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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-03
A New Ship Canal.

The New Orleans Piclyune says:
Carnegie and other owners ofiron and
steel works at Pittsburg are asking
congress for an appropriation to build
a ship canal from Lake Erie to Pitts
burg. They offer as an argument in
favor of the enterprise that if there
was a ship canal from a great manu-
featuring point to the lakes, the
United States could build warships at
a distance from the lakes without vo-
lating the provisions of the old treaty,
under which each nation can have but
two armed vessels for lake service, and
that the vessels so built could be trans
ferred to the lakes Immediately after
declaration of war. This would be
an excellent argument in favor of es-
tablishing government ship yard at
some point on the Chicago drainage
canal. This canal is already built, or
is nearing completion. Armed steel
vessels for the protection of the lakes
could be built at an interior point in
Illinois and held ready for service
without violating treaty regulations.
Also, the United States would not
have to build a $40, 600, 600 ship canal
to make a channel for the ships to get
to the lakes, as the channel is already
nearly completed by Chicago enter
prise and money.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-03

into his burning eyea-her words had
brought back his reason. Was be
punishod9 Noi A year later ho was
pardoned, aud today another mir
haired, blue-oyed smiling child puts
her arms about hisncck and says;
"You are such a great, bigpapa, but
You wuuldu't never hurt nobody,
would sou. Detroit Free Press
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-03

BLOW. winds, your rage bnl shakes the tree
And roots lt auror Ia ils pheol
Scatter your rain, go clouds. and FREQ
Tho buds that walt your irownlng graooi
Roll down. o river, % che sea
and widen ia your onward raool
Peace through a sunny span may keep
His garden Do some quiet glen
Whilst others COW for him and reap
And lend his nocks on moore and fenf
The flowers Of Peace are death and sleep,
The strife Of living makes us men.
An. Joy Il Is 10 win tho goal
by trolesS work aud dauntless viii,
Yet mny the me- rise orbod and whole
From clouded.hopos, and loss, and an.
Our baniod toIlsupbuild the soul,
and future 30 Is victory still
"A. Sr. john ApCocE.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-03
The Longest Telegraph Line.

The longest telegraph line in the
world, above ground and without
break, has just been completed in
Australia, that land of long distances
The line runs from Rockhampton, in
Queensland, to Broome, in western
Australia, and crosses about two thirds
OF the entire continent The total
length is something over 5000 miles.
--London Globe.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-03

She sai on the sliding cushion,
The dear. woo woman % fourt
Her igl, 10 their shiny slippers,
Hung dangling over tho floor.
She meant 10 be- good she had promiaedt
And 40, with hor Big brown eyes.
She stared at the meeting house Windows
And counted me crawling FLEA
She looked iar up at tho preacher,
Bot she thought Of the honey bees
Droning away at tho blossoms
That whitoncd the cherry trees.
She thought Of a broken basket
Who're ourlod In a dusky heap,
Three sleek, round puppies with irlngy ears
Lay snuggled and fast asleep.
Such soft. warm bodies 10 cuddle,
Such queer little hearts 10 beat,
Such swift, round tongues 10 kiss,
Such spnwllng cushiony feet,
She could feel IN her clasping fingers
The touch Of the satlny skin,
And a cold, wet nose exploring
The dimples under her chin.
Then q sudden ripple Of laughter
Ran over the parted lips
So quick that she could not catch lt
With her rosy finger tips.
The people whispered "Bless the ehlld,H
As each one walked from a nap,
But the DEAR wee woman, hid her face,
For shame In her mothers lap
Amusing Journal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-03
Dog Eating in Mexico,

The dog meat business continues,
despite the stern examples that have
been made of its vendors. A police
man seized n man named Genaro
Perez, passing through the alley of
Los Gachupines, who bore a suspi-
cious-looking bag, which, on ex-
animation, disclosed the skinned car
cass of large dog with the lower
part of the legs cut off SO as to pre-
vent the easy recognition of its spe-
cies. Monsieur Perez was taken to
the police station to the third Demar-
cacion to be examined as to the ante
cedents of his dog meat, which, it il
shrewdly suspected, was destined to be
made into savory dishes sold at the
puestos under the arcades. We are
getting fast to be like Canton, and
other big Chinese towns, where dog is
sold without shame and partaken OF
with gusto. Mexican Herald.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-03
SCIENTIFIC STRAPS.

