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The Lamar register., 1896-04-25

When we would walk with God We
must 20 his way.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-04

While Germany has been waging
war on American food products, TAX
ing the ground that they are Adulter-
ated, England has been making some
startling discoveries about German
butter, the San Francisco Chronicle
records. or 995 samples Of butter anal
yzed by the British Board of Agri-
culture the largest number of adulter-
ated brands ga percent) was found
to be from the land of the Kaizer.
OF sixty-three samples from America
not one was rejected. Incidental to
all this there is something aboutactual
beams and fictitious notes which Ger
many would do well to ponder.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-04

Francis Joseph, OF Austria, is one
Of two independent European sover-
eigps whose presumptive heirs are
their nephewa Tho other is the king
Of Roumania. The emperor Of Russia
and the king Of the Bolgians have
presumptive heirs in their brothers
The king Of SPANS presumptive heir
is his sister, and the queen of the
Netherlands her aunt All other
independent European sovereigns
have sons, unless the sultan be an in
dependent European sovereign.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-04

Long ago a certain Prince of Orange
was Generalissimo of the Austriana.
He fought against the French in Italy,
died, and was buried at Padua (1799).
For four years the Dutch Government
has been in treaty for the Princes re-
mains, and after an endless amount of
diplomatic negotiations and corre-
spondence matters we're arranged, O
Dutch man-of-war arrived in Venice,
and after another three weeks delay,
they arranged to open the tomb and
transport by the man-of-war to Hol-
land. 1t was most impressive cere-
mony. A representative of the Queen
of Holland came expressly, Admirals,
generals, officials galore, special
trains, funeral car, troops lining the
way, minute guns, and flags half-mast
high, and then the tomb was opened,
and Notwithstanding.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-04

The mutual benefit cooperative and
fraternal insurance associations Of the
United States have total membership
of $780, 900 persons The obligations
of these associations to their members
are about IS, 200, 600, 900. The indus
trial insurance companies have a mem
bership of $500, 900 persons with OBJ
legations amounting to $500, 600, 900.
These different classes of insurance
combined aggregate over $4,000, 900,
900, nine times the combined capital
of the 3, 700 national banks in the
United States.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-04

Next May Queen Victoria will com
ploto reign Of sixty years, and the
officials most likely to be concerned
have been privately informed that
should tho period DO accomplished
celebrations muehin the style Of those
at Jubilee year will DO held in honor
Of tho eYenL
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-04

DIR. W. II. Fenton says, in the Nine
teenth Century, that ninety percent
OF the physical suilerings Of women arc
due to ailments begotten Of ennui aud
lack Of opportunity for working OF
their superduous muscular, nervous
and organic energy, and that cycling
acts like a charm Tor most OF them.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-04

The Illinois appellate court has de-
oided that where D secret society ox-
pela o member the courts may inquire
into the expulsion and SEQ whether OK
not il be just
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-04
SPELLED OFF,"
DY MAUDE MORRISON.

