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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11
A New Metal in Demand.

French inventions frequently call
into use natural products which had
previously possessed no practical
value. This is illustrated by the rare
metal, thorium, discovered by the
great chemist, Berezellus, early in the
present century, When burned the
metal emits a light more brilliant
than that OF burning magnesium, but
until the recent invention ofincandes-
cent gas burners, in which the flame
is encased in a metallic mantle, no
use was discovered for it. Upon
experimenting with various sub
stances, it was found that
the oxide of thorium called
thoria, makes the best mantle for such
burners, and a demand being thus
created for it, the value of thoria sud
denly sprang from almost nothing up
to $3.50 per pound. Then a search
began for new sources from which
thoria could be obtained, and this
search is not yet finished. Originally
the new metal was found only in GER
tain rare minerals in Norway. Re
Gently it has been discovered that thu
mineral ''monazite" contains liberia
quantity of thoria, aud monazite i
found in North Carolina, Canada an
Brazil. The price of thoria is no.
much lower than it was at first, a
though it still commands SIS or 80
and even more per pound, the pric
fuctuating with the supply. -Brool
Ign Citizen.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11
HUMOROUS

"Your hair Is getting rather gray
sir." IL should think il would aren't
you nearly hnished?"
"Tm your friend, old fellow" said
the canvas to the artist ''If you get
hard up and need money, Why just
draw on me,
Miss Bloomerito-What kind Of q
tree is thai2 Her companion (iace4
tiously) Why, that is dogwood Can't
you tell it by its bark?
"AIiss Wilkes Is terribly afraid Of
mice. Do you know the preventive
she takes when she goes sailingg
"No." always goes in a cat-boat.
Bobby-Pop, what is classical mu-
sic? Fond Classical music,
Bobby, is music that you have never
heard before and never want TO hear
again.
Doctor-You are suffering from a
complication of diseases, my dear sir;
at least six. Humorous Invald-Howt
much discount do you give on half q
dozen, doctor?
II tell you that a juror in a murder
case has an awful responsibility on
him. "Yes, indeed. If be goes to
sleep no is liable to be fined for con-
tempt of court" III
He-The widow has not given up
her wheel, has she2 She-Oh, dear
mol Her bicycle face answers admir-
ably as an expression Of concern for
the late lamented.
Don't You get awfully tired doing
nothing oil the timer" asked the youp5
man. Mister" answered Perry
Patettic, 81 get so tired doin' nothin'
that can't do nothin' else"
Editor Ito aspiring writer You
should write so that the most ignor-
ant can understand what you mean.
Aspirant-Well, what part of my
paragraph don't you understand, g
Miss Won der Roks-Oh, dear, I "a
, wish a foreign nobleman would come
, along. Waiter (obscquiously) A
, your service, Indies. The Viscoun
a Spaghetti would be pleased to taxi
+ your orders.
t "Alasl" she unused, rs she con
: templated herself in the mirror
"'there are already purple thread
0 among the pink" However, age wa
! thing with which even tue poste
J. girl had to grapple.
t she-Why did you quarrel wit
d her? He-Oh, just to be gentlemanly
b 1 wanted to break the engagement, s
is I could marry another girl. l had
/ do something mean so as to have
p gentlemanly excuse.
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The following anecdote was new
many years ago, but will bear repeat
ing. A certain Spanish knight, very
poor but proud, and rightly SO, as his
birth was as high as Kings, arrived
late one very dark night at an inn in,
France. Riding up to the ENTRANCE
on his forlorn nag, he fell to bate r-
ing the gate. He finally awakened
the landlord, who, peering out into
the night, called,
"Who is there?"
Don Juan Pedro Hernandez Rod
riguez de Yellanova, Count Of Malo-
fra, Knight Santiago and Alcantara,,"
replied the Spaniard. y
clam very sorry, shouted the LAS
lord, "but / haven't room enough for
all those gentlemen you mention. ="
And he slammed the window and re-
tired. -Harper's Round Table.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11
To Can Turtles.

