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mony, and tells how millions Of them
must be in use.

mony, and tells how millions OF them
must be in use.
1t is the prayer wheel, the mechan-
ical device by which the Deity or the
evil spirit may be propitiated, which
is so astounding to US. Prayer wheels
are of all sorts and kinds, and, if
dynamos were in use in Tibet, prodigi-
ouslv fine prayers might be reeled off
in this way. Some OF the native
wheels run by water power, and there
are windmill. prayer oontrivances. A
barrel of prayers, always rotating, or
on tap, is common in Tibet. Some
times the formula "Om, mani padme,
hum" is printed 400 times on sheet
of paper, put in a wheel, and, with
proper gearing, can be made to repeat
or run off the formula 100000 times,
and the more frequently the wheel
spins the better. Prayers are printed
on bits of fimsy paper, and these
papers are tied to string. Whenever
the paper hutters in the wind then the
pious Tibetan believes he is credited
with prayer.
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must be of the best and strongest, and
every bit of the frame work has to be
put together with as much care as were
the component parts of the "one-hoss
shay"
The ordinary ice-boat weighs we'll
over ton, and for anything to give
way when a body of such weight is
travelling over hard surface at the
rate of twenty or twenty-five miles an
hour would be IN the highest degree
unhealthy for the man sailing it. The
braces and bolts that hold the runner
plank to the keelson cannot be too
strong, though they may be too rigid.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-14
WOMAN AND THE OLD LAWS.

In England less than ninety years
ago Il was not unusual Tor a man to
sell bis wife into sorvitudo.
Upon marriage the husband became
entitled 10 al his WHO'S goods aud
chaltels, also 10 the rents and profits
OF her lands.
He was her lord, bound 10 supply
shelter, food clothes aud medicine.
He was entitled 30 her earnings aud
the custody Of her person.
He had the power to choose her as.
soeiates. separate her from her rela-
tiyes, restrain her religious and per-
aonal freedom aud, II necessary, ohas-
tise her moderately, as though she
was his child.
Tho father Of legitimate children
was bound for their maintenance and
education, and was entitled to their
labor and custody.
He had power to dispose Of them
until they we're twenty-one years Of
age by deed or legacy and the tesla
mentary guardians right to the chill
dren's custody superseded that Of their
mother. The mother was entitled to
no power but reverence and respect
from her children.
She had no legal authority over
them nor right to their service. Only
the mother Of an illegitimate child was
entitled to its control and custody.
Interstate personal property was divi.
ded equally between males and females,
but a son, though younger than all biz
sisters, was heir to the whole Of real
| property.
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felicitation. This is a bit OF silk,
about as fine as gauze, of q blush
white, and is fringed. If you were a
Tibetan, you would be quite lost with
out this scarf. You must take a sup
ply with you for all ordinary occa-
sions. If you meet a friend, quickly
you must ram a khata at him, while
you take the one he offers you. When
you send a letter it must be folded
upon q scarf. You might give the
finest present or convey the noblest
sentiments; they would go Tor moth
ing without the accompaniment of the
khata. The good Father Hue writes
entertainingly of the scarf Of cere-
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-14

something less tLan mile q minute.
The race was for $500 silver cup and
open to all ice-boats, without handi.
cap. 1t is now held by the Shrews-
bury Ice Yacht Club, Of New Jersey,
whose boat, the Scud, came to Orange
Lake with 1000 feet of canvas and
took away the trophy most coveted of
ice yachtsmen.
Any man who can sail an ordinary
boat can sail an ice yacht if he will
only remember one thing--that the
latter craft cannot sail dead before
the wind. A glance at the construc-
ton OF an ice yacht will show the rea-
son for this. BY letting out the
mainsail the boat would head herself
so quickly as to outstrip the wind, and
thus leave her without any driving
power except her own momentum.
Moreover, with a yacht making a mile
a minute in the teeth of snorting
northerner there is no time to
trim sheets. AS you start with your
sheet so you must finish with it. In
fact all ice yachting is close-hauled
work, and many yachtsman makes
his sheets fast with three half bitches
at the beginning of the season. and
never gives them an inch of drift till his
boat is placed out OF commission for
the season.
Windward work is the ice yachts
mans forte. He can work right into
the eye of Che wind and still make
progress with his boat in way that
would make Captain Half, the Defend
er's Captain, wonder if hiseyes weren't
deceiving him.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-14
Better Roads and Fewer Tramps.

