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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-09-10
BILL A8P'S weekly LETTER.
COMPARATIVE FIGURES or CRIME
NORTH AND SOUTH.
SHOWS SOME STARTLING FACTS



] have just received the lhiFd Fol-
ume of Compendium of Che Census
of 1890. Eight T.lI. have passed
rinre fHc people maue Their returns
aud lhe thine is uearIue"Hou they VIII
hg called con- again. 10 takes long
time gnd costs millions of money but
it isg b.g thing Hlaa.e' knowledge
among the people. Itls better that
the money be spent tNat way Tor there
arc no private schemes nor corporation
swiudles iu 10 and DO gives employment
90 thousands of needy people. The
ccusus ia the only mode of getting at
the true condition of the nations at
fairs and q comparative view of the
wealth, resources, education and mo-
ality of the people of the different
states.
/ have been very much interested M
these comparisons and feel prouder
than ever before of my state and sec
tion For more than half a century
the partisan and sectional literature Of
the north has oyershadowed and hui
inflated ms with unfair untrue and
slauderous statement Ply these UNI
christian methods of their press and
pulpits their own good people have
been poisoned against as and immi-
grafton Influenced IN northern chan
nels. Personally, ! do not complain
of this, for ] esteem u blessing that
neither northern fanatics nor foreign
Psupers have TO any alarming extent
infested our fair lands. The natural
increase of our own people will soon
enough occupy the south and secure to
us a homogeneous citizenship that will
continue to be the most moral and the
most patriotic Of any this side Of the
Atlantic. Not long ago an Ohio man
had the cheek to publish a letter
about our lawlessness and said
it was amazing impotence for
/ Georgia or the south 70 invite
northern people to settle here. Well
We don't invite MN nor any OF MS
kind. An unknown friends writes me
from Nebraska and says: Call on
"uu blo" Jul HNiN -o' w mans
have lived for thirteen years right here
/ Germans or the oWedes or the SWISS
every time. The yankees have hated
/ you lot bcueIuIlou9' 1heJ 'Io noI N
hating yam and raised up IN schools
ana churches TO hate You. 1hey can I
helP H. DuU 'neae loi lsHeis nave ~
Sharp County record., 1897-11-19
A Dismal Outlook.

Sovereign, grand master
of the Knights of Labor says:
1.-The outlook for the
workingman is very dis,
couraging. | don't see any
of the prosperity that was
talked about so much. TO
me it is a South Sea island
bubble. The workingman
must work out his owl
salvation, and there is no
country where there are
more possibility than in the
United States. Here too,
is the ballot, which is the
right of every workingman,
The trouble is that there
is too big a gap between the
dollars. This is the great
problem, and until it is set.
tied the workingman car
never rise. There is a
future for the workingman,
bat he must work it out for
himself. The place to
assert himself is at the polls.
In 1900 the workingman
will express hi mself in favor
of equality,
Sharp County record., 1897-11-19
Kings Mill, Ark
Nov. 4, 1897.

TO whom it may concern:
This is to certify that for
seventeen years past and
until about ten days prev,
ious to this date l was a
daily sufferer with pile tu-
mors or hemorrhoids with
prolapsus of the bowels.
For about ten days past l
have been under the care
and treatment of DR.. D.
Samuel, the we'll known spe-
cialist of Hot Syringe, Ark,
and | am glad to say that he
has effected a cure of my
malady without the use of
knife. My general health is
returning rapidly and l feel
much better generally than |
have for years. | cheerfully
advise all sufferers of the
disease akin to mine to call
on DR.. Samuel for treatment
and cure of their trouble and
request all who desire to do
so to address me at the
above named postoffice.
Yours truly,
J. w. Rogers,
The services conducted At
the Christian church by Rovs.
Cockrill, Wilson and Milhollanl
were largely attended.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-19

Here's the market as sized
up by an exchange:
Butter is strong at Is
cents and able to hold its
own. Yeast steadily ris'
ing. Bananas are slipping
along at the same old price
with an occasional drop.
Water melons are going
down more rapidly than
they were a week ago.
Cheese is lively and stir.
ring. Syrups are sticking
at the former price, and are
about a pint more to the
quart than they were las,
winter, Green apples are
growing less since vacation
Dried apples are swelling
the market. Chickens are
picking up a little"
Sharp County record., 1897-11-19