Scientists say that tho hand lcsca
the delicaoy Of its dextority after 40.
while the brain is not ripe for its best
work before that
The great advantage claimed by
sanitary Undertaking Is that every
garment is skilliully shaped On ana
tomical principles
In the human subject the brain is
the 1.2sth part OF tho whole body's
entire weight In tho horse 1t is not
more than 1-lOOth part
DR.. }. @. Cook Of Chicago, reports
that be has treated fity-ono pro-
nounccd cases Of diphtheria with anti
toxiue without losing a single casc.
A beam Of light shoots through
space with the prodigious velocity Of
l0G. 600 miles in q second occupying
eight minutes in making the trip from
The sun to the earth.
A cable 2,1sl meters long is TO be
laid in the Amazon River between
Para and Manaos, an ordinary tele-
graph being impracticablo, on account
Of the impenetrablo forest
Mathematical calculations show that
an iron ship weighs p percent less
than a wooden one, and will carry 10
tons Of cargo for every 100 tons car
by wooden ship Of the same dimen-
sions.
The fromen of Montreal, Canada,
dress in suits made Of abestos, shoes,
breeches, jacket, apron, gloves and
helmet, and find that they can remain
in a great heat much longer than with
ordinary clothes.
Mr.. Wheeler, an old and we'll known
citizen of Corsicana, Texas, and an
experimenter in fish and poultry cul
ture, has successfully used the ineu
bator in Matching carp spawn. This
is n novel use for the artificial hatcher.
The officer of health Of the French
government reports that since the in
PRODUCTION of the gati-toxine treat
mcu' Tor diphtheria the deaths from
that disease have been reduced abou
rs percent. 1t has saved three live
out of four.
The American oyster, says Professo
W. A. Hcrdman, is more prolific thar
the English, producing as many a
$4,000, 600 oya at IL time. The oyste
is thought to live about twenty years
those fittest for market being obou
five years old.
DR.. Marmoreck, an Austrian, aftei
four years study at the Pasteur Insti
tute, claims to have discovered a SERUM
cure for erysipelas, puerperal fever
and all diseases due to the streptococ
Gus microbe, and which is also effica
cious as an aid to Dr. Roux's cure fol
diphtheria.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-03
Riches in PennsyIvanIa RIrers.

The coal deposits in the Schuylkill
River now reach as far south as Read
ing, where the bed OF the stream is
covered with coal several inches thick,
in u semi-solidifed form. 1t has been
found that the deposit in the river bed
froms Pottsville. to Reading, nearly
forty miles, makes splendid fuel The
COIL is scooped out and dried, when it
is ready for use. The river coal in
dustry now extends to Reading, aud is
gradually working farther down
stream. Reading is almost forty miles
below the last coal mine, and the par
ticles of black diamond have been car
ried that far by the current There
is plenty of coal in the Susquehanna
River at Harrisburg, which is many
miles below the mines. The Lehigh
at its mouth, at Easton, is black at
times with the anthracite, and the bed
of the stream is covered. 1t Is esti-
mated by conservative operators that
the coal in the three rivers is worth
many hundred thousand dollars, OF
far more than the sands of the golden
lined streams of the Sierras -Phila-
delphia Recorder.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-03
He Drew a Revolver.

att is a great thing to be en- artist.
You know CadberryP"
eyes.
"He was attacked by footpads the
other night and was wholly unarmed,
but he drew revolver"
''You said he was unarmed."
81 know it. He drew his revolver
on the sidewalk with a piece of chalk,
and"
At this point the police interviewed.
-Harper's Bazaar.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-03
HUMOROUS.