There is special merit in the recon.
mendation of the utilization of tramps
for bodybuilding. This would benefit
the country in two ways. It would
improve the roads and diminish the
number of tramps. The latter now
live on the country for nothing. They
are our only leisure class, and they
are supported in idleness by direct
taxation. That taxation is levied
upon the country farmers who feed
the tramps and the city people who
are held up on the street for the price
of a nights lodging or Of a cup of
coffee. AS rule tramps are simply
lazy frauds, many of them dangerous
ones. Imprisonment without labor is
no punishment for them, and for this
reason most of the tramp laws are
without terror for the tramp. Let
them be arrested wherever they appear
and put to road-making. Under this
rule we would soon have either good
roads or no tramps, and either con-
summation would be an unmixed bless
ing to the state. Philadelphia Press.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-14
A Feat in Photography.

Photography has had many triumphs.
One of the latest is associated with
Prof. Macy, famous for his feats in
instantaneous work. He has just sue
oeeded in photographing a dragon.fy
on the wing-an operation which ne
cessitated an exposure of only one
twenty-five thousandth of a second.
The Photographic part of the per-
formance is wonderful enough, and
surely some credit should be awarded
to the man capable of accurately di-
viding a second into twenty-five thou
sand parts. Certainly a man who can
compute the twenty-five thousandth
part of a second can compute any
thing. -Photogram.
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Gnded SILK.
property,

Gilded silk, it is said, may possibly
come into use as a surgical dressing, or
in medical applications of electricity.
1t may be prepared in several ways.
That Of CONN consists in impregnatine
the silk fiber with chloride Of gold, and
reducing the metal by hydrogen,
finally polishing by means Of a smooth
surface. This method is too expensive
for ordinary use, but silk may also be
gilt by eleetroplating it, after it has
been made to conduct electricity by
soaking it in some metallic salt, such
as nitrate of silver, acetate of lead or
copper, etc. The gilt silk thus pre-
pared reta.ns its Aexibility and soft
ness. The method is applicable to
laces, muslins, tulles. etc.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-14
The worlds Earliest Potato.

That's salzer's Earliest, At for use in %
days. salzer's new late potato, Champion
OF the World, Is pronounced the heaviest
yiolder in the world, and we challenge you
to produce its equal 10 acres to Salzer's
Earliest Potatoes yield 1000 bushels, sold in
June at 81 bushel-$4OOO. That pays. A
word to the wise, etc.
Now IF YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND it
with 1Oc. postage you will get. free, 10
packages grains and grasses, including Teo-
sinte, Lathyrus, Sand Vetch, Giant Spurry,
Giant Glover, ETC., and our mammoth seed
catalogue. ca o.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-14
ICE YACHTING.
MOST EXHILARATiNG or ALL
WINTER SPORTS.
Travelling At the Rate of a nile q
Minute-rhe Very Apotheosis
OF Motion Construction
Of Ice Yachts.

7 7 e who has notboen ice yacht.
~ ing is blessed in that he has
j new sensation to expert.
ence-somothing to live Tor.
To ride on the wings Of the wind AZ q
rate that sets one dizzy, so great is its
speed, and yet to ride, or rather to
glide without a jolt or jar, but with
a frictionless smoothness as easy as a
birds flight, is the very apotheoais OF
motion. Man has invented nothing 10
beat this the exhilaration OF a ride in
the can Of q Iinnon-ball locomotive,
the zest Of sitting behind a team Of
record-holding trotters, the keener
joys Of a gallop cross country, the de-
lights that a free sheet and o flowing
wind bring TO sailormen, must all
yield to the sense of intoxication con-
tanned in the fight of the ice boat.
Like the house in Whyte Melville's
poem, the ice yacht is mot much to
look at, but q good 'un to CO." Adorn
IL and fix 1t up as you will, it is to the
sailing yacht as the skeleton is to the
body-a mere framework. Il is as
primitive and rough and ready in its
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it is believed that satisfactory results
will bereached. With experience, the
method ofworking has been improved.
The air-dried peat is carried by rail
to the works where the more Abrous
matter is removed for textile purposes,
and the remainder is crushed and car
ried automatically downward through
six pairs of cylinders heated by peat
power. The temperature increases
downward to white heat in the bottom
cylinders. The peat is only partially
cooked, but thoroughly freed from
water, and is finally gground TO dust.
The cost of this fuel is now little
less than SO per ton. New York News
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-14

