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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-09
"KIDS.D
BY CHARLES D. DEVON.

"Whats this bit of lead, captain?"
asked the coloners nephew, who had
dropped in on the surgeon at his plain
quarters facing the parade.
"Apache bulletl" replied the doctor
sententiously. with a carelessness that
evidently was assumed. dug it out
OF Bristow."
"Would you mind EARNING me the
tale?" continued the visitor, with a
pardonable inquisitiveness.
Certainly, I'll tell yon what I
know about the lead" said the sur
geon, laying down the instrument he
had been cleaning, and offering his
civilian guest an armchair upon
the veranda 'But tbs only a short
story" And then wizened-faced, but
kind-hearted. old Sawbones con-
tinued:
"Bristow was q little dude-one
among many handles at the Point
back in the '70s. took note of him
when / was on duty there as assistant
surgeon. he came to the academy as
dapper young city chap, inclined to
air his pedigree and social advantages,
until tho yeurlings knocked all that
sort of thing out of him in plebe
camp. But one thing those gray
coated tyrants never knocked out of
Bristow, and that was the style. He
was dandier fellowin cadet-gray than
ever he had been in dress-suit and
kids, and the first man in his class to
take colors. But he WAS always
thought to be q bit too foppish aud
airy in his manners, aud his slight
build and rather effeminate look ex.
posed him to frequent ridicule at the
hands of some of the strapping upper
classmen. And, indeed, 1 did
not very much take to him myself,
though he was distant relative. You
see, and here the doctor dropped his
voice, impressively, "there are some
poor sticks at the academy, as else
where, and it has been we'll said by
Jones of the staff that the only point
about some men in the army is West
Point Accordingly 1 did not give
Bristow credit for the possession o.
much grit and backbone, until one
day, in his second-class year, when ht
was brought over to the hospital, hav'
ing had fall in the riding-hall, ant
there and then bore himself with sucI
undeniable pluck while some of II
worked over him that !, at least, be
gan to thinR that Kids, as his class
mates called him, was worth his sal
after all, and might make a soldie
some day"
"But all that doesn't explain til
bulletl" interrupted the colonel
nephew.
mo, that's a fact" replied til
surgeon. eve doctors are too garru
! ous. Well. the explanation Of til
bullet was a girl of course--Gertrud
Creighton, the blithest belle of thu
season at the Point. Bristow was il
, fatuated with her, little fooii 1t WI
, tke old story of the moth singing i
wings at the candle. He thought IL
e Point a paradise so long as Gertrat
| trod its walks he was devotic
! itself, and she, who had been withoi
9 Heart, let him think she favors
, him.
'But the fond dream of bliss W
dissipnted when graduation day a
.iyed and the girl threw him owe
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-09

According to tho Economists
Guropeon, the combined debt Of
Europe IN 1895 was 121, 96G, 600. 900
francs s2i, 1913, 300, 600. an increase in
len years Of 81. lOl. 300. 600.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-09

Yoa, 'tla that which alters
Tho strain d him who nnrat
when the music faltera
The fault q In the atrlnga
LIES supromost losses
Never match lts gains,
Crowns are more than crosses,
Pleasures more than palma
Often we, forgetting
An the good we see,
Spend our lives regretting
Things that ought TO DO.
on, instead Of doing
Little tasks today,
Waste our strength pursuing
Great ones far away.
In the quest Of pleasure
Every soul that lives
Grasps the fullest measure
With the hand that giyesg
And no balm Of healing
Comes 10 heart or brain,
Save from fellow feeling
For another's pain.
Not whore glories linger
Dearest joys belong,
Not the loftlest singer
Sings the sweetest songt
For one eagle soaring
Ger the mountain chain,
A thousand larks are pouring
Their music Ger the plain.
-. Il. parke, In Detroit Free n
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-09

