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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24

The Chinese Colony In CIV YOrh.
The theatre at The end Of narrow
Doyers street ia tho scene Of nightly
entertainment Of such q slow and 10.
comprehensive order that It has no
delights for the stranger other than
those Of novelty The everlasting
play goes on, without action as We uu-
derstand IL, accompanied by the thin,
ahrill, monotonous music, The actors
are all men, clothed IN richly worked
costumes, their faces highly painted
when taking the female parts.
Tho ioss-house, or the Chinese place
Of worship, is at tho top Of the dilapi-
dated old New York houses on Mott
street On tho first floor is a shop,
and after feeling ones way up tho
dark rickety stairs there is a vision Of
the interior Of Chinese restaurant
on the second floor; the cook is busy
with an order for loud-yoiced white
girl and some companions, who are
having a discussion with the waiter
up another flight OF stairs, past
a half open door, through
which mysterious domestic interior
shows itself, and then along the hall
to the front room, where a powerful
odor Of sweet incense fills the nostrils,
and a bewildering accumulation Of
strange interior decorations denotes
the sacred place. It is the ordinary
large room extending across the full
width of the house, but completely
changed in character by the imported
carved black wooden furnishings, the
carving being relieved with gold.
This gives a very sombre but rich
tone to the place, which is added to
by the elaborate lanterns and hang
ings from the ceiling. A large screen
in the centre of the floor faces the
altar, which is truly gorgeous in its
color and glitter, its peacock feathers
and candles There are no congrega.
tional services in the temple; each in
dividual pays for his own candle and
incense, and conducts his own worship
or pays the small fee to the sooth
sayer and has his probable luck in any
contemplated undertaking forctold. -
Harper's Weekly.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24

send You a receipt for q water
proof harness oil that only has 10 be
applied once year aud makes the
harness soft and glossy black Every
ono who has tried Il will use no other.
This is the receipt:
To two quarts Of fsh oil add two
pounds Of mutton tallow. one pint Of
castor oil. one-fourth pound Of ivory
black, one.half pound beeswax, four
ounces Of rosiu, one ounce Of Burgun-
dy pitch. Put all together In an iron
kettle over a slow Gre. Boil aud stir
half an hours. Then set of and let
settle fifteen minutes. Then pour in
10 another vessel, leaving all sediment
In the bottom. When cold, Il Is ready
for use. II you cannot obtain FISH oil,
get neatsfoot. The fsh oil will keep
mice from gnawing harness. This re-
ceipt beats coal oil and tallow. After
harness has been oiled aud rubbed IN,
wipe OF with a clean, dry rag.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24

In Switzerland are many small
farms from which considerable in
comes are derived. Each farm is sur
rounded by wooden fence two feet
high. The fence is surmounted by a
fringe of closely set nails to prevent
the snails getting over it. The soil
must contain plenty of lime to furnish
material for snail shells, and there
should not be too much shade for the
sun is good for the animals, and
bleaches their shells to a handsome
whiteness Five hundred snails can
be raised on a square yard Of earth.
The best food for them is cabbage,
dandelions and kitchen waste As
soon as it rains they become hungry
If food is not at hand they will try in
every way to escape from their bounds.
In early fall the farmer strews his snail
park with moss. Under this they
crawl and spend the winter.
The ancient Romans took great
pains to rear snails for eating. They
we're kept in Enclosures called "coch-
learia, " or snaileries, and these we're
partitioned off so as to keep different
species separate. There were the
white snails, the African variety, the
very large Illyrian kind, and the in
comparably choice Solitanes. The
animals we're fattened with a paste of
wheat meal To grow the biggest
snails came to be matter of pride
with the producers.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24
A SchOOlbOy's Composition.

Here is a novel composition from q
progressive schoolboy;
Zone day was in the country 1
saw a COW and / hit her with rock a
dog bit me SOW chased me / fell out
of wagon and bee stung me and
the old gobbler Topped me | went
down to the branch and l fell in and
wet my pants.
There's whole novel for you in
seven linesl - Atlanta Constitution.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24
How She Managed .