An ice.bo sails all the better for a
little elacticity in its backbone. The
runner shoes must be perfectly true
and straight and touch the ice on their
entire cutting surface. Some ice
yachtsmen, with plenty of money to
spend, have their runners cast OF
Tobin bronze and tined down by ma
chinery.
During the past twenty years all ice
craft have had three runners. The
spread and length of the two forward
ones have been gradually increased
along with proportionate decrease in
the sail area. Ice .yachtsmen have
found out that this is the best way t.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-14
Az Atlnnta Enterpriso of Grent ATerlt.

The Bradfeld Regulator Co., of Atlanta,
Ca, have at great expense issued a most at
tractive and meritorious book, which they
mail free, containing information Of the
greatest value and Importance to all ladies ex-
peetinR to become mothers.
That the Mothers Friend'' is a remedy
wonderful in its effects, and relieves the ex-
pectant mother Of incredible suffering and
robs the final hour OF confinement OF its
dread. pain aud terror, is fully attested by the
experience OF happy mothers all over this con-
tinent.
A perusal a the book will convince any
lady, and the use of Mothers Friendu cause
her to become its enthusiastic friend, blessing
the hour when first she heard OF it and was
induced to use 1t.
Send your name and address 10 The Brad
field Regulator CO., Atlanta, Ca, and receive
pectant Mothers" containing information Of
value 20 all ladies.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-14
Part Green and White.

A fine gown of white satin has the
skirt trimmed with stripes of pale
green satin ribbon, upon which are
scattered rays of lilies of the valley.
The bodice, which is one soft, billowy
mass of chiffon, again showsthe stripes
of green with the lilies of the valley.
These flowers decorate the large chit
fon sleeves.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-14

design as the savage's first "dugout"
"a horizontal piece of timber, a
transverse piece of timber and an up
right stick, in other words, keelson,
a runner plank with its glossy shoes
of cast iron or steel, and a mast for
the sails, that are the motive power.
Simple as Is the main design, there
is as much care given to the construc-
tion and to the details OF an ice-boat
as to a sailing yacht. The rigging
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-14
Not Uncommon.

Yeast-Men turn somersaults on
horseback; I suppose long before
we'll see them doing it on the bicycle.
Crimsonbeak-W Why, man alive that
was the first thing I did on a wheel. =
Yonkers Statesman.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-14
Whale Skeleton Far Above Sea Level

Whale Skeleton Far Above Sea Level
The Rutland division of the Central
Vermont Railroad crosses the noun
tains at Mount Holy, Summit Station,
being l, 440 feet above sea level. Near
that station, when the railroad was
building, the tusks of large Ameri-
can elephant we're dugup. These are
considered the greatest curiosities
ever found in Vermont, and are today,
or we're very recently, reserved in the
State capitol building. In the same
collection of wonders may be seen the
skeleton of an immense prehistoric
whale which was found in the town of
Charlotte in 1879, while some excava-
tions we're being made. The skeleton
is that of whale at least $50 feet in
length. The place whereit was found
is exactly $50 feet above the present
level Of the sea. San Francisco Elk
aminer.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-14
To Encourage MatrlmonY.

Belgium proposes to facilitate mar
riage by reducing the legal age for
both sexes to twenty-one years, instead
Of twenty-five for the man and twenty
one for the woman, as the law is now,
and by making the consent of the
father alone necessary, instead of that
of both parents. Detroit Free Press.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-14
PRAYING by WHEEL.
Some Queer Habits Of the Tibetans
Described.