''There's no sense int sary Ann,
not the least bit in the worldl If
there was anything the matter with i'm
'twould be different; but he's a healthy
'nough youugun, for oil ] kin see, "and
Aunt Marthy dropped the armiul Of
wood she had been carrying into the
box with thud that served 10 en-
phasize her disapproval.
at hain't right that you should be
pamperin' Of i'm up a-gettin' i'm to
sensin' is weakness; sides you'll hey
all you kin do to keep your own end
O. the traces frum clackin'," she add
ed sharply, as she watched sary Ann
tying on her big gingham sun-bonnet.
II done up the dishes ali right,
didn't l, Aunt Marthy? An the but
ter's worked up into balls TO suit We?
An I've gethered the cowslop greens
fer dinner. Is there anything more
that needs a.doin'P' asked the girl,
turning about and facing her aunt
with indignant eyes.
mo, the works did up all right,
Sary Ann, faint that, it's the pam
perrin of i'm"
"Well, then, Aunt Marthy, if there
hain't nothin' to keep me, I reckon
'twon't do no hurt if goes out an
gives Andy lift 18th them there tate
baskets; they're powerful heavy, said
Sary Ann, as she opened the door and
stepped out upon the sunny stoop.
Away of yonder lay the freshly
plowed fields, dark and loamy, with
patches of green June pasture land
between and long stretch Of leafy
woods beyond; and over oil, the sum
mer sunlight, like golden veil, drap-
ing the hills.
'It's goin' to be the hottest day
we've he'd this summer, thought Sary
Ann, as her bare brown feet pressed
the withered grasses in the meadow
lot
Not drop Of dew chung to the slen-
der blades, and the clover lay in fat
| tened masses close to the hot earth.
Not breath of air stirred the elder
blossoms that dropped over the messy
rails of the old fence.
Sary Ann could see, among the dis
tant brown burrows, a tiny blue OBJ
ject, and she knew that it was Andy,
toiling patiently over the potato
hills.
"Poor little felIer" she mused,
che amt fit fur to do it. Seems s il
he gifts peakeder au' peakeder ever
day. It most skeers me to see how
white an ghosty he looks This hot
suns jest a-meltin' of i'm up. He'd
get plum pushed, reckon, if l didn't
happen long, now an agin, to spell
i'm off.
"Hello, there, Andy" she cried,
as she came nearer and could see how
very slowly the blue gingham shirt
was creeping up and down tue long
burrows.
care ye pushed? I'm comm t.
spell vel" and she took off her sun
bonnet and waved it cheerily. The
Z little fellow turned at the sound of he.
voice, and looked eagerly over til,
field He took off his ragged stray
; hat, and waved it to and fro in answe
to her welcome.
''No, hain't pushed, Sary Ann,
s be answered, lifting his pale face t.
her own, and smiling feebly, 'but it
: awful hot.
Eyes, you look most roasted
= Here's some cool water fetched ye
e mebbe you'd better wet your hea
r Tore We drink any, fur fear O. sun
C strokin'. I'm goin to drap awhile !
r you're allus a-helpin' me, Sar
j Ann. / hain't good fur much, am II
be asked wistfnlly, his eyes full {
F; grateful tears.
i Never you mind I reckon 70
do 'nough, anyhow. You go an s,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-04

There has been computed, ION the
basis of the latest scientific and statis-
tical sources accessible" a suggestive
table of the distribution of the people
OF the globe according to their relig-
ions This table is published in the
Deutsche Kirchenzeitung (Berlin).
The population Of the earth is esti-
mated at !, 500, 900, 900, distributed as
follows: Europe, 3s1, 200, 600; Africa,
1877, 600, 900; Asia, 354, 600, 600; Aus
tralia, 4, 73O, 600; America, 1873, $40, :
600; total, 1900, 900, 900. The lead
ing religions are represented by the
following figures; Protestant Chris
tians, 100000, 900; Roman Catholic
Christians, 1876. 600, 600; Greek Cath
Ollie Christians, los, 100000; total
Christians, 500, 900, 600. Hebrews, S.
600, 600: Mohammedans. $50, 600, 600
hea,hens, $4,000, 600; total non.
Christians, 1000, 100000.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-04

Nov Moxico'a claim 10 statehood
rests on tho fact That she has a popa.
iation Of l75. 900. with taxable prop.
erly valued al $40, 900, 900.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-05-14
THE QUEENS sTRANeENEss.
An Open Secret That Her Majoety's Mind
La

An Open Secret That Her Majcsty's Mind
Is Affected.
Rumors have been for some time cur
rent that QueenVictoria has begun todis-
play signs of the mental malady which
afflicted the late years of her GRANDPA
ther, George III. That her majesty has
been what one might call peculiar" for
some time is an open secret, but her
qucerness has uniformly taken the
shape Of mild form of insanity OH the
subject of the Brown family, to whom
she displays sentimental fondness. OF
ate, as l am informed by one who
knows, her eccentricities have been
more marked. She has conceived ire
mendous fancy for the Battenbcrgs.
Herself the greatest possible stickler
for legitimacy she has conferred hon
or after honor, not alone upon the
prince (himself morganatic), who
married Princess Beatrice, but has or
lered court mourning for another Bat
tenbcrg, which is an unheard-of pro-
seeding. | hear that the German am
bassador came near refusing to don
The habilaments of woe on this occa-
sion. William III. will have nothing to
do with any 'morgnnatics," even hay.
ing refused Oh one of his trips to Eng
land to receive his uncle-in-law, Prince
Henry of Battenberg, and this perform
nnce of his grandmother must have
caused him infinite annoyance.
After the prince consort's death 1t
was feared that the queens mind would
give way. melancholy which alarmed
her physicians set in and resisted all
efforts of medical skill At last the late
Sir John Halle, the celebrated pianist,
and "a warm friend of the prince con-
sort, was summoned to Osborne to SCI
what effect music might have. AT first
he played Only such pieces as were ia
keeping with her mnjesty's state OF
mind, day by day enlivcning the pro-
gromme bit, by which means he man.
aged by the end of his fortnight's stay
to cause n decided improvement in the
queens condition. So much for music
VANITY.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-05-14