The oldest Hebrew in the
United States, Lazar Green
gard, celebrated his 1O5th
birthday recently at ST..
Louis. He has six children,
thirty'six grandchildren,
htty'sight great.grand.
children, and three great
great'grandchildren, His
boast is that he never chew.
ed nor 4 smoked tobacco,
taken more than one drink
OF liquor a day, and that
ne has had but one illness and
that was when he cut a
tooth on his hundreth birth.
day.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-19

he is not, anG in the nature
of things cannot, be popular
with the unscrusulous bood-
lers who are prominent in
running affairs in great
cities, Bryan is an open
book; they love darkness
rather than light. The
character of such enemies
makes him friends with the
better class of people Fay
etteville Democrat.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-19

An experienced man who
has just returned from
Alaska tells how to cure the
Klonkike fever: Pick out
a morning rext winter, when
the mercury is below zero,
shoulder a pick and 60 into
the woods before breakfast:
dig a hole sixteen feet deep:
come back to the house at
night and eat a small piece
or stewed buffalo robe and
sleep in the woodshed. Re.
peat the dose os often as
necessary --Ex.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-19

The principal religious de-
nominations in this country,
including the Catholics, the
Baptist, Presbyterians,
Methodist, Episcopalians
and Conpregationalists form
the subject of a series of
papers soon to appear in
Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly. These papers
will describe the history,
growth and present stand
ing of the different demon.
nations, and will be pro-
fusely illustrated. The frs t
article, to appear in the
December number, will be
about The Baptists," by
General II. +. Morgan of the
American Baptist Home
Mission Society.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-19

Poverty is uncomfort.
able, as l can testify, but
nine times out of ten the
best thing that can happen
to- a young man is to be
tossed overheard and COM
PEELED to sink or swim for
himself In all my acqualnt-
ance | have never known a
man to be drowned who was
worth the saving" Gar
field.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-19

The large cotton crop in
this section is a surprise to
many, and if our people
could get what they are
justly entitled to for this
cotton, it would bring to
them what We all took Mr.,
Mckinley to mean when he
was talking about restoring
prosperity.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-19


Hon. W. ]. Bryan sums
up the present attitude of
the Republican administrat-
ion as follows:
l. Foreign control of our
primary money.
2. Notional bank control
OF our paper money.
3. Trust control of the
taxing power.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-19

Gov. Jones has 2ardoned
Daniel Webster colored, who
was sent to the penitentiary
for four years and eight
months from Jefferson coun.
ty for larceny and burglary.
He is sixty-6ve years old
and has served nearly four
years for an offense he did
not commit, as has been
proven since his conviction.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-19
T H E RECORD
BY COGER &c WILkERSON.

Mrs. Annie Reider the
oldest inhabitant of the city
of Little Rock died in that
city on the 14th inst.
Seventy-nine years was the
time of her continuous
residence there.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-19
As Christ Would Have Us.

In the midst of the relig.
lous agitation which prevades
our community let us all
pause and ask ouselves the
personal question, are we
as Christ would have us be-?
Is our daily life adorned by
the practice of those virtues
shall become brighter
as we move on? Are we
laying aside devotion to
sect and saying with our
I....
Sharp County record., 1897-11-19
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
c.. H. Justus was up from
Mathews last week.
ToLeaye Pine Bluff.

DR., D. Samuel, Of Hot
Springs, the renowned spe-
clalist in chronic diseases,
who has been in Pine Bluff
for the past four months,
leaves this week. During
his. stay here DR.. Samuel
has cured some of the most
difficult cases known to the
moders profession, cases that
were acknowledged inCuraole
by the leading specialists in
the country, and our people
will be sorry to learn of his
determination to leave the
city.--Pine Bluff Graphic.
Miss Miriam Shaver is teach
ing a music class al Harrison
vile, Jackson county.
Miss Mary Gulley, daughter
of our State Treasurer, is at
tending the meeting here this
week.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-19