A number Of local capitalists at
Cortland, n. Y, have organized a
scheme for canning turtles in the
West Indies for sale in New York and
Europe, where green turtle soup and
turtle steak are now among the
choicest and most expensive delica-
cies. Turtle eggs are also to be laid
on our tables at little more than cost.
Robert P. Porter, late superintendent
OF the census, is said to be interested
In the enterprise.
The plan which the Cortland capt.
talists regard as most feasible is to
either charter or purchase a sailing
vessel, and equip her with lumber and
other necessary articles to construct a
canning factory, including few huge
kettles in which the turtles will be
boiled, together with provisions for
the supply of the men who will be
employed to put up the building and
maintain those that will do the work
of boiling and canning. The natives
will be utilized to catch the turtles.
AS soon as cargo of turtles is
canned the vessel will return to New
Orleans or to New York and the goods
will be consigned to agents who will
place them on the market The
United States will be supplied FIRST
and then shipments will be made t.
England and France.
1t is thought there will be grea
demand for canned turtle in tn
country towns, as it is q toothsom,
dish when made into soup or turtl,
steaks New York Journal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11

lightning was formerly one Of the
greatest euigmas emong natural phe-.
nomena. Today we know that the
average electromotive force of a
"bolt" of lightning is about $500, 900
volts; that the current is $4,000, 800.
amperes and that the time Of discharge
is about one-twenty-thousandth OF a
second. In such ''boltn there is
energy equal to-, $50, 600 volts or 1884,
4S2 horsepower.
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REVERSED THE FLAG.

Twas standing on the wharf, watching
the sailors unload a cargo Of fish from
a Schooner which had just returned
from the banks. The boat had Jared
we'll, reporting 60, 600 pounds of half
but, and it was a sight well worth see
ing to note the great fish, some of
them weighing several hundred
pounds, being brought to the wharf.
The schooner had had a quick run
and the crew were cheerful as became
men who had turned over a few dollars
so speedily. Besides, the market price
was good, there having been a dearth
OF fish recently. Great Boston was
eager for that cargo of fish and was
willing to pay the advance in price
which naturally followed the condi-
tons of the hour. 1t was a pictur-
esque sight, this unloading of fish
schooner. The old wharf, lying pro-
tected in the harbor; seward the
open ocean; down the harbor a small
forest of spars, belonging not to ma
iestic merchantmen, but to the
sprightly, agile, attractive schooners
which shoot in and out of the harbor
at all times and in all kinds of weather.
It is spectacle that a yachtsman
would euioy-the coming and going
OF these boats. In such q masterful
manner are they handled that they
glide in and out among the other YES
sells, always without mishap, some
times performing evolutions which
seem almost impossible to- the lands
man.
The crew were bronzed, with face
like leather. A group of women haC
drawn near to greet them home, ant
brief as had been the trip, the wei
come back was none the less fervent
Most of them, however, had no on
in port to greet them. They wer
mere outcasts of the ocean tramps G
the sea; working for a while and the
spending all their wages in riotou
living.
Among the women on the whal
that day was one who asked for
..chicken halibut."
"Here'a one, Liz" called out
sailor, tossing to her fish whic
looked miniature, indeed, compare
to the other monsters of the deep.
'Is it fresh?" she asked, handlir
the "ehicken" suspiciously.
"Cut it and see, was the respons
At that she took out knife al
hacked a bit out of the tail.
Eyes; it bleeds all right" shC a
nouuced. This is test that ney
fails.
Near me on IN old mackerel b
was au old salt who had retired frc
active service, but who always lik
to see the boys come in. He
around anil sat around. That was
occupation-sitting. He would sit
morning and all afternoon on b
or keg and never tire. He was mi
vel at sitting and spinning yarns I
old fellow never forgot, though, a
told you the same story twice. Her
one he told about figure well kno
in Gloucester most of the q
lect eliminated:
"Never heard what be done wi
he was driving toward the shore in
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11

Idraamed 81 lose and uodlocki
of children on mY kneol
A voice eamo through Che darkness
Aad laughed % m0ekerY.
Itnow that voice and laughter
Though ynau they'd been a. stil,
once musical and careless
Aaauy wld birds trIlL
heard hor laugh no plainly
That with suspended breath
Ipauaod o. expectation
Toreetiul of hgr death.
Philip l.. Barker in Chicago Record
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11
The Change it Makes.

Merchant Notwithstanding,
Mr.. Truepay. What can do for you
this morniug?"
Mr. Truepay-I want suit of
clothes.
Yes, sir. John, the tape and book,
please"
"Oh, don't want suit to measure,
want a ready-made suit. /"
"Eh? Ready-made?"
"Yes-a cheap one.
Certainly, certainly. Right this
way, please. I hadn't heard Of your
marriage. New York Weekly.
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Well to Remember.