FASTENED to the door, when she hap
pened to catch sight of bird cage just
inside it, containing strange looking
black bird, with two white bands, that
reminded her of those worn by English
clergymen, extending downward from
its throat. At the same moment q
woman appeared at the half-opencd
door leading to the rear Of the shop.
"Tas tina burd be tallen, num-" said
she, with q strong North-of-England
accent. "Tas parson, mum; them do
go on wors'n parrots"
On inquiry, the talker proved to be
what naturalists call Prostehmadera,
which had been brought by the shop
keeper all the way from New Zealand
(where she had formerly residedD, of
which the bird is a native.
It's popularname, "parson bird, given
II by the carly colonists of New zea-
land in allusion TO the peculiar tufts
Of long white feathers that hang down
from the throat as if to set off its glossy
black plumage, and which resemble
clerical bands, certainly seems appro-
printe. Perched on stump, us an ex-
teinporized tnller, il gives vent to jar
gon Of sounds, displaying It's bands and
gcsticulnting In manner that irrcsist-
IDLY reminds one of the declamatory
style of preaching. A gentleman de-
scribing the bird says:
ale shakes his head, bending to one
side, then to another. us IL he made his
remarks first to this part Of his hearers
md aftcrwnrd to that, and once again,
with pcnt-up vchcmencc, contracting
his muscles and drawing himself to-
gether, his voice wakes loud, as If to
awaken sleepers to their senses"
It Is favorite cage bird with the col.
onists, being easily reared In confine'
ment, and its extraordinary powers Of
mimicry make It very interesting pet
II can repeat whole sentences and imi.
tate, among other things, the barking
OF dog to perfection. Its memory
teachableness and articulation are bet
ter than thoee of any parrot; In fact,
perhaps, It is the best tallscr among
birds,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-05-14

enough l let drive at Frank, hopln' to
knock him overheard if hit him. He
seen it comm, lodged, an just us the
boat went tail up again yelled:
Il can't swim!
"Down went the boat like soundin'
lead, an this time we oil slid over to
starboard to see her come up. Seven
or eight seconds passed, maybe, an
then about 10 fathoms off our beam
up come the boat, bottom upl oh
LorlF groaned the cook, he's gonerl
But he warn't. No, sir. The boat
hadn't Travelled 20 yeard afore she
righted, an we seen Franks head bob
up over the gunnel. Well, old whale
didn't run so far this time, for he broke
water few hundred fathom Off. In
about n minute he sent up stream OF
blood. 1 seen then that the harpoOn
was good throw, an he wasn't goin' To
fight long.
II sent the second boat out after him
but they didn't git far fore down goes
whale for the third time, an In sec.
ond the little bont slowed again an we
knew he was comm at us. There warnt
no way to make the Dutchman jump,
an there warn't no way to stop the
whale, so we just waited again while the
little boat made tracks for us like she
was goin' to ram. just when reck
oncd by the line out that the whale was
passin' under us there was tremen.
dous bang an every mothers son was
throwed fiat Old LIZ rolled to star.
board an then back to port an lay
rockin' while we got up. Reckon you
guess what happened, Doc? That whale
miscalkilated. He laid his course fine
as silk, but his elevation was Off u
couple o. points. He didn't fetch deer
enough, an hit old Liz q welt tha'd
like to rip the keel off her. That set.
tied the business, too. We looked over
the rail an seen some bloody water,
then flippcr and soon big black
body floated up alongside. There was
our whale, sir, dead as hunk o. salt
pork, with the top o his head half tore
off. He was blue whale, Doc, and he
measured close to &c feet. What be-
come O. the Dutchman? Why, the boat
slowed down when the whale rammed
us nm tie other boat took him off.
Hurt? No. lie went to work cuttin'
up that whale along with the rest OF
'em. / did hear aftcrwartl that he was
grumblin' cause twas his bucket ]
throwed at him an 1t warn't picked up.
Right lively whale, warn't 1t, Doc?"
Fright lively" repeated the doctor,
absently.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-05-14
No Danger OF q Crush.

