buy u 81
your grocer and preserve your clothea he hasn't It.
he will get It
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-11

My doctor said would die. but Piso's
Cure for Consumption cured me.-Amos
Kelner, Cherry Valley, ILL.,, Nov. %, 'O5.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-11

Men are alike in nature, but different
In character. They are one family. but
many children.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-11
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is constitutional cure. Price 20 cents.

Beware of the man who tries to white.
wash sin of any kind.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-11

Some folks make a speciality Of pick
ing out crosses for other people to carry.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-11

Mrs. Wlnalow's SOOTHING SYRUP for childrea
teethinR: sottens the gums reauces Inflammation
sllays rain. cures wind collie. d cents = bottle.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-11

True nobility shows itself in doing
good.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-11

The man who is trying to get to heav.
en- alone. is not lit to go.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-11

Round trip tickets to points
In Nebraska. Kansas. Colo
radO. Utah, the Black
Hills. Wyoming. Texas. Okla
hOna. Arizona and New Mex.
leo, will be OH sale at all rail-
road ticket Offices In Iowa and
eastern SOuth Dakota ut ONE
WAY RATE, plus 500.
Tickets will be good for 81
days.
Csi! at nearest ticket once
and obtain full Information. or
write to j. FRANcss. General
Passenger Agent. Omaha.
Neb.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-11

CHAPTER Nj.
ut was a pity, too" xaid the rector.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-11
Cheap
Travelling.

August .Ath and "a.
Sept. 4. IS and 29.
Oct. 9th and Goth.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-09-04

me. spare me, esposo milo, ana do no
force that crime upon my SOULS
He shook her of roughly. Listen !.
he said, between his teeth. 1T shan b,
done. You have killed my love. and now
by God. YOU shall kill Jose. You are eno,
at lynn. lie ter him. Make friends wifi
him. Make him drink. No trickst II
hold the drop on We from the bedroom. an
eff We try ter warn him, or eff We fail. III
shoot. I've given we chance ter git GU
of this alive. Take it er leave it,
| When Jose came home he found Mari,
telling her beads before the kitche,
stove. AS he entered she arose with fever
ish haste and repeated like lesson tn,
words she had to say.
Jose" sheesaid, 'let us be friends. Yo,
| are right; there is no safety for us If m,
| husband comes. Better for us that he die
In the hills than set foot within this
mouse. Let us drive him from gu.
thoughts, Jose, and-and drink" Hei
voice died away in shuddering whisper
and she sank into chair.
What ails thee, Maria?" asked Jose
VINO, though drunk, could not fail to no
tce the horror on her face.
Inc bedroom door creaked warningly.
1t Is nothing said Maria, with an eff
tort. Il was thinking of him. After all.
ne is my husband. But it is over now,
ana am better. Let US drink to a peace
fui future. Jose, here-and hereafter"
she pushed the glass toward him and
raised her own, splitting a little on the
table and on her dress.
jose seized his with laugh Long life
TO wise men; death to foolsp' he cried,
ana tossed 1t of at a draught. "Carram-
pa! thy wine is something bitter. i must
look to the barrel Come, let us be happy.
Will sing to thee, Maria" and, taking
mis- guitar from the corner, he sat down
upon the table and sang. His back was
toWarc the bedroom door, and over his
shoulder Maria could see pale face
peering from the gloom. The tension was
frlgntful; the contrast between the mans
impending fate and the lightness of his
mood appalling.
Jose sang well and with spirit. Jack
son. glowering upon him from the bed
room, fingered his rifle nervously and pre-
pared to shoot. Jose put forth an arm to
draw Maria to him, the guitar fell with a
crash and his whole frame became con-
Vulsed. He swung partly around and
clutched the table with grip of iron.
jackson could see his features now. God,
what look! Every muscle of his face
seemed drawn to the point of breaking,
his eyes protruded, and their fixed and
CLASSY stare seemed bent on him. 1t was
too much. A wave of pity swept over the
heart of the avenged husband, the rifle
cracked and the sufferings of Jose Ruiz
were at an end.
AS the shot rang out in the silence of
the night Maria's overwhelmed nerves
gave way and she fell fainting to the
floor. Jackson, coming out of the dark
ness of his room, paused a moment to
look upon the living and the dead, then
strobe out into the night.-San Francisco
Argcnaut
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-09-04
MULCH ON CULTIVATED GROUND
A Method Allowing the Roots to
Take Their Proper Position.