81 like that girl" said Woody
White, because whenever / tell her
anything amusing she laughs in the
right place"
Yes" replied his friend. "She
told me how she managed It,"
"Why-er-how is that?n
She says she always watches you
aud laughs when you do."-Washing-
ton Star.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24
Whom Travelling,

whether on pleasure bent. or business. axe
on every trip a bottle Of Syrup Of Figs, as Il
acts most pleasantly and effectuany on the
kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing fevers,
headaches and other forms Of sickness. For
sale in 80 cent and 81 bottles by all leading
druggists. Manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Company only.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24
In a Hurry.

Young Hopeful Ito his sister II
say Nell, pass me the butter
Nell Qn a tone Of sisterly reprooA
IF what Johnnie.
Johnnie (goaded to desperation by
the delay)-If you can reach it. -Har-
lem Life.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24

A Washington policeman compelled
a merchant to remove a couple Of pic
lures from his store window, alleging
that their exhibition was preiudioal to
public morality.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24
AClear Case.

Buzzfuzz. That saying, ''Marry
in haste, repent at leisure" is all
wrong.
)Sizzletop. Think so?
Buzzfuzz Certainly. After a. man
marries be has no leisure. Puck.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24

FITS stopped tree by DH kLtNE's GREAT
NERVE REsTORER. No dts after FIRST days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81 90 trial bot
tie free. DIR. Kline. 93i Arch ST.. Phila.. Pa.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24
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7 HINNNY
,AN8II4

Mr.. T. B. Palmer, city editor Of
the oskaloosa, Ia, Times, under
date Of May 9th, 1895, relates tho fol-
lowing experience; Recently was
compelled by serious siege Of dys-
pepsia TO leave my ONCE work. and
thought to seek relief by a months
travel on the Pacific coast. The
rest and change helped me some
what, butt could find no relief for
the awful fits Of indigestion. When
about TO return home to Iowa
entered prominent drug store inl
Tacoma, Wash, and asked for
something that would bring relief
frommyindigestion. The druggist
sold me box of Ripans Tabules for
30 cents. In less than twenty-four
hours could feel change for the
better. From that day to this have
used Ripans Tabules Whenever felt
my old ailment getting in its work,
and with most commendable
results"
Ripans Tabules are sold by druggists, or by
rail il the price 90 cents q box is sent 10 The
.ipans Chemical Company, No, 10 Spruce St.
lew York. Sample vial, 10 cents.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24

simmerad together, rice, -four and water
makes a good cement.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24

Gen. Booths campaign Ina India Is being at
tended woh great success.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24

IL i 80 Easy 30 Remove Germs With
Hindercorus we wonder so many endure them.
Get 70 and see how nicely it takes them OF.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-25
THE YELLED LADY.

The success of the veil depends upon
discretion In choice of patterns and It's
method OF adjustment Indeed. the art
OF putting on II veil liz n difficult one.
Our Partisan sisters possess the happy
knnck of twisting volnminous lengths
OF net gauzc around their heads with
in effect altogether delightful. 10 tho
careful study then of veil adjustment
would direct my readers. and also
draw their attention to choice of design
and color. The sallow c0mplexioned
woman should fly the blue veil she of
rCscate checks the red, the business
woman the impractical white. and so
on, while undoubtedly the smartest and
most becoming veil OF al. IL the black,
of soft. tine quality and fascinating de.
sign.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-25

Burlington, Ia, June 2l.-Th2 fast
mail on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, from Chicago TO Omaha, came
into Burlington Saturday with Il dead
man holding the throttle. The fire
man noticed the failure of the erglm-
Ger to signal for closing the draw on
the bridge across the Mississippi al
this point. He ran around the big
boiler which makes TWO compartments
of the cab and found the engineer, v.
Il. Glddings, dead at his post with a
great cash il the side OF his &ead.
How it came there and how he met his
death is not known. One explanation
is that his head MAS crushed by i mail
crane. How lar the train ran With the
dead man in control will never be
known. Had the train been minute
sooner it would have gone through the
draw Into the river. The draw hau
just closed alter letting boat through.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-25