Some Of the things we leave unsaid
do MS great credit
It was the Shanghai hen that origin
ated the custom Of sittiag on China
eggs ;
One Of the ironies Of life is the fact
that tho man who has money enough
to pay as he goes can get all the credit
he wants.
II always meet trouble half way"
said the man who had paid half Of his
promissory note and arranged for an
extension of the other half
Wiggles lin love) Why, man, her
very feet are a poem. Giggles IA Gym
iele riend)-No doubt; but isn'ta
poem Of only two feet short?
Time is kind in removing many eye
sores; he long ago gathered in the
young people who firted on the
streets with their handkercbiefs.
The man who sits down to wait for
his opportunity will some time dis
cover that it passed that way several
hours before he sat down.
"What is the most convenient and
economical way to travel in Amer
leap" inquired the visiting English
man. con pass" replied Trotter,
dryly,
Professor-The ancients used palms
MS an emblem of capture and victory.
Smart STUDENT suppose that's why
the moderns use them SO extensively
at weddings, \
She caltiyatcs the speaking glance, y
And the censorious do say,
She was not content with the amount that
she
Could speak the usual way.
Hoox-The building committee has
just met and we're going to have new
story at our club. Joax-- Good I've
worked the old club stories SO much
my wife don't believe them any
more.
"These woman chefs" sighed the
superannuated caterer, pushing the
plate away from him, sought to stick
to politics and business and let man s
work alone. They can't cook worth q
blame.
'Isn't that Miss Smedley? 1 thought
she was sick, somebody told me DR..
Pankey had given her up" "Well,
he did sort o give her up, but not till
after he had tried five or six years to
get her."
Fathor-Here is check, but make
good use of it, A fool and his money
are soon parted, you know. Son
And therefore you would have me
follow your example. shall en-
deavor to do it, sir
She gazing at the dying embers)-
That fire reminds me of n man in love.
1t burns brightly at first, then grad.
ually subsidies, and nothing remains
but ashes. He-And yet it will be all
right if you feed it regularly.
Wife-You saw Mrs. Browner last
evening? Husband-Yes, but not to
speak to. Wfe-What a whopper
They tell me you 3vre sitting with
her for more than two hours. Hus-
band-True, but it was she who did
the talking.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-03

The Sultan's throne is of beaten
gold, incrusted with thousands of ru-
bies. emeralds and pearls. Accord
ing to an inscription on it, the throne
was taken by Sultan Selim from the
Persiaas in 1914.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-03

Parrots are put to practical use in
Germany. They have been introduced
into railway stations and trained to
call out the names of trains
The Republican journal., 1896-10-29

POLITICAL POINTS. The Colorado Su-
preme Court decided Oct. 14th that the
Mckinley electors were entitled to the Re-
publican emblem on the State ticket, thus
overruling the decision of Secretary of
State McGuffy. The court decided that
the Bailey ticket was entitled to the Pop
ulist cottage home emblem and ex Gov.
Waite and his party must apply for a po-
sltlon by petition.....S. p. Van Patten,
delegate to the Populist st. Louis conven-
tod, has written a letter to Tom Watson
asking him to withdraw and saying that it
was understood that the one showing the
least strength of the two vice presidential
candidates should get out.....It has been
stated without contradiction that Candi-
date Bryan levies contribution on every
town where he speaks. In Indiana, for
instance, the charge was SO a minute for
speech from the car platform, or 500
an hour where the candidate left the car.
Some of the towns rebelled against this
tax and were deprived of the great prvi-
lege of hearing speech from the Boy
Orator. Treasurer Merrill of the Silver
league, who allowed his plea for half
million contribution from the Utah sill
yer mine ''plutoc rats to be made public. is
called Organs Burchard. It's not much
distinction to Bun chardize Bryan ....
Those Indiana towns assessed $40 a min
ute to hear Bryan want So cent dollars in
which to pay the assessment. Doubtless
81 cents on a dollar is more than it was
worth...... Secretary Herbert announces
that he will make three speeches in Ala
oama during the week before election in
the interest of the Palmer and Buckner
movement. Secretary Carlisle has tele-
graphed Hon. George M. Davis of Louis
vile, KY, that he is prepared to deliver
five speeches in Kentucky in favor of Pal
mer and Buckner..... 1.-THE National Dem
ocratic Party will be the way in which
the gold Democrats of Minnesota will have
their ticket on the official ballot. The
matter was quietly fixed up at Madison.
Secretary of the State Casa has certified
the ticket to county clerks all over the
State. In response to the protest and
appeals of ministers and citizens irrespec-
tive of party, the proposed Chicago de-
monstration of the silver forces, planned
by the Democratic county committee, has
been changed from Sunday before cleo
ton to Saturday, Oct. 31st.. Chairman
Hanna says he is greatly pleased at the
increased registration in Chicago and
takes it to indicate big Republican ma
jority in Cook county. Committeeman
Payne said it meant over 800, 600 votes
would be cast in the county, of which
200, 600 will be for McKinley..... The Hay
Trade Journal recently sent enquiries to
The Republican journal., 1896-10-29
Women Writers of Elaine.