1t is not generally understood that a
mulch may with benefit be applied to
cultivated ground, says a bulletin of
the Minnesota experiment station.
The usual method of applying Aoarse
litter and manure to trees and small
fruits is falling into disrepute with
some of the best horticulturists. This
method causes the root system to form
too near the surface of the ground; so
that when the mulching becomes thin
or protracted drought ensues, the
trees quickly succumb. Moreover, Gull
tivation is not possible with the thick
mulch, and consequently coarse weeds
grow up, and quack grass finally takes
possession, to the total destruction of
the tree or small fruits. Many horti-
culturists are now advising the aban-
donment of the thick-litter mulch, and
prescribing instead only cultivation or
the dry-earth mulch. But this method
has disadvantages also. Under it the
land becomes impoverished, owing to
the exposure of the bare soil to the
fierce, direct heat of the suns rays.
Notification is retarded, since it pro-
crosses more favorably when the sur
face of the ground is partly shaded.
Again, the cultivation method, to be
effective, must be frequent and thor
ough-conditions not always easy to
meet. Earth-litter mulching as prac-
ticed by this writer obviates most of
the difficulties named. Short-fbred
manure or litter is spread evenly over
the surface of the ground to depth of
one or two inches. In a few days the
ground is cultivated, thoroughly mix
ing the mulch with fine surface earth.
In the case of small patches this may
be done with hoe, but in the major
ity of cases it is best done with a cul-
tivator. After some time, when the
appearance of weeds or when other
causes make it necessary, the culti-
walton is repeated. The advantages of
this method are:
l. The moisture is more eflectually
conserved, and the root system takes
it's proper position.
2. The soil is better protected from
the direct heat of the sun. The earth
litter mulch is a good non-conductor.
3. The manure thus applied keeps
intact the supply of humus, thus in
creasing the soil capacity for moisture
and maintaining fertility. Notification
is also favored.
4. The best features of both old sys-
TENS are retained, and the method
is applicable not only to trees and
small fruits, but to any cultivated crop.
5. Labor is saved, the required cul-
tivation being materially reduced.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-09-04
A HUNDRED MORE CREEs FOUND
Troops VIII Escort Them Across the
Montana boundary.

Word reached here from Fort Assinni-
boine that within few day a troop from
that fort would start out to round up
Cree camp which has been discovered in
the mountains of Cascade county, near
the headwaters of the Dupuyer river
The camp was discovered about a week,
ago by a party of prospectors who imme-
diately reported the fact to Gov Rick
ards. The governor took the matter up
with the fort, who it is understood have
orders to march them across the bound
airy.
The camp contain about 100 of the red
skins, including squaw and pappooses and
were entirely overlooked by Major San
no and his troops. They settled there, so
the information says, early in the season
and have earned livelihood in the usual
manner, and hunting game. They have
been selling their wares at Dupuyer and
the neighboring villages up to the time
deportation began. Then it is said they
remained in their retreat and thus avoid
ed being taken. Whether or not the
troops will include the few or struggling
bands who have returned to Montana
within the past few days is not known
1t is estimated that about rs in all have
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-09-04
WENT THROUGH THE BRIDGE
Threshing Engine, Driver and Team
Hurled to the Bottom of Creek.

A threshing machine belonging to
Poedtemeier Bros. of Stafford, Or,
went through the bridge over Kriese
creek about nine miles west of Oregon
City, the other day. and the engine,
driver and team fell a distance of IS
feet. The driver, Ernest Boekmann,
suffered a severe scalp wound and a
bruised hip, and was brought to this
city for treatment. The engine was
wrecked, and one of the horses so in
jured that it had to be killed. The en-
CINE carried 60 pounds of steam at the
time, and but for the fact that the
driver was able to move himself, he
would have been seriously scalded.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-09-04
ARE SHIPPING cows TO JAPAN
Some of the Items as to the Cost of
Transportation.