Described.
II is in their dress, their way ofpre.
pairing food, in the ornamentation OF
their persons, that the Tibetans show
their peouliarities, says the New York
Times. Has the evolution Of the
chimney pot hat ever been discovered?
Where did the stovepipo inoumbrance
como from? Hero Is the print Of a
summer hat as worn by The Hbetans.
IL Is Of straw. covered with rcd or blue
cotton. Being apparently topheavy
or made indifferent as 20 the size OF
the head of the wearer, tho hat is pro-
vided with a throat-lateh. The crown
is eight inches high, and the brim fife
teen inches in diameter.
One funny business peculiarly Tibe-
tan is the use OF the khata, or scarf Of
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-14
Worthy of Trial-Thnt is the Opinion OF
MIR. A. Il, ThOrntOR.

81 think It's best not to aide a light under
bushels, and when agOod remedy is discovered
Ii is our duty to let il be known in the inteFegb
of suffering humanity.
Il have been suffering with indigestion and
dyspepsia. l tried all the various remedies as
well as several eminent physicians, but with
out avail. was induced by a friend to try
Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy and the first dose
relieved me- Yours Is a grand remedy Cor in
digestion and dyspepsia. It builds up, and I
recommend 1t as worthy Of trial by all who
wish to be cured.' For sale by all druggists.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-14

Andrew Carnegie gives liberal an
nual income to the art gallery which
be established in Pittsburg, with the
proviso that 1t shall buy two pictures
by American artists every year.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-14
Peat Coke.

Many difficulties have been encoup-
tered in the production of peat coke
at the works at Elenhult, Sweden, but
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-14

Mrs. WinsloW's Soothing Syrup for children
teethinR, softens the gums, reduces in1amma-
ton allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c. bottle.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-14

FITS stopped free by DIR, KLIFR's GREAT
NERVE REsToRER. No fits after first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 50 90 trial bot.
tie free. Or. Kline, 9sl Arch St., Phila.. Pa.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-14

walking Would often be Pleasure
were it not for corns. These pests are removed
with Hindercorns. i5c. at druggists.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-27
THE COCKADE CITY.
The Retrencbment and Reform
MoVcment--A. Il. Hin Camp.

PETERSBURG. VA, June 26-(Special)
The report Of the special committee OF
the Common Council made to that body
last night on the financial affairs OF the
city, coupled with recommendation for
the reduction Of salaries and wages OF
employees IN the several municipal de-
partments TO the extent OF about Sc, 400.
and which was adopted by the Council
after a lengthy discussion, has caused
"a good deal Of comment in the city to-
day, favorable and otherwise. The COM
mites report showed a decline in the
value Of real estate each year from 1872
20 1896, a decline, also. In values OF per
sonal property and urged the necessity
OF retrenchment in every possible way.
Hence. the reduction in salaries, which,
while it may fall heavily in some quarters,
Will not have the effect Of causing any
designations, or Of preventing applications
Of good citizens Tor Office And yet, II
may be said that regret IS generally ex-
pressed at the action Of the Council.
Think Of a city Of 5000 inhabitants that
pays fits Mayor only 1920; It's health Off
Ger. 800. It's Chief Of Police. $780, its po-
licoment, $50 per month, etc, etc.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL NEWS
4 largely-attended meeting Of 4. p Hi
Camp Of Confederate Veterans was held
tonight, which was rendered more en-
ioyable than usual because OF refresh
ments Of corn-bread and buttermilk,
ancient behring's. and bareback, which
were served IN remembrance of the days
Of ISLES. This camp will take about 100
uniformed members to the reunion in
Richmond. and a number without uni
forms.
Mr.. Norvell Wicker and Miss Kate
Wingiield, well-known young couple OF
this city, went out 10 Weldon yesterday,
and were married. They returned home
last evening.
Mr.. T. W. Brown. Of this city. lost a
valuable mockngbird yesterday, which
would have proved a delight TO the Old
Confederates at the reunion in Richmond
next week. This bird could sing Dixie"
and other Confederate airs at the bidding
to perfection.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-27
A RIGID INSPECTION
OF the Corps of Cadets of the Blacks
burg Institute.