Apropos of the Federation or Woman
clubs which met here last week. it is
observed, singularly enough, that most
of the women writer's Of Maine who have
won distinction with the pen are nestled
in the region of the Kennebec. There is
Mrs. Emma Huntington Mason of Angus
ia. perhaps the leading poetess of Maine,
author Of "The Tower and ''White
Sails; Mrs Laura E. Richards Of Gardiner,
author of many entertaining books; Mrs.
Anna Sargent Hunt of Augusta, editor Of
the Boston Mission Echo; Miss Olive E.
Dana of Augusta, author of''U nder Friend
ly Eaves;' Miss Carrie Swan of Gardiner
and several other able contributors to
papers and magazines. The atmosphere
of the kennebec is doubtless conducive to
literature. Still Bangor does not take much
of back seat. She who is regarded by
many as the best prose writer in the State
resides there, Helen Coffin Beedy, whose
comparatively recent volume on ''Mothers
of Maine'' awakened considerable enthu-
siasm among the literati. Mrs. Frances
l.. Mace, now in Los Gatos, Cal. and Miss
Ellen Hampden Butler, niece of Hannibal
Hamlin, both WELD facile pens in their re-
pective fields, and both received their in
spiration on Bangor soil. Among the
| Portland names familiar to readers are
| Ella Matthews Bangs, Mrs. Eta H: Os
good, Clara Marcelle Green and Caroline
Dana Howe, the last named being perhaps
one of the most prolific writers in the
State, although she allows but small por-
ton Of her work to go into print. Port
land has few writer's compared to its popu-
lation, but the Forest City, like all other
sections of the State, makes up in charming
speakers what it lacks in writer's. Port
land Evening Express.
There are some notable omissions in the
above list. Mrs. Matte Baker Dunn of
Waterville, whose verse is second to none
published in Maine: Miss Kate Vannah of
Gardiner, a charming prose writer as we'll
as a song writer and composer of music,
should be credited to kennebec county:
and Helen Coffin Beedy is not resident
Of Bangor, but Of Pennington.
The Republican journal., 1896-10-29
An Old Mans Reverie.
Oils soliIoquy at 81 }

The old man stood by his cottage door,
Across from the church and the village
green,
Near by the famous country store,
All viewed i'll the pictured scene.
On crnteh and staff the veteran leaned
His years four score and seven
He looked upon the broad eNpanse.
And said, "My journey nears to heaven. "
Four paths his vision gaZed upon,
One circling to the north did run,
One to the south and one to the east,
The other, towards the setting sun.
"a nd either route leads sure TO death"
Said he, ''and | am near the end,
Many milestones have | passed,
My age, near four score Years and ten.
Il started with a host-d crowd;
| have lost them one by one, and now
| look in vain-I'm left alone
Those hosts are gone | know not how,
My morn was dreams, my noon was bright
My glass is run, why need | carea
Clouds gather round, and now It's night,
Who guides me here, will lead me there
"The time draws near when | can rest,
Llfe's journey Der, MY aching head
Lie plllOwed on the Savlor's breast:
III join that host when | am dead,
Life's stormy doom, we'll sowu with years,
l have outlived all my friends,
My hopes, my joys, likewise my tears,
All garnered in, my reverie ends
The Republican journal., 1896-10-29
The Republican Journal THURSDAY Morning. October 49, 1896

farmers in the hay producing States ask
ing their views on the political situation.
The replies SO far as received show 50 per
cent of the farmers to be in favor OF the
election of Mckinley. West Virginia
sent delegation of 700 voters to Canton
Oct. 10th. They came from the oil produc
ing town of Sisterville and the counties of
Wetzel and Tyler.... The Democratic
State committeeman of Raleigh, N. G.,
announce that no further propositions for
fusion will be made to the Populists and
everything will stand as it is. The Popu-
list State committeeman predict that the
Republicans will elect Russell governor by
45, 600 majority. 80. Candidate Bryan made
various speeches in Michigan Oct. 10th.
At Albion the candidate was in the midst
of speech when the stand collapsed, car
rying with it Mr.. Bryan and two score
others. Nobody was hurt. The nominee
picked himself up, jumped on truck and
continued his remarks. Mrs. Bryan was
not on the platform. ....A rousing recep
ton was rendered the party of Union gen.
erals on their arrival at Louisville, KY,
Thursday, Oct. 18th. That night they
were given a reception at Music Hall,
where they spoke to an audience of sew
eral thousand people. The New York
Court of Appeals has affirmed the deci-
sion that the gold Democrats can be re-
presented on the ticket under the title of
National Democratic party. .......
Thomas E. Watson has forwarded pa
pers to Kansas, notifying the secretary
of State to take his name as nominee for
Vice President from the head of the Pop
ulist ticket The withdrawal of Mr..
Watson's name will leave the fusionists
in dilemma. They will either have to
insert the name of Sewall, the Democratic
nominee, or leave the vice president s
office blank on the Populst ticket. This
will cause much embarrassment. Mr..
Watsons name will appear only once on
the official ballot in Kansas, and that will
be at the head of the middle of the-road
Populist ticket. lin his speech before
the Norfolk Club, Boston, Saturday, Oct.
18th, Senator Hoar made sensation by
denouncing ex Secretary Fairchild, who
spoke the night before at the Reform Club
and said that his (Fairchild's ) revival of
old charge that President Grant packed
the Supreme Court of the United States
in order to get reversal of the legal ten
der decision Of 1878, was as vile a false
hood as ever. came up from the campaign
stump, and that he considers it an attack
upon the honor of his brother, Judge f.
lockwood Hoar.
The Republican journal., 1896-10-29