p A. Frakes of Scappoose has sold to
Sinzaburo Ban of Toxic, Japan, a Hol-
stein-Fresian cow, which will be shipped
with a number of other cows to Japan,
says the Oregon:an. The price received
was small for such stock, being only $50.
But even at this low price these animals
will be very expensive by the time they
reach their destination. The freight per
COW from Tacoma, WASH, to rokio,
Japan, is $40. 1t is also necessary to pay
full fare for man to go with them at a
cost of $3.50 for the round trip. No at
tempt will be made to ship any but the
very best stock, as the expense of trans
porting is so great that common stock
could not be shipped profitably such a
great distance.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-09-04

Chinese wash House PrOprfeteOr
Murdered at Portland,

Chinese known as Hong Kee, the pro-
prietor of a Chinese washhouse in Port
land, was murdered in his laundry by
his brother, Jung Chin, the other even
ing. The murder was the result of a
quarrel over money matters, both men
being interested in the laundry. After
stabbing his brother MORALLY, the muir
derer and five other Chinese employed as
washers and ironers watched the wound
ed man bleed to death, and, when they
found that life was extinct, they threw
an old bed over the body and then van
ished from the scene.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-09-04
One of Writers Friends.

The Providence Journal tells the story
of a little girl whose pony broke his leg,
and the poet Whittier was called upon to
comfort the child with some poetic senti-
ment. She said: ST have written some
lines myself, but 1 can't think how to
finish the verse;"
What did you writer" asked Mr.. Whit
tier.
MY pony kicked to the right, he kicked
to the left,
The stable post he struck 1t,
He broke his leg short Off"
And then, added Mr.. Whittier.
And then he kicked the bucket"
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-09-04
PLUNGED INTO NIAGARA RAPIDS
BicycIist Loses Control of His Wheel
and Has a Narrow Escape.

Edwin Bushien of Niagara Falls, N.
Y, the other day had an extraordinary
escape from death.
While riding a bicycle down a steep
incline to the Goat island bridge he
lost control of his wheel and ran into
low iron fence which separates the
roadway from the rapids just above
the falls. Bushien was thrown over
the fence into the rapids, but managed
to get hold of a jutting ledge of rock
and hold on to it until assistance could
reach him.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-09-04
A Popular Error.

''They say that it's mighty hard for
a candidate to keep from repeating
himself in his speeches.
1T isn't true, however. Many's the
time I've heard a candidate declare
that he would not accept nomination,
and after 1t was put where he could
really get hold of it. he never thought
of saying the same thing over again."
Washington Star.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-09-04

They laid the body of the visitor,
who had not understood the gas fixture,
gently down.
Poor fellow!" said the hotel clerk,
pityingly, land only last night he told
me had come into town for regular
blow-out."-New York Press.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-09-04

In the money market of Boston bust
ness is yet largely in the shape of re-
newals, mostly at about 6 per cent, al
though some ask as high as per cent
on choicest collateral on four months
time
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-09-04

ends, all the
One furrow un-
Is closed and the
he next. Such a
cam of water three
eiis:eess deep. and run
hour will irrigate
hours. and keep a
usy to attend to its
depends on circum-
Experienced farmer
ppearance when his crop
II is said most new be-
1gate too often. The soil
yet sufficiently free of water
ne air down into it well between
8tfngs.
zAiways give shallow cultivation as
soon after watering as the surface is
ury enough. AT the Nevada station
piats OF wheat which receive five appli-
cations OF water give as good yields as
those which received eight, but on
lrish potatoes those receiving six did
nucn better than the ones receiving
put hve, and the corn plats receiving
elght irrigations made double the yield
OF those which received but five.
irrigation by canals and bitches
costs from 81 to $40 for each acre sup
plied for construction of the canal, and
about 81 an acre yearly to keep them in
repair. Dams for reservoirs to catch
ana mold storm waters generally cost
from ~ to SIS for each acre supplied,
ana the cost of keeping up repairs will
be much less than in the case of
canals.
The profits of irrigation are unqvss-
tlonable. With garden and fruit CROPS
the profits per acre often mount into
the hundreds, and occasionally pass the
thousand-dollar mark. Even with field
crops the profit is SO sure and so great
that irrigated lands always sell for
from ten to one hundred times as much
per acre as adjacent lands that are not
irrigated. OF SIG irrigators in Kansas,
only six reported no profit. Irrigation
has been highly profitable in even such
rainy states as New Jersey and Flor
ida.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-09-04

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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-09-04

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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-09-04
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