done?" If not we are
hypocrits as "whited sepul-
chers full of dead mems
bones. If in our zeal to
establish or MAINTAIN our
particular views OF the
teachings of Christ we lose
sight Of his single purpose in
life, to save the souls of men
and subdue contentious, we
grievously sin against his
holy cause. For his followers
to become a stumbllug-bloc k
to shroud his mission in the
world in darkness by dis
putationS and contertiOnS,
that too when sin and dis
belief stalks forth in open
defiance Of the truth is
enough to make the holy
angles weep. Why all these
contentious? Is there not
more of self and self will
than Christ in it? We feel
that in this pickering we
could all read a paragraph
from Emerson with much
profit,
A little consideration of
what takes place around us
every day, would show us
that a higher law than that
of our will, regulates events,
that our painful labors are
very unnecessary, and alto
gether fruitless; that only in
our easy, simple, spontaneous
action we are strong, and by
contenting ourselves with
obedience we become divine.
Belief and love-a believing
love will relieve us of a vast
load of care. O my broth
ers, God exists. There is
a soul at the center of nature,
and over the will of every
man, so that none of US can
wrong the universe. 1t has
so infused its strong enchant-
ment into nature, that we
prosper when we accept its
advice, and when we strug-
gle to wound its creatures,
our hands are glued to our
sides, or they beat our own
breasts. The whole course
of things goes to teach us
faith. We need only to obey.
There is guidance for each
OF us, and by lowly listening
we shall hear the right
word, Why need you choose
so painful your place, and
occupation, and associates,
and modes of action, and of
entertainment? Certainly
there is a possible right for
you that precludes the need
of balance and willful elect.
ion. For you there is a
reality, a fit place and con-
genial duties. Place your.
self in tthe middle of the
stream of power and wis.
dom which flows into you as
LIE, place yourself in the
full center of that flood, then
you are without effort i'm.
PEELED to truth, to right, and
4 Derfact cor+o,+,,o,4
Sharp County record., 1897-11-19
Hardy, Ark.
Nov. 8, 1897.

To whom it may concern:
This is to certify that for
several days previous to
this date | have been under
the treatment of DR.. D.
Samuel, the we'll known spe-
cialist of Hot Springs, Ark,
for hemorrhoids or piles,
with which | had been af-
flicted for fifteen years
previous, and | take pleasure
in voluntarily stating, for
the benefit of those similarly
affected, that he has effected,
a permanent cure of nv
malady and my general heath
which was about wrecked is
rapidly returning.
Yours truly,
Lloyd Cox.
"A larger acreage of wheat
is being put in in Sharp county
than has ever been known be-
fore.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-19
One Hugh II. Grant,

One Hugh H. Grant, an
lgnoramus who was once
elected mayor Of New York,
gives W. J, Bryan a roast
because he did not come TO
the assistance of Tammany
in the recent scramble for
spoils De IS extremely
eredilab.c ta MI aryao l6at
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-01-23
WlNDFALL FOR A BOSTON WOMAN.
Left $4,000 by n Man who Boarded
With Her Two Weeks.

Mrs. Jennie McKenney, who keeps a
boarding house In Boston. Mass has
been left $4,000 by a G. A. r. veteran.
In the big western delegation that visited
that city six years ago was a man from
Ohio. His name is withheld by request,
but it is reported he was a retired shoe
merchant. He happened to stop at Mrs.
McKenney's house and of course, she did
all she could to make his temporary home
a pleasant one. Mrs. McKenney evidently
made an impression on him during the
two weeks he was in her house, though
she did not hear from him after he had
returned home. About four weeks ago,
however, when household affairs were
most pressing, she received a summons to
come to a certain town in Ohio, where
the man before mentioned had lived and
only recently died. He was without fam
lily, his nearest kin being a third or fourth
cousin. 1t was found that he had consid-
cradle wealth, and Mrs. AfcKenney, the
hard working woman with whom he had
boarded during those eventful two weeks
of the Grand Army encampment. was
mentioned in the will.
Such great good fortune came so sud
denly that it quite startled me-" said
Mrs. McKenney. but nevertheless 1 got
ready and started for the west, leaving a
friend to manage the house for me-" That
friend, Mrs. Lena McDougal, has certain
ly no reason to regret her kindness. for
since Mrs. McKenney returned with a
legacy of $4,000 from the estate of her
benefactor. she has cancelled the mort
gage Of $500 held on Mrs. McDougars
property.
The claims on the estate have all been
settled. says Mrs McKenney. The legacy
left to her is in available money, except
ing the residence. which she intends to
sell. Mrs. McKenney has decided to go to
Ohio in the near future to live until such
time as she can dispose of the property.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-01-23
HOW HE KILLED THE PYTHON.
Swung the Monster by the Tail
Against the Tree Trunk.