The area of the United States, exclud.
ing Alaska, is just 100000 square
miles; the average density of the New
England states Is II inhabitants to the
square mile, so that it may Ike said
that the union could easily support
10000, 900 souls, or three times its pres
cnt population. Meantime other vast
fields are opening to invite immigrants.
Canada, Brazil, Spanish America and
Australia IRE each of them larger than
the United States. Each of them could
find room for 100000, 900 settlers, which
shows that there is no motive to fear
that the world will be ovcrcrowtled for
many centuries to come--M. G. Mulhall,
In North American Review,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-05-14

tiful chimpanzee, whose name was Mir
anda.
Consul had never seen such beautt-
full chimpanzee before, and he fell deep
ly in love ut first sight. Miranda re-
turned his regard, but she had become
attached to the household of British
trader, and she insisted that she would
not live elsewhere.
Miranda took great pleasure In in
structing Consul, and it was not long
before he could cat raw eggs, drink
from teacup and smoke pipe-ac-
complishments which were shared In
a higher degree by his wife, Miranda.
Some years after this, in 1893, Consul
accept an engagement with the Zoologi-
! cal gardens at Manchester, 1t having
been agreed that, in return for board
and lodging and care in sickness, he was
to exhibit his performances in public.
The managers of the gardens, not being
aware of Consul's high moral character,
and fearing that he might leave tho
premises at the first opportunity, locked
the door of his apartments on the first
night of his arrival. This was an in
dignity which the newcomer took I'M
mediate measures to resent and to cor
rect Having read some of the marvel
Gus tales about how certain prisoners
had escaped from their cells by oddly
improvised tools, he set to work on Il
teaspoon and in q short time had de-
vised very serviceable chisel.
With the aid of this instrument he
soon regained his freedom, and since
that date never knew confinement. I'M
til the time of his death Consul might
have been seen any fine day, gravely
parading the walks of the gardens in a
gorgeously decorated coat, stockings
and shoes, wearing comfortable soft
hat and leaning on cane. Occasion
ally he smoked pipe, and he always
had a pleasant word for those whom he
met, whether they were within or out
side of cages. And IT was with the
greatest sorrow that the people of Man
chester heard the news OF Consuls
death.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-05-14
PlTh AND POINT.

--Tcacher- "Johnnie, can you men,
tim an instance Of capillary attrac-
tion?" Johnnie-"Yes'm Paderewski."
IN. Y. Herald.
Mrs. Neutrality-suspicious., Tommy,
go and kiss your uncle, or mamma will
cane YOU" Tommy (after long look
at his surly old uncle) -"Cane me, ma."
--Tit~Bits.
-Sensitive.-"Miss Prcttygirl is very
sensitive" "In what way?" "When
Jorkins compared her feet to little mice
at the dance the other night she
fninted."-Detroit Free Press.
Had Some idea of It.--"And have
you never learned to dance? Then you
know nothing Of the poetry of motion"
"Poetry of motion? Great Scott!
walked the floor with that boy of mine
last night and recited Mother Goose
to him for four whole hours. Moon
shine.
--Dellefield-"A cynical writer re-
marks that n wedding always brings
happiness to two, the florist and the
clergyman" Bloomfield lie iorgcts
the father of the bride, especially If tina
poor man has half n dozen other daugh.
ters on his bands."-Pittsburgh Chroni-
cle-Telegraph.
my boy" said the passenger with
the fur-lined coat and the smooth
shaven, square face, ut was the sue
cess Of the season. There wasn't stand
ing rooml" The conductor smiled
sour smile. "'Zif / didn't have the
same experience every day." snid he to
the motorman.-Cincin Enquirer.
willie" said the boarding house
mistress to her young son, II WIS
ashamed of you at dinner. You kept
your arms on the table during the en-
tire meall" "Yes, mamma" was the
hopeful's reply; II didn't want to give
the boarders chance to say there wns
nothin' on the table. "-Yonkers States
man.
Father, what Is q luxury?" asked
little Johnnie the other night as he
wrapped himself round the parlor
stove. "A luxury? Why, it's something
we don't really need, you lnow-a thing
we CAN do without" "Wcll, them" re-
piled the logical youth, what luxury
q mosquito net must be In winter
Harlem Life.
The minister, Parson Downycouch,
was ut dinner with the Chntlie family.
Johnnie spoke up and said: "Can q
church whistler" "Why do you ask,
Johnnic?" asked the clergyman, kind
ly. Because pe owes $l2 back pew
rent, and he says he is going to let the
church whistle for it." After the cler.
gyman had taken his departure there
was q vocal solo by Johnnle.-Texas
Sitter.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-05-14
THOMAS WEDDERS.