What is good for one is not always
good for another. This is illustrated
in a short tale told some time ago
about French medical student
While in London on visit the student
lodged in the house with man very
sick with fever, who was continually
besieged by his nurse to drink very
nauseating liquids which we're luke
warm. The sick man found this al
most impossible to do, until one day
he whispered to his nurse;
"Bring me salt herring and I will
drink as much as you please"
The woman INDUCED him in his re-
quest he ate the herring, drank the
liquids, underwent the required per
spiration and recovered
The French student, thinking this
very clever, inserted in his journal
"salt herring cures an Epglishman o
fever"
On his return to France he pre-
scribed the same remedy to his frs
patient with a fever. The patien
died. On which he inscribed in ri
journal: IN. B.-A salt herrinI
cures an Englishman, but kills
Frenchman. "-Harper's Round Table
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11
The American Silver Fox.

The most expensive and beautiful
of all fox fur, according to Knowl-
edge, is that OF the American silver
fox. The color is usually almost en-
tirely black, except the tip of the tail
and certain gray-white markings on
the back, thighs aud head. Occasion
ally completely black specimen is
found, and there are also some which
are completely gray. The animal was
once comparatively abundant but is
now scarce, and about a year ago a
single fine skin was sold in London
for the surprising sum of 1915. In
1894 many skins were sold for more
than $500 apiece. The cheapest skins
are the pale-colorec ones, some OF
which do not command more than
925.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11

Murs and mist of tho morning,
Glare and olamor of day,
Dream and languor Of eyontiio
Whom the shadows, ialy play
Flower OF the faith that ciingelh,
oiit 81 Che loving God.
Giving glory 20 everything,
Tho beautiful goldenrodl
Tho prodlgal Of nature.
The spondthHh o. tho spring,
Bold givor IN the summertime.
re which the glamour cling,
Covering the earth with beauty
Hiding The ragged sod,
And never 10th 20 plight he troth,
The beautiful gollenrodl
AZ with tired feet we wander
Along the weary path,
With the ghosts Of broken forests
Bewailing the storm kings wrath,
A CLEAN lights up the shadows,
And, sprnging from the sod,
il heals the earth with blessings sweot
The beautiful goldonrodl
lthunts out humble places
Where roses never bloom,
And whore the rarer proteges
OF the spring ne'er seek for room,
And thoro, IN loving kindness,
Who're unseen feet have trod,
il weayes its yellow mantle bright
The beautiful goldcnrodl
And here is taught a lesson
That all should try % heed,
That not alone In palace hall
Is written the kindly deed;
That from the humble howell
Go sweeter prayers 70 God,
As In the lowly places blooms
The be autlful goldenrod
Hamilton
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big nor. eastori Why, e vas The |
noblest thing q sailor ever done. They |
seen him from the shore and they |
made up their minds the aohoopor |
would leave her ribs on the rockG
But the liieboat boys we're going 10
pot out just tho same. I was stand
ing there aud heord them talk. Ita
mighty rough, boys The chances
are agin II, bat 1t muit be done.
Them seas we're just rollin' in, you
SEQ. We've got our duty 10 DO done
there's a Gag Of distress Como on,
boysr
"rhey seen the boys gettin' ready
to come out on the schooner and what
do you 'sposo they done? They
wouldn't let those boys run any such
risks Down comes tho flag Of dis
tress, 10 the bevilderment Of the men
on shore. Up it goes, reversed, tell
ing: we don't need help VIC can
help ourselves, 1t dazed the boys on
shore Not need help with the seas
threatening every moment to over
whelm them2 Had they gone crazy;
we're they daft; did they want to die2
Yet there was the flag they had re-
versed. Out Of the fury Of tho sea
they had spoken. Out Of the wildness
OF the tempest came back a response
like one from heaven to the trembling
women on the shore who had implored
their husbands not to 60 out in the
liioboat in that sea. They didn't
want helpl
"The moments seemed like hours.
Then we seen a boat lowered from the
schooner, a mere cockle-shell, and We
understood. The men on shore we're
not to be sacrificed. 1t was the no.
blest thing to see those men tumble
in their little boat and pull CALAMITY
toward the land. Upon the land was
the wife OF the captain. When the
flag was reversed she uttered q vail OF
anguish. He will not take help; he
will not, will not, she moaned. Had
not the boat been lowered from the
schooner the men would have gone
out at any hazard. How they watched
the cockle-shelll A hundred times
itarose. Heaven seemed to watch ovel
it, because of the gallant deed of the
captain. It seemed preserved by som,
special act of providence in recogni
ton of the bravery of the crew in &C
quiescing in such a course. On it came
up and down; nearer and nearer. Tn
crowd raised their voices, now inspire,
by hope, encouraging them to new eff
:, forts. They held their breath as q tire
mendous wave bore them along on it
horrible kissing crest with the spec
of an express train and then left ther
. in hollow to be borne down by tn
breaking of the wave. But the
arose, and the next moment me
= rushed into the surf and drew thei
2 safely to land, sound to man, Will
the schooner, like poor, helplei
: bird, beat herself to death upon I'll
distant rocks. Then the women, ever.
one of them, rushed to the captai
kissed him and blessed him with unite
voicea 1t was sight never to
es forgotten-never to fade in impress
I'd iveness. The sea has its heroes
id we'll as the land But this deed shou
81 long be remembered by the life-bo
it. men. That captain deserved a med'
ne for in the face of death, with possib
re help near at hand, he thought
of others who might be made widows a
en- orphans, and reversed the flag. G
us bless him !"--Detroit Free Press.
III Well to Remember.
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",Just Eeep Quiet"