An East Indian traveller related a cur
ious experience with a python, says the
Boston Globe. He was sitting among
some trees in a wood, when he noticed a
movement in a thick growth of vines
overhead, and, looking up saw the form
OF an enormous snake evidently about to
drop on him.
Hardly knowing why, he sprang for
ward seized the tail of the snake with
both hands and rushed into the clearing.
The snake, which was resting on a mass
OF interviewer bougns, was taken entirely
unawares and easily pulled out, showing
a body nearly as large as a mans thigh
and 20 or more feet in length.
To have been caught in the folds of such
a creature would mean certain death, but
this ingenious snake taker did not give
the animal an opportunity. He ran on,
dragging the reptile some distance, then
moving slowly in a circle, soon having
it off the ground and in the air.
Swifter and swifter he swung the ID
eous object, until it was flying around him
in straight line. There was a large palm
tree not far away, and, moving gradually
toward it, he soon brought the snake 8
head against it with a crash that sent
the monster, stunned and helpless, to the
ground, where it was dispatched by the
natives, who at first had fed in terror,
watching from their concealment this as
tonishing spectacle, which illustrated the
courage of the white man.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-01-23
THE FRIENDS OF ACCUSED PASTORS
Many People Cling to DereIict
Prenchers After Guilt Is Proven.

There's one thing l can't understand"
said a man of the world, to the New York
Sun. THAT is the ferceness of church
fights and the ability Of every man who is
a preacher to rally to his support scores
OF good people, no matter what his con-
duct may have been. Once a man gets at
tached to a church, though he may get
into trouble the next week and the nature
Of his trouble may tend to discredit re-
ligion he has the support Of these good
people. I recall three cases right now.
"A minister was called to a church and
he had hardly more than accepted the
charge when his wife sued him for di-
vcrce. She charged cruelty and all that.
The members of the congregation knew
absolutely nothing about the merits of the
case. He was a stranger to them, but
they rallied around him, pitied him, sent
flowers to him, and, figuradvely speaking,
cursed and reviled the woman whom he
had promised to love, cherish and protect,
though it was proved he hadn't done any
thing of the kind The papers printed col,
umns of the stuff, and every line of Il was
damage to the cause of religion and a
particular damage to the church. But
these good people stood by him and are
standing by him yet. II the wife gets a
divorce they will continue to stand by him
and will condemn the woman.
Another recent case that has figured in
the newspapers is of a man who has clear
ly outlived his usefulness in the church he
is in. The church is in debt. Not enough
money is raised to pay running expen 5es.
The organization has run down. 1t has
been getting worse and worse ever since
this man took hold. This fact is notorious.
yet enough people cling to him to keep
him in the church and to make it mighty
unpleasant for anybody who says a word
against him.
"A third case that has also figured
largely in the papers is that of man
whose character is well known and who
has bamboozled everybody who ever had
amy financial transaction with him. Yet
he IS able to hang on, and is surrounded in
all his troubles by a crowd of women and
men who call him dear and pity him and
denounce the men who are trying to nave
him deposed as a gang Of prosecutors.
These three cases simply come to my
could recall a booSful. Now unquestion-
ably, this IS all wrong. 1t isn't business,
and it hurts religion. 1t keeps men in the
ministry who are wholly unfit to be there
and are continually bringing discredit up
on the church. The most peculiar thing
about it all is that in almost every row
there will be found on the side of the pas
tor some business men who would no
more think of running their business in
the way the church is run than they would
think of flying. If anybody suggested
their keeping a malcontent they would
say that the man who suggested it must
think they were crazy"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-01-23
Joe, a Character Sketch.
An Incident of the Plains.