Bring from tho eraggy haunta q birch and
pine
Thon wild WIND bring,
Keen forest od0u from that realm 81 TINA
Upon Thy wingi
q wind, o mighty, melancholy Wind
BLOW through me, blow
Thou bl0weat iarg0itonthln into my mind
From long ago.
John T0dhunief.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-09

never having had tho feast idea--aa
any Of rs older oncH could have told
him-oi roughing Il upon The frontier
as o soldiers bride.
"Bristow followed Gertrude 10 New
port on his graduating leave but his
outreaiies we're all IN vain, aud sick at
heart be joined shortly after the -th
Cavalry, then In Arizona for ho could
always ride and chose that arm Of the
service. Out on the frontier ho could
not be quite the dude no had been at
the Point, but still he was always the
best dressed subaltern In the regiment
He had money enough, for one thing.
"But to come now 10 the bullet
Gertrude Creighton married q Curton,
the son Of a rich mine-owner Pater-
familias Curton wanted this youthful
scion to make a short trip With a
view TO looking after some Of his in.
terests IN the West. And so II came
TO pass that ono day out In Arizona
this same young Curton, in company
with a few prospectors, ran right into
a small band Of Apachea For time
they stood the Indians of, while one
Of Curton's crowd got away and
brought the news into Fort Blister.
II didn't take long for a detail, under
command Of the dude sub, to mount
and bear away for the scene Of the ex-
citement.
"But the messenger had moderated
the number OF the Apaches, and for
once our colonel had erred in iudg-
ment with regard to the size OF the de-
tachment he sent out The Apaches
were too proud to be driven of by Bris-
tow's little squad. When the troopers
arrived they found a serious piece OF
business on their hands. The pros
pecting party had been nearly cut to
pieceR Only one or two survived
One Of these was Curton, and he was
badly wounded. Bristow, the first
sergeant said afterward, started VIC
lently when he saw him, and for q
moment was quite unnerved Bristow
had met Curton in past years and
knew Of course that he was Gertrude
Creighton's husband.
"But a shout restored Bristow to his
senses. The Apaches, yelling and
flourishing their rifles, were rushing
down upon the doomed group of pros
pectors, thinking by a sudden rush to
snatch their prey beforeit was secured
by the troopers. Kids gave q quick
order for counter charge, and then
riding for all he was worth-riding as
he once rode at the academy-dashed
across the intervening gully aud wat
at Curton's side in a twinkling. Lift
ing his now wounded rival on his own
horse, with a kick he sent the ANNA
at mad gallop off to refuge behind
our little line. Curton, half dazed,
only heard him say, as he lifted him OF
the horse: 'Tell-your wife-thAt j
was JOY to die-to save her husband
''Yes, that is the bail l cut out o
Bristow," sighed the DOCTOR "Al
Apache put it into him just after Cur
ton swept away to safety. OF cours,
: our men got the body. And I KEEP
the ball.
> "But there goes sick calf" ex
: claimed sawbones, jumping up.
. "Well, Bristow may have been kid
: gloved hero, but he was hero all th'
same. For Kids wasn't just carpet
, knight at Cozzsn's, but we of the 1t
- after that wrote him down in men
~ ory's roster as one of the fighters c
. the plains. Frank Leslie's Magu
IL zine.
= The Difference.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-09

No street cars run in Glasgow on
sundays, and now the Sabbath
Alliance Of Scotland is trying to pro-
tent bathing on Sunday ia that city.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-09

The Norwogiana have recently done
sway with Tho study Of Greek aud
Latin In their higher schools.
The herald., 1896-11-17
DISAPPOINTED AUDIENCE.
The Company at the Burbank Go Out On
Strike.

There was a disappointed audience
assembled at the Burbank last evening
on account of the Ideal Opera company's
failure to present Girofie- Girona. Sew
eral members of the company failed to
keep their agreement with Manager
Colver, and made demands upon Man
ager Malim for back pay. This was ad-
vanced, but upon his kindness more de-
mands were made, which resulted in his
refusal to be imposed upon any longer,
and he dismissed the audience and re-
funded the money. Miss Plaisted was
seen in her dressing room, already in
costume to carry out her role. as were
the majority of the company. She SEEM
ed much cut up to think that the caprice
of one member of the company should
cause the dismissal of the audience and
throw out of employment over thirty
chorus singers as well as principals. The
company has been paid in full for this
engagement and the demands made
were for back salary antedating this
engagement. The Ideals have presented
practically a Los Angeles company. 1t
is regarded as unfortunate that suffic-
lent encoura cement is not given to keep
an organization of this kind together in
this city. 1t is but justice to Manager
Malim to say that this failure is not his
fault he has done all he could to make
the opera season success. He has sew
sral good bookings for the winter
The herald., 1896-11-17
ZN@zuNw,M-N
10 THE PUBLIC:
lpon English literature and correlated