1t may be remarked that soldiers,
possibly from professional association,
prefer to see strong man in the pulpit,
one who has what may almost be called
an "overbearing" manner. Of such a
class was one of the most worthy and
distinguished whilom servants of church
and state, the Rev. G. r. Gleig, once
chaplain general, who, having fought
gallantly as combatant officer through
the Peninsular and American wars, aft
erward took holy orders and devoted his
great powers to the spiritual well being
of his old comrades and their successors
We we'll remember how, Oh one occa-
sion in winter, when he was addressing
large depot, there was Il great deal of
coughing in chapel which disturbed the
sermon. The venerable chaplain general
at once assumed an air Of an officer in
front of battalion and said "Now.
my lads, I'm al old man, and if you
make so much noise 1 can't make my
self heard. Just keep quiet. " The tone
Of command was magical i'll effect, and
there was not sound heard till the
very practical discourse was concluded.
-Blackwood's Magazine.
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nIrs Hettx Grecn In Politics.

"Her whole nature has been revolu-
tionized," said a Washington hotel
keeper, speaking of Mrs. Hetty Green's
reported intention of spending 81, 0OO,-
600, or $50 much thereof as may be
necessary, to elect her sou governor OF
Texas.
~ never knew anybody to loosen up
as Mrs. Green has of late" continued
the boniface. About IS months ago,
when she came on here, she haggled
with me over the price of one of the
cheapest rooms in the house, and actu-
ally made me give her q reduction be-
cause she staid week. The next time
she came she had on the finest sort of a
dress, such one as nobody had ever
seen her wear, and this time my house
was not good enough for her, so she
went to the highest priced place i'll town
and never asked the rate. Her liberal
streak was late in developing, but if her
son does go into politics it will be a
fortunate thing for him that his mater
changed her SYSTEM i'll the way Of things
pecuniary. Washington Post.
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Observation-Disclosures.

Although announcements III the Ma
ture of advertisement appeared i'll the
London Gazette almost from the first.
the word itself does not occur until No.
AZ, SO April, 1866, when "An Adver-
tisement FROM the Hearth Office i'll Lon
don," addressed to the farmers of tine
hearth tax, was inserted. This was re-
peated in No. 45, 1913 April. The
heading advertisement" appears in
the body of the journal in No 90, which
bears date l0-14 May, 1866. In No. G2,
1918 June, 1866, the editor inserts the
following, which deserves notice as an
instance of unparalleled self denial;
"An Advertisement. being daily
prest to the Publication Of Books, Med
icines and other things not properly the
business of Paper of Intelligence, This
is to notitie, once for all, that we will
not charge The Gazette with Advertise
ments, unless they be matter of State I;
but that a Paper of Advertisements will
be forthwith printed apart, and recon-
mcnded to the Publick by another
hand.
1t occurs to me to usk what the PA
per Of Advertisement" was; and does
not the extract furnish al carly instance
of the use Of the editorial "we?" The
good resolutions of the editor were soon
broken, and he inserts the following III
No. 81, S-11 October, 1866:
"Such as have settled in new Habita-
lions since the late Fire. and desire for
the convenience of their correspondence
to publish the place OF their present
abode, or to give notice of Goods lost
or found, may repair to the corner
House In Bloomsbury on the East Side
of the Great Square, before the House
of the Right HONORABLE the Lord Treas.
urer, where there is care taken for the
Receipt and Publication of such Adver-
tisements.
After this date announcements head
ed Advertisements become common.
Notes and Queries.
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A Legend of tho Wandering jew.