hcuse), with u nose III inches long,
was exhibited throughout Yorkshire,
says the Strand Magazine.
Thus IL noses were uniformly exact
In representing the importance Of the
individual, this worthy ought to have
amassed all the money in Threadneedle
street and conquered all Europe, for
this prodigious nose of his was cont
pound of the acquisitivc with the mar
tial. But his chin was too weak or his
brow too low, or nature had SO ex-
hausted herself In the task Of giving
this prodigy q nose as to altogether for
get to cndow him with brains; or, per-
haps, the nose crowded out this latter
commodity. AT I'll events, we ore told
the Yorkshireman expired, nose and
all, Us he had lived, in n condition Of
mind best described as idiocy most alb
xpct
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-05-14

There ~ fatfums of CUR port, was the
little whaleboat, full O. water to the
gunnel, an Prank standin' up in her.
waist deep, holdin' on to rowlock for
dear life. So help me, Doc, that boat
was towed clean under old Liz, the
Dutchman in her, an come up sound on
the other side.
"ics, sir; under the ship as slick as q
whistle an the Dutchman In her. That
whale was scientist, sir lie calkilatcd
all right to lose the bont; but, bless yon.
It's n bigger job thnn anyone wnnted
to tackle to stave that craft, an ms for
floatn', she was boxed nt ehch end I'M
couldn't sink. but that amt the end
OF the story. We remembered the fell
lers that jumped an we seen the big
boat would pick 'em up before we could
put another over, no we turned TO look
at Frank ngain. There weren't anythin'
left IN the boat to bail with an he
couldn't do nothin' but wait on the
pleasure of that whale. He Travelled
away from the ship as fast hs he tome
Mt it, an he must n gone third of
r,ile before the boat Stacked. Then VIC
sceh her slow down an come to q dead
stop. Lines busted says /; man
boat an fetch in the Dutchman.' l
hadn't no more'n spoke the words when
big wave seemed to rise up near the
boat nm old whale bowed 30 foot high.
Then he got old Liz in range. Up his
tail goes an he under the water again.
I could see Frank wade forrard in the
boat an try to pay out line, but it was
damned, an before he could make II
loose the boat gave jerk round, al
most a-throwin' him out, an come al
MS again. What I'm sayin's truth, Doc,
that boat struck another bee line for
MS. l suppose, more properly speakin',
the whale did. Gosh! How she did
come kltih'i Frank quit foolin' with
the line an just hung on. reckoncd
the boat was movln' fnster'n ever, only
she didn't throw so much water, cause
she set down almost to her rowlocks
We stood speechless while she was driy-
in for us. When she got within 100
yards the mate took big breath and
let fly:
Jump, you Dutch lubber, or you're
a dead man.
"But he didn't jump, an could see
him gittin' ready for another dive under
old Liz.
81 grabbed up bucket, climbed on
the rail, an when the boat come new
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-05-14
Tho Shop IIns Trains.

The tendency of successful business
is to enlargement, and with enlarge
ment comes new multitude of agents,
a new variety of markets, n ncwkind Of
competitive danger, to avert which alb.
solutely requires mind. The very num-
Der of his employees compels the great
tradesman of our day TO become Judge
of character. The very expansion Of
his market drives him to study many
countries, mnny tariffs, muny laws, and
his extreme danger from competition
makes Of him an artist, chemist and n
critic. The process Is slow because he is
always governed by the idea of selling,
md he often learns rather to know pub
lie taste than to know what taste is and
to seek in his purchases the popular
rather than the good; but still the
process must develop his mind.--Spec.
tator.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-05-14
Accommodating m Landlord.

81 like the house." he said, "but II is
too large for my family, and 1 would
want to rent 1t in conjunction with IN.
other party"
II don't know ebout that" replied the
Landlord, obviously. II would much
prefer that the house be let alone"
Every well, then, will let 1t alone
and little later he was looking at an
other house. Bay City Chat