ways is worth good, honest money.
The framework is of aluminium. and
the outside covering of alligator skin,
the front panel ingeniously arranged
to slide back, showing u tier Of long
drawers. each mxuriously lined with
dutcd white satin. One OF these
drawers is destined to hold under
linen, another is for tailor made and
promenade gowns, while third Ia
guaranteed to carry the most elabor-
ate OF ball frocks without single
crush.
Above these drawers are racks con-
tatning hat and shoe boxes and vari-
GUS other contrivanees for gloves. rib
hons, wells and other feminine Trip
pcriGs, while the top rack Is arranged
to hold a most compact, albeit com-
plrte apparatus Of cut glass. silver and
tortoise shell (Which, for convenience.
van he lifted out Of the trunk and
placed on the dressing table. n writ
ing case, work materials aud mtu-
iaturo tea cquipAge, each of thcss, lit
ting snuEly into its own individual
compartment, and 50 firmly fixed that
even the most tiendish OF railway
portcrs will be powerless to cltert any
damage.
hidden away behind the drawers.
where a train or hotel ruhber would
have much difficulty IN locattug II. is
II jewel drawer lined with royal htuo
velvet, aud a tiny silver money safe,
with n set Of fairy account books,
bound IN blue morocco, while the Id
ol this Ncritahle American ark (which.
after all, Is not 81 large IA many Of tho
mammoth trunks We meet when tray
clinsl, holds Il large detachable mir
ror, and sundry straps for railway
rugs, umbrellas, waterproofs. and
other impedtmenta. The prospective
bride says her trunk viii contain
everything she will require during u
year of travel, and her feminine
friends, who appreciate tho useful ma
turc of all the contrivancea. aud tho
easy "gctntAhlcness" OF everything In
the trunk, arc envying tho fair pos
SCISSOR Of wealth, which can NJ quickly
convert an ingenious idea into wactt-
cal reality
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-25
BOARDING UP USELESS TllINGS.

These are the days In the house
koopcr's HE when the general reor-
gHni2ation Of the house accumulatos,
In crowded city quarters at least. n
considerable amount OF surplus. II In
II mistake, in this advance OF tho
worlds economy, To hoard useloss
things. The thrifty New England
housekeeper of two or three genera
tons ago was wise to put aside In tho
big roomy garrett amy household be-
longings not needed ut the time Per
haps sho lived miles from railroad !:
certainly her resources were scant In
comparison with those OF her postor-
ity, and almost any article was sure to
attain Il second period OF usefulness III
kept long enough The same need
which prompted u woman living In the
carly POS of this century In the west
orn part of the state to soak nails I'm
water and drink the liquid because she
felt the need of n tonic, and the trips
to the nearest DOCTORS, forty miles
away, were only quarterly. made tho
preservation of goods and chattels an
almost equally stem duty
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-25
SOMETHING NEW IN PoRTIEREs,

On late all sorts of new ideas have
been thought OF sor portieres and
drapcries. People are apparently be
coming tired Of the hangings of che
Mile, plush or brocade and are limiting
for something new Portieres made OF
woven SILK rags are produced by ex-
actly the same method as the ordinary
rag carpet. The silk is cut or torn into
strips Of even width and any haphazard
length. and are even Tapped upon each
other and sowed together without re-
gard to color, except that two pieces ot
the same color are Joined to each other.
II there are few or many of some I'M
usual and brilliant color they must be
scattered so as to appear at intervals
over the entire surface Any weaver
OF rag carpeting and they can be
easily found either In town or country
will take the sewed rags and weave
them into a panel of the required
length and width. and this Is usually
about three and half feet In width by
seven In length The warp should be
OF coarse linen thread. either black or
dark blue
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-25
VERSUS THE BELL.
Western Union Enters the Telephone
Field.