upon English literature and correlated
topics will be continued through the
fourteenth century. Besides the ad-
dress promised by Prof Garwood and
the architectural exhibit by Mr.. Fell
lows. Mrs. Owens will have a paper
upon Boccacio, Miss c. E. Thornton one
upon Scandinavia, Miss Judson one upon
Wycliffe, Mr. Baird an address on Ger
many. and Rev. Mr.. Wilson will tell
of the orient In the fourteenth century.
A meeting of citizens is called for
this (Tuesday) evening at the school
house hall to consider the removal of
Occidental college to this neighborhood,
and an evenings entertainments to which
all are invited free Of admission charge
is announced for the same place next
Thursday evening by the veteran poet
and song writer, James G. Clarke.
The herald., 1896-11-17
months and will make his announce.
ments in a very few days.
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM

DR.. Matthews and Superintendent of
Schools Foshay yesterday examined
into the sanitary conditions of the Ninth
street school, and report that there Is
no ground for the alarming rumors thai
have been circulated about the un-
healthful conditions obtaining there. 1t
is true that two of the pupils of that
school died last week with diphtheria,
but it is claimed that their sickness was
in no way a result of the unsanitary
conditions prevailing at the school. Ow-
ing to these reports several parents have
become alarmed and have withdrawn
their children from the school, but it Is
hoped that they will speedily come to
a right understanding of the case and
that there will be no further trouble.
The herald., 1896-11-17
A DRUNKEN ASSAULT.

At $50 last evening John Martin, who
gave his residence as 439 South Hill
street applied at the receiving hospital
for treatment of two knife slashes, one
on the elbow of either arm. Martin said
he was walking along Broadway be-
tween Temple and First streets on his
way home when he met two strangers
who seemed to be under the influence Of
liquor One of them staggered against
him, and when Martin asked what was
the matter the fellow without a word
struck at him twice with knife. The
blows were warded off by Martin with
his arms and the wounds inflicted. AT.
ter doing the cutting the assailant and
his companion made their escape.
1t was found that the cuts were only
superficial and had been inflicted with .
small knife. They were bandaged up
and the patient sent home.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-12-07
A VIGOROUS ATTACK.
Every Spanish Soldier at
Guanabaco Said to Have
Been Killed.

Havana, Dec. 3.-The insur-
gents attack on Guanabaco on
the outskirts of this city on
Tuesday last was a much more
serious affair than at first stat
ed. according to insurgents ac-
counts Guanabaco was attack
ed Simultaneously at several
points, while another insurgent
force fired upon Spanish out
poats at Bucaros; on the coast.
The garrison Of the latter place
left that place to resist the ::at-
tack on the town, but were am
buscaded, aud in spite OF the
gallant defense made all the
Spaniards were killed. The
exact number Of soldiers slam
is not known. It is admitted
that q number of insurgents
were also killed, but here again
the number is not stated. On
the other hand the insurgents
are said to have burned 800
houses in Guanabaco, instead
Of 100, as the official report
stated.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-12-07

morning prints letters from the
secretaries of the workmen's
and trades societies, approving
Of the suggestion of a Christ
mas gift to Mr.. Bayard.
The lord mayor of London,
George FaudeI Phillips, writes,
donating e5, adding: 81 intend
to invite his excellency to a
farewell banquet at the Nan
sion house, at which Lord Sal
isbury has signified the hope
of being present."
Many other letters are pub
lished, the first including Sir
Edwin Arnold, with a subscrip-
ton of five guineas.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-12-07

REEvERY PACKAGETa
Has the 2 Stamp In red on the wrapper.
J. II. zEILIH s. CO., Philadelphia
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-12-07
CONSTIPATION

should not be regarded Gs a trihing ailment--
in fact, nature demands the utmost regularity
OF the bowels, and any deviation from this
demand paves the way often to serious dam
ger. It's quite as necessary toremove impure
accommodations from the bowels as II is 10 eat
or sleep, and no health can be expected where
Q costive habit OF body prevails.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-12-07
a PRESENT FOR BAYARD.

London, Dec. 1.-The Chron-
icle this moruing diseased The
proposal of the Daily Telegraph
to take a public subscription for
a farewell Christmas gift to Mr..
Bayard, the United States am
bassador. The Chronicle, while
admitting the Daily Teleg7 aph's
generous motive, declares; The
proposal is most improper, be
cause an am bassadoF represents
the sovereign, and what is done
TO Mr.. Bayard is done to- Mr..
Cleveland. Further, one of the
strictest regulations of the dip.
lomatic rules forbfds the ac-
ce1tance Of uMseats.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-12-07
JOSEsCELAYA.
GENERAL MANAGER.
F0Fs RE.B'T.