In eastern Europe and western ASIA
tho inhabitants Of the different coun-
tries have their various versions Of the
story of the Wandering Jew. One Of the
most interesting of these is the Bulgar-
ian Legend of the Cursed Cobbler.
1t is as follows At about the time OF
the crucifxion q shoemaker named
Ahasncrus set up shop in Jerusalem
on the street leading from the Judgment
hall to Golgotha the place Of cxecu-
ton. Day after day the sandal makers
labors were interrupted by gangs OF
hooting hoodlums following some
wretch to his death which was soon to
occur on tho bloody slopes CT the very
appropriately named place of a Skull.
One fine day an immense crowd seemed
to be working its way toward tho place
of execution. Inquiring the cause he
soon learned that Jesus was to be cruel
fed that day. Soon the procession came
in sight, Jesus bearing the cross
BY the time the cobbler's shop had
been reached Jesus was perfectly ex.
hausted, and begged 10 Dc aIio"eu "
place the cross against the building and
to rest himself on the stops. But Ahas-
nerus drove him away with terrible
curses, and would not even permit him
to lay the awful burden in the street
before the shop. As Jesus turned to
press on he turned to the shoemaker
and calmly said, Il soon shall cease my
journey and lay this burden aside for
ever, but thou shalt wander over the
earth until I come again. =" The aston
ished Jew stood like one turned to stone
until the crowd had passed out OF sight,
and the streets were silent and empty.
Then, driven by terror and remorse, ne
looked his door and began that endless
tramp which the master has said should
last until the Judgment day.-St. Louis
PeDuh1ic
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Independent Order Of
Reehabites
In NORTH AMERICA.
THE OBJECTS AND AIMS.
Information of Interest to Temper
ance Workers and Those Seeking
Refuge From the Tempta-
lions of Strong Drink.

THE more important object of this
4 Association is Mutual Benefit in
the exercises of Temperance, Forti-
tude and Justice, securing to it's
membership sympathy and relief in
times of sickness and distress; and in
the event of death, the decent OBJ
servance of the necessary funeral
obsequies; and is based upon and
seeks, the extension of the principles
of Total Abstinence from all intoxi-
eating drinks.
The Order has three subordinate
branches, viz:
Primary Tents, composed of white
male persons between the ages of 16
and 50 years of age, who believe in
the existence and omnipotence of
God and are willing to sign our pledge
of total abstinence, are eligible to
membership.
Persons over age may become hon.
orary members.
Female Tents, composed of white
females - years of age and upwards,
Junior Branch of Boys from 12 to
IL years, and Juvenile Tents, for
Children of both sexes between the
ages of and 16 years.
Each branch has a service especially
adapted. 1t has been found that by
working in separate branches of the
organization, there is more freedom
Of action than when all ages and
sexes are thrown together. Each
branch of the Order is represented in
the higher body, and a fostering care
is exercised over all alike. Thus with
the men and women, girls and boys
all united under one head the l. D.
of r. is as an irresistible army NOV
ing on to victory.
The Order has, and will continue
to prove blessing to our country,
not only in proving an asylum for the
reformed drunkard, but by inducing
the sober and religious part of the
community to unite in securing the
rising generation from the evils of
intemperance, and ultimately hand
down to generations yet unborn, the
benefits of sobrietY.
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The First Armored Ship.

According to the best authorities on
curiosities of the navy and warfare in
general, the first armored vessel was
launched in the year 1880. 1t was one
of the feet manned by the Knights OF
st. John and was entirely covered with
sheets of lead. The accounts of the times
leave us in darkness as to the thickness
of this lead armor, but they are very
positive in the statement thnt they were
of sufficient strength to successfully
resist all the shots of that day. " At the
siege of Gibraltar in 1882 the French
and Spaniards used war vessels which
were armored with eight iron BOOM
proofng over their decks and to the
waters edge" The very first practical
use of wrought iron plates as a defense
for the sides of vessels was by the
French in the Crimean war in 1862
St. Louis Republic.