ton is now the end and aim of every
man and boy in the outfit. That big brute
who is always in the lead may caIse
trouble again. Indeed, he is turning at
this moment, and Joe, whose keen eye
has been watching him, urges his pony
forward to counterfeit if possible the eff
feet of this movement upon the cattle
in his immediate neighborhood. Mingling
with the rush and roar of the angry tor
rent, Joe's curses are visible rather than
audible. His pony swims deep and the
boy is awash to the waist. Suddenly the
big steer comes houndering by with a fol-
lowing of terror-stricken comrades. Joe,
in the insanity of impotent fury endeav-
ors to intercept and turn them back.
Cursing, squirting to his death, may be
he cares not. Down goes the pony under
the swimming charge of steers. Up he
comes after they have swept by, but with
an empty saddle.
Joe was never seen again. Strange as
Il may seem, even his body was never
recovered. This is an absolute fact. But
while nobody grieved for the loss of him.
and the beasts certainly had good reason
to be thankful, all must admit that he
died in the performance of his duty.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-01-23
A LEGEND OF HADES.

The devil he stood at the gates of He'll
And yearned for an angel above;
So he sighed, Come down, in white robes and
crown
And learn the lesson Of love"
The angel she heard from the gates of gold
Crhe devil was fair in her eyes,,
And she thought it would be rather nice now
If she
Could elevate him to the skies.
my dear Mr.. Devil" she softly replied,
In my home l have comfort and ease;
Il am satisfied well, and I don't care for He'll
80 you'll have to pardon me, please.
Il hardly dare venture to journey so far,
'Do you. sir come up to me-
IAN angel am I, in heaven on high
You are only the devil. you see
TOO well I remember the difference is great. ."
The devil with cunning replied
THE reason is plain, why you I should gain,
You'd be a safeguard at my side.
you'll find our atmosphere balmy and warm.
And heart that wholly is thine;
Here roses are red. and passion is fed
"On kisses AMI maddening wine.
20 come, angel come; I'll stretch out my arms
And draw you to infinite rest
Delighted you'll dwell, in this beautiful He'll
And slumber quite safe on my breast"
The angel she leaned from the gates Of gold
And she clasped him with arms Of snow,
Though the more she tried to draw him to her
side.
The lower she seemed to go.
Don't struggle, sweet angel" the devil he
cried.
AS he bore her on passions SWELL
when an angel so chaste has once me en-
''she belongs to the Devil and He'll
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-01-23
SOME FACTS ABOUT BUTTONS.
No Buttons Made Here Until 1S4S
and Some Cost 500 Apiece.

and Some Cost 800 Apiece.
Everybody is aware of the button craze
now sweeping over the country but few
know that buttons are a comparatively
modern invention. This is the age of but
tons, says the New York Journal.
We are slaves to buttons. Buttons of
high and low degree, ornamental buttons,
useful buttons, campaign buttons, bicycle
buttons, club buttons official buttons
military buttons, navy buttons police
mems buttons, firemens buttons, all kinds
of buttons, not forgetting the evasive, elu-
sive collar button, furnish proof of the as
sertion.
The people of the United States unbut-
ton 400, 900, 900 buttons every night, when
they get ready to go to bed, and the next
morning they rebutton the same 1,4OO,0 OO,
900 buttons unless a few million have been
lost in the struggle. Then other millions
of buttons must be sewed on.
In the 18th century there were buttons
but no buttonhOles-and there wasn't
button factory in England until the close
of the 18th century. This button was pure
ly ornamental, for, lacking buttonhole.
it couldn't make itself useful, and the
question arises how our ancestors man
aged to keep respectfully covered.
mail, there could have been no apprehen-
sion as to the stability of his covering,
for it was composed of iron and riveted
on but how did a Highlander keep his
kilt in place? Was it firmly skewered
with a bog thorn for safety pin? The
Romans were circumspect in this regard.
Yards and yards of material employed in
their togas were wrapped and entwined
about the wearers.
Two hundred years ago there were not
as many buttons in the whole world as
one will find today in the smallest mo
ton" store. Each one of these buttons
was made by hand. 1t was not until 1745
that any considerable mandatory was
established. In that year the famous
Soho works were opened at Birmingham,
England, where steel buttons were made
of such beauty and finish as to command
a price of $500 a gross, or So each.
On the accession of George III. gilt but
tons became fashionable, and the price
varied from a few shllllngs a dozen to
800 apiece, depending on the character of
the work and the depth of the purchas-
er's pocket.
The first button factory in the United
States was established in 1S4S.