The AIiller's Hotel building hav-
ing been completely repaired is Of
fered for rent for hotel purpose d
Reasonable rates. Apply to Fran
cisco Yturria.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-12-07

plies between Beyicito and Ma
milo, with nearly a million
rounds Of Mansur and Reming
ton cartridges.
No more social or family
gatherings will be held in Ha-
vana unless special orders shall
be secured from the authori-
ties. All of the homes oflead-
ing Cuban families are watched
as well as the movements of
foreign citizens, and these are
reported to the police. The
pcstoffce officials open letters
indiscriminately and send them
to owners without excuse. Out
going passengers, when sus-
pected, are searched on ship
and steamship officials are
closely watched.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-12-07
sICK FEAnACHEI

This distressing afIliction occurs most fres
quently. The disturbance OF the stomach,
arising nom the imperfectly digested con-
tents, causes n severe pain in the head,
accompanied with disagreeable nausea, and
this Constitutes what is popularity known as
Sick Headache, for the relief of which take
Simmons Liver Regulator.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-12-07
Bad RREATHf

Nothing is so unpleasant, nothing so com.
mon, as bad breath; and in nearly every
case II comes from the stomach, and can be
SO easily corrected if you will take Simmons
Liver Regulator. Do not neglect SO sure q
remedy for this repulsive disorder. 1t will
general health.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-12-07

WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
What would we do, friend,
what would we do,
five just possessed million
or two?
Wandering to-day, with no
home but the street,
Are hundredths in want of a
morsel to eat,
Children untold without stock
ing(or shoe
Should be clothed, warmed and
fed; that's what we'd do.
What would you do first, what
would you do,
If some one would leave you
a million or two?
Diamonds? All, no, yet tie
jewels we'd wear
Would look as well on a two
millionaire.
The treasures we seek are rot
settings of stone,
But in lives we may brighten,
some good may have done.
What would we do, then, what
would we do,
five should heir to million
or two?
We'd not leave it behind to
show envy and strife,
But wisely dispense as we
journeyed through life.
Should anyone doubt it, wen
prove it to you
Who may place to our credit
a million or two.-Aurora.
Galveston.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-12-07
PURELY VEGETABLE,

The cheapest, purest and best family medi-
Zine in the worldi An effectual specific for
all diseases OF the Liver, Stomach and Spleen.
Regulate the Liver and prevent Chills and
Fever, Malarious Fevers, Bowel Complaints,
Restlessness, Jaundice and Nausea.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-12-07
AT 119 YEARS.
End of the Remarkable Life of
Aunt Mary Marks.

oiChphiH, 0AdSs OeC-, o. n
The poor farm at l o'clock this
morning Old Aunt Mary Marks,
coIored, died at the extreme
age of 119 years.
For many years Aunt Mary
way apicturesque figure at her
nome In independence, but for
about four or FIVE months she
has been helpless and Was
taken 10 the farm, where she
could receive better care than
At the little cottage where she
lived alone.
Aunt Mary was a native Of
aispianolia of The West India
group, and was born in the
year 1776. She, with others Of
her race, was stolen by tue
slave traders, aud, after a long
sea voyage with Thomas Parker
Il sea captain, who took fancy
20 tie Chem 6.year old Child,
was brought 10 this country.
When Captain Parker died at
Baltimore, Mary was sold into
slavery. She passed through
uany different bands, and when
a woman Of 45 was brought to
Texas ia 1921 by james White
sides and bis wife Betty, one of
rbe first three families 10 cross
the Brazos, j. E. Groce aud
John P. Cole having preceded
him. The Whitesides located
at Sau Felipe, the first capital
Of the colony, where they eslab
lShing tavern, and Mary was
head waitress, She stayed
there, aud knew many guests
who are now prominent in Tex
as history, and was there when
the battle Of San Jacinto was
fought. She knew General Sam
Houston well; Henry Smith, the
first governor, r. NJ. Williamson,
known as "Threelegged Willie. "
In 1885 she was married to
John Marks, a negro Methodist
preacher, a full blooded Afrl
can, and he purchased her free
dom. Several years later, after
Texas had won her indepen-
dence. Marks and his wife
moved to the Cole settlement,
now Independence where Judge
John P. Cole presented them
with a small tract of land to
revert to the Cole heir at the
death Of the survivor. She was
cared for a long time blythe kind
people Of Independence, hut
finally became so helpless that
il was deemed best to send her
to the poor farm, where she
spent in comfort the last few
months OF a long life, covering
a period full Of changes and
adventures.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-12-07
UNDER CUBA'S FLAG.
A Column of Spanish Troops
Join the Insurgents.