New York, June 2l.-Wall street and
local tinanciers had something new to
talk about besides the gold plank in
the republican platform and the effect
of the silver revolt, Saturday
when dispatch from Albany gave in
formation of the filing of incorporation
Iapers of the New York Telephone
company, with Il capital of $16,000,000
divided into 100000 shares. The di-
rectors, who hold ten shares of stock
each, are: George j. Gould, Lakewood,
\. j.; Charles +. Cutler, Morris, n. j..
John H. Cahill, Joseph = Davis. Thorn
as r. Eckert, William j. Bouchelle,
James Merrihew and William II. VOL
verton, New York City; Charles A.
Tinker and John jameson, Brooklyn
William I. Forbes and John L. Hud-
son, Boston; John Van Horne, Bay
onne, n. J. The interpretations are
distinctly a Western Union crowd.
Charles +. Cutler is president of the
New York and New Jersey Telephone
Company and of the Metropolitan Tele-
phone Company and is a big man in
the American Bell Telephone Company
The officials of the first named com
panies We're speechl"ss with surprise
when seen in regard to the new con
Germ. For the past ten years, or since
the telephone busin oss became an as
sured success, there have been serious
differences between the Western Union
Telegraph Company and the American
Bell Telephone Company growing out
of the fact that the telephone to a very
great extent destroyed the local bust
ness of the telegraph company. Final
ly, after much pickering, the differ
ences were settled by a contract, the
details of which have been kept secret
but it is generally understood in Wall
street that large block of stock in
the Bell Telephone Company was sold
to the principal stockholders of the
Western Union Company, for the pur-
pose Of enabling them to recover a por-
tion of the profits lost through com.
petition with the telephone. Recently
there have been new differences arising
between the companies, and the in
corporation of the new company is the
outcome. 1t does not follow that there
is to be a telephone war. In the opin-
ion of the best-posted men the company
may have been incorporated merely as
an instrument by which to secure
further concessions from the Bell com
pany and regain paying proportion of
the local telegraph business.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-25

Sarah Bernhard IL having n most
original yacht built for her at Havre
in which there is small stage and
theater. 1t Will be completed by next
year. and the actress means to give
her first performance at st. Petersburg
in It, Sarah Bernhard Is always orig
inal in her Ideas, and. for a private
audience, the idea is charming: but.
naturally. everything must be cramped
on yacht. and both the stage and the
theater must be on very small scale.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-25
ABSENCE.

How crowded now these empty rooms
Have grown since she has gone
No trihe hut becomes y thing
That thought must wait upon,
The very silence seems 10 move
About on stealthy feet,
TiEtoeing lest it wake some thought
The heart would dread to meet.
And oh, the leaden sense OF all
lrrevoCable fate
In that neglected glove still left
So close beside its mate,
Melville Upton il the Century
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-25
TRUNK FOR A HONEYMOON.

Probably the most complete and lux
urious dress trunk ever manufactured
has just been completed under the per-
sonal supervision OF a southern bride.
whose honeymoon will be spent In Eu-
rope. This trunk is magnificent
piece OF mechanism throughout. and.
In spite OF the unusual elaboration OF
detail, In very light In weight a great
desirleratum, when every pound OF
baggage carried on continental rail-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-25
NAY YET WE'D.
Rumors Relative to the Vanderbilt
Wilson Affair.

New York, June 21-The Vanderbilt
Wilson wedding, according to r. r.
Wilson. Jr,. Miss Wilson's brother, will
probably take place within a fortnight,
Mr. Wilson Indignantly denies the re-
port that the engagement is off, He
says that as Mr. Vanderbilt is expected
70 recover in about eight days there is
10 reason why the ceremony should
not be performed within two weeks
A rumor to the effect that the wedding
had been quietly performed at the Van
derbilt house gained some credence
but is contradlcted by all concerned.
Corne Illus Vanderbilt, Jr. IS too III to
leave his bed William G. Whitney is
thought to have interceded with the
prospective bridegroom's father. ana
to have softened the parental heart in
10 a sort of tolerance toward the nup-
tals. One report, however, says that
Cornelius Vanderbilt Sr. has stip-
ulated that the wedding shall be post
poned for one year.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-25

The present owner OF Judy, which,
next. 10 Punch is the oldest comic
paper in England. is Miss Gillian Deb
enham. who purchased II recently and
intends to mae q number OF changes
and improye tents.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-25
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN BIrDs
Comparisons Which Are Favorable TO
the Home Songsters.