BLACKSBURG. VA, june 26.-(Spe-
cial)-Major j. =. LANCER the inspector
general Of the army Of the United states
for the Southern Division Of Military
Schools. arrived here at midday yester-
day. Both yesterday afternoon and this
morning he was engaged i'm inspecting
the battalion. on yesterday afternoon,
assisted by Lieutenant David c. Stands,
he held revicw-inspection and bat
TALON drill, which was exceedingly
thorough and vigorous. At o'clock this
morning was the extended order drill
and post duty Major LANCER IS reported
the most rigorous inspector in the SER
vice and judging from the minuteness
4 his work here he Is certainly most
conscientious one. The corps was In the
field altogether four hours. Though he
was tho guest Of Lieutenant Stands, Oh
last evening DR. McBryde gave an in
formal reception I'm his honor. He left
for the East to-day highly pleased with
the bearing OF the corps and its officers,
and the excellent state of discipline ex-
listing in the Virginia Polytechnic In
stitutc. His work for the year in the
inspection Of schools winds up here. and
ne will now take "A well-earned rest.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-27
AMELIA.
COurt-Day - Appointment - Very Ill.
The Reunion.

Inc hcuNioH.
AMELIA COURTHOUSE June 25.-
(Special) This is our regular court term,
Judge i. r. Farar. presiding. The at
tendance was small.
Mr.. r. #. Vaughan, eX-member of IT,
Legislature, was appointed Superintendent
of Public Roaas in this county. MI.
Vaughan is a civil engineer BY profession
and a good businessman.
Captain James II. Barnes. a veteran OF
the Mexican war and a captain in the
Confederate army. Is lying at his home
I'm a very feeble condition. The brave old
man has the warm and tender sympathy
of "a host of friends.
Local-option is the subject OF public IN
terest here now. Petitions are being cir
culated applying for writ Of election.
The old soldiers are full Of talk about
the reunion. There Will be a large at
tendance from this county. 1t is a matter
Of sincere regret that there are many VINO
have not the means 10 pay their expenses.
Would 10 Heaven that all Of them could
participate on that glorious occasion. one
Of our Young men who was not in the war
has grown so patriotic that he says as
he cannot take part In the parade he IS
going 10 send down two horses dincal de-
scendants of General F'itz. Lees old mare
that he rode in the war; for some old sol
0fers 10 ride.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-27
NonFoLrx & WESTERN RAILROAD.
Decree Ordering Its snIc-G. T.. Bow
den and Charles sharp, Masters.

NORFOLK, VA, June 25.-Hon. Nathan
Con. Judge OF the United States Circuit
Court. to-day entered decree ordering
the sale Of the Norfolk and Western
railroad. He appointed George j.. Bow
den and Charles Sharp. both OF Norfolk,
as special masters. to sell the road, on a
day or days to be fixed by them The
sale will take place at the depot OF the
railroad company in Norfolk. The low
est bid must not be less than 10000,
and no bid can be received without a
deposit in cash or certified check Of $780,
900, or 10000 par value Of bonds, and
the successful bidder must deposit at once
$4,000 in cash or check, VI $4,000 Of
bonds.
The decree declares the company wholly
insOlvent. and foreclosure is ordered be-
cause OF default in the payment Of in
terest on what IS known as the l00-year
mortgage. which is OF date of October
p 1889 This mortgage was for the issue
OF bonds 10 the amount OF SIG 10000. under
which, the decree states, there Is at pres
ent indebtedness-principal. coupons, and
interest-aggregati l752S. 72E2O. The de-
cree states that the lg0-vear mortgage Is
valid and subsisting lien on all the
property Of the road and its branches.
including rolling-stock, floating property,
shops. stations, lands, piers. warehouses,
elevators. etc. The lien OF said loO-year
mortgage is subject however, TO certain
other mortgages.
The styles Of the suit under which the
decree is rendered f. "The Fidelity IN
surance. Trust, and safe-Deposit Com
pany and the Mercantile Trust Company,
cOmplainants. VS.. the Norfolk and West
ern Railroad Company, defendants"
Ten days are allowed in which TO make
payment and avoid the sale. which. when
made. must be at auction, and Of the
road as an entirety.