Jacksonville, Fla, Dec. s.
A special Key West says:
News has been received here
that a column of Spanish troops
at Jose de las Lajas, twenty
miles south Of Havana, aban-
doned their post and joined
the insurgents. Many Of the
citizens accompanied the troops
and carried ammunition with
them. The news caused great
excitement at the palace and
fresh troops were sent to the
spot and order was restored.
Before the troops arrived an
archy reigned and when the
troops reached the city many
citizens were shot down on the
street.
News from Santiago de Gu
ba reports that the insgfgents
eaptnred an iapozsaSt Spanish
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-28
17nwarranted Use of Portraits.

The discovery that the picture of a
well known woman in New York socie-
ty had been utilized as an advertise
ment by a shoe firm is said to have
made i,er friends and family indignant.
The most mysterious feature of the
affair concerned the way in which the
picture, which was ol1entaken. several
wears ego in. fancy costume, got into
the hands of the firm. For several years
some of the patentsmedicine advertisers
havebeen using photographs of women
we'll known to the. public, but they have
always changed the head. t was dis
covered thatSthe reconhmendatioI,s sent
by tlle grateful patrons in remote. towns
were enthuslasticaand fervid enoughs
butte pictures tilt accompanied thsm
were Ea rely 10 shIonable I'M ressssct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-28

Prof. Dychc. Of the Kansas Uni-er-
sity, gives some Interesting facts con-
corning Greenland, which he has twice
visited. II have never known an ex-
plorer who went to that country" ne
says, "who did not have the desire to
go again, because of it's peculiar, but
sindefinable, fascination" 1t is not true,
he affirms. that the Esquimaux live en-
tirely upon blubher.s They eat some of
1t, but their principal diet is meat, and
they are among the healthiest people
in the wAld, having no contagious dis
eases, and living to very OLD ages. The
married women all wear blue ribbon
In their hair, the single ones red, and
the widows black. to which white is
added when they wish to marry again.
Nat one place." he remarks, There
Svere just eleven widows, and they
Were all wearing the white with the
black all the time"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-28
"A Black Town.
athletes.

Not the town, but the people. The
town is on an island in the Mississippi
River, just above Memphis. The island
is owned by a negro planter. Elmer
Judson, this negro, the son of a
wealthy white planter, contested his
fathers will, and the courts duly al
lowed him part of the property. The
island is eleven miles long and eight
wide. Judson, the town, has popu-
lation of about four hundred and fifty
inha bitants, all Of whom are black,
and no white person is allowed to come
there except as a visitor. The town
is well organized and governed, and
Mr.. Judson is an educated man with
progressive ideas. He owns everything
on the island, and most of the inhabit-
ants are his tenants He is justice of
the peace. and is greatly interested
in the welfare of his people The town
has several shops, stores, two churches
and a school, and it would be hard to
find a white town with a better record
than this black town Of Judson.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-28

the world. This is Miss Elizabeth Vas
sar a niece of the man who founded
the famous educational institution. Miss
Vassar bears no marks that would sug-
gest her speciality. One who was not
cognizant of the fact would never sus-
pect that the tall, graceful girl in the
tailor-mad. setting. with well-poised
head, covered with ripping brown hair,
and a face as sweet in expression as it
is perfect in contour, made the 1O0-yard
dash out in Vassar oval in fourteen and
q half seconds. Yet this is what Miss
Vassar did Oh field day of last year, a
day when every element seemed to
frown on the efforts of the sturdy young
athletes
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-28

Those who accuse President Cleve~
land of un-Americanism, because of his
felicitous letter to the Birmingham ORA
matte Club acknowledging the literary
supremacy of the Bard of Avon, should
pause and reject Doubtless Shak-
Speare might have preferred to have
been born in this country, if it had only
been orened up little earlier, and they
should pity him, as the victim of cir
cumstances rather than quarrel with
the prais, which the verdict OF cen
turtles las decided to be his due. More
over, they should remember that even
the Savior of the world was not q Yam
Eoa ss4sestr