A bit OF woodland enchanted" lies
close to cur door. The wood thrush
haunts he place and wakes us each
morning with his music The day be-
fore We left America. az If realizing We
were to leave hirt he sang on till even
ing and with his notes still ringing in
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-25
DEAD AT HIS POST
ENGINEER EMPIRES WITH HIS
HAND ON THE THROTTLE.
KILLED BY A MAIL CRANE

Passengers on the Fast Mail on the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail-
road Have Thrilling Ride-Trah
Narrowly Escapes Going Through
a Draw Into the Mississippi.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-20
THREE BLOWS DELIVERED.

Col, Gorham's letter is an exhaustive
one. but it is filled with some startling
facts taken from the records of the
senate and ouse. He points out that
senator Sherman made three attacks
mon the double standard before he
accomplished his foul purpose by
stealth. Of this Col. Gorham has this
to say: i -
sThe national debt, at the close OF
the civil war, was about twenty-five
hundred millions, the principal Delhg
naTable in anv legal tender money
and The interest in coin. Certain great
banking houses of Europe, following
the example set by their predecessors
in England, and setting an example
which was followed by their class IN
Germany after the Franco-Prussian
war, inaugurated scheme to greatly
enhance the value of this vast obllga-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-20
CURE FOR HEADACHE.

AS a remedy for all forms of Head
ache Electric Bitters has proved to
be the very best. 1t effects perma-
nent cure and the most dreaded habit
ual sick headaches yield to it's influ-
ence. We urge all who are afflicted to
procure bottle, and give this remedy
a fair trial. In case of habitual CON
stipation Electric Bitters cures by Civ
ing the needed tone to the bowels, and
few cases long resist the use of this
medicine. Try it once. Fifty cents
and $1.OO at John Y. MacRae's Drug
Store.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-20
Your Attention
For 3 Minutes, Please

We have three items we wish TO tell ycf
about. Something choice and extra nice
and we will oceupy.a minnie with each:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-20

81 am silver Republican, and I
would be a fool to CANVASS the State
for silver and then vote for Mckinley.
When you have got what you want,
go back to your old party if you wish.
i may do it; can't say. A man that
votes for Mckinley is crazy. Look at
Pritchard; just wild for silver; it was
the thing the whole country wanted;
silver now, gold after March 4th. Why,
there is pie in it. So it is with Rus
sell, Pearson and all the Republicans
that are now cursing me. oliver H.
Docl<ery.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-20
DOUGLASS SPOKE IN RALEIGH.

To the Editor: The gentleman who
introduced Hon. w. j. Bryan at Ashe-
vile stated that he was the first candi-
date for the Presidency to address a
North Carolina audience in half CEN
tury-since Henry Clay in 1874. In
this he was mistaken, for Stephen A.
Douglass delivered an address from the
eastern portico of our State capital
on August 30, 1860.
Respectfully,
c. B. EDWARDS,
Raleigh. N. c., Sept. 10.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-20
A MILLION GOLD DOLLARS

Would not bring happiness to the
person suffering with dyspepsia, but
Hoods Sarparilla has cured many
thousands of cases of this disease. II
tones the stomach, regulates the bow
els and puts all the machinery of the
system in good working order. II
creates a good appetite and gives
health, strength and happiness.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-20

Insist on having just what you call
for when you go to buy Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, the One True Blood Purifier
and nerve tonic.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-20

Hoods Pills act tremendously witt
Hoods Sarparilla. Cure all liver ills
25 cents.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-20

ton by making it payable in gold and
thus increasing the value of gold.
"This involved two legislative meas
ures:
81. Such change in the laws Of the
United States as would provide for the
payment of any portion of it, prior to
the resumption of specie payment, in
legal tender Treasury notes, in which
it was expressly made payable by the
law authorizing the issue of the bonds,
and in exchange for which, when
greatly deprecated, they had all been
issued.
20. The demonstration of silver in
the United States, so that coin would
mean gold only, and the value of that
metal at the same time be greatly en-
HANGED /"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-20
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Tablets. All
druggists refund the money If it fails
to cure. 25 cents.