IN BRIEF. The little despatch boat
Bancroft, of the United States navy, has
not been ordered to force passage
through the DaIdanelles with or without
foreign aid. This can be stated on the di-
rect authority of the President of the
United States. There is no doubt the
Bancroft is going straight to Constantine
pie, as soon as Minister Terrell makes the
request upon Admiral Selfridge for her
services as guard boat He is bound to
have some answer from Turkey in regard
to the destruction of American missions
in Harpoot and Marash before the next
Presidential message goes to Congress.
There is abundant information to the
effect that this government intends to col
lect the Harpoot, Marash and other in
IDENTITIES before Congress meets, the
Corinto incident between Great Britain
and Nicaragua being adopted as a pre-
cedent. Admiral Selfridge might seize the
customs of Smyrna until the proper
amount is collected and, in the opinion
of some prominent naval officers, the Ad-
miral will employ his fleet for that pur-
pose, unless apologies and indemnity are
soon forthcoming. .. United States Minis
ter Terrell has lodged with the Turkish
government claim for $40, 600 indemnity
on behalf of Mrs. LEM, mother of Frank
The Republican journal., 1896-10-29
The Breakers on the CuckoIds.

The storm for the last week has been very
severe The breakers never seemed to he so
high before on the Cuckolds. They could be
plainly seen from he steamboat wharf,
which is nearly five miles away. They
seemed to dash right orer the fog signal
station on the island. Keeper Pierce must
have had lonely time, but with his young
wife and pleasant assistant and family lie
alw avs seems to enjoy life. Boothbay Reg
lister
The Republican journal., 1896-10-29

1t pays everyone to follow the thousands
who are accepting that remarkable free offer
OF DR.. Greene, of "a Temple Place, Boston,
Mass, the most successful specialist in cur
ing nervous and chronic diseases He has
established a system of free letter consulta-
ton to tell the sick and suffering every
where just what their trouble is and how to
get well. All you need to do is to write him
a letter. telling him your symptoms and how
you feel. He will answer it, explaining
your case infinitely, and giving all possible
information. And for all this he charges
nothing 1t is the best opportunity you ever
had to consult the highest authority, with
out leaving your home, and without paying
any fee.
He gives such careful attention to every
letter, that you understand instantly Just
what ails you. He makes a speciality of
treating patients through letter CORE
spondence, and is having most wonderful
success by this method. 1t was the same
successful physician who discovered that re-
markable medicine, DR.. Greene's Nervura
blood and nerve remedy. The Doctors long
experience and enormous practice, enables
him to thoroughly understand your COM
plant by writing him your symptoms. 1t is
easy enough to try it, and it won't cost you
anything. Write him to-day and it will Ger
tainly be the means of your getting strong
and well.
The Republican journal., 1896-10-29
Notice of Foreclosure.

ISAAC GEORGE of Searsport, on Feb. Is, 1868
by his mortgage deed of that date, conveyed to
Putnam Simonton of Searsporta parcel of land in
and recorded in the Waldo Registry of
Deeds, Book 1879, Page $685. and the said Emily j.
simonton, on May 26, 1871, assigned said mortgage
deed to Phineas G. Warren, and registered in Vol.
246, Page l79, and the condition of said mortgage
deed having been broken, claim foreclosure of
the same and give this notice according to the
statute in such case made and provided.
3w43s PHlNEAS G. WARREN.
Dated at Searsport, this nth day of Oct ID. 1896
The Republican journal., 1896-10-29
The Winterport Public Library

The report of the Librarian of Winterport
Library shows that there are now HOO
books in the library, and that books have
been loaned during the past year as follows