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The sun., 1898-12-18
Tho Old Garrot.

From he BoIton Evening Transeri7L
Swing ajar the garret door.
How the rusty hinges creAki
Pause before you venture DER
The old threshold. worn and weak:
Comes as oft such questions will
Who knows what's beyond the sinf
Here, all things are plain to 800
There There All II, things sin are my mystery, y,.
In the storehouse Of the past
From the rafters overhead,
Withered herbs, in dusty rows,
Hang like branches sere and dead;
But, wheneer soft wind blows
Through the windows broken pane
Faint, sweet fragrancee again
From their leaves are shaken Free
As an old time memory
In the cobwebbed minds Of man
Strs. and tries to live again.
Hero the spiders web is spun
In the dust and in the gloom.
Here are woven, one by one,
In q yiewless, noiseless loom,
Fabrics ht for fairy wear.
Frail as frost and quite as fair.
Than those OF old laces arc
When light from heavens blue
Shines the stlken meshes through.
In that shadowy corner stands
sioRig Sa Gla ioafsd SISS' 81 apS n
While q baby sleeps and dreams
On the pillow, long Impressed.
And lullaby OF rest
OF this memory haunted room,
From the lips that long ago
IuTuou 10 uust WheTo graNc-uo"o1h GIONs
In that old, worm eaten chest.
What quaint things are stored awAyi
Btomacher and 'broidcTed vest
Satin gown and wig of gray.
eau fancy phantom folk
Dancing at the midnights stroke,
In the garments hidden hero
For who knows how many yearf
'Twere eerie sight TO see
Their grim, ghostly reyelry.
Almost hidden from the sight
BY the wreeiage OF the past
From the cobwebDed window cast.
Shows . mirror, and therein
Many q ghost Of what has been
Seems TO rise and swiftly pass
Like q shadow DER the glass.
In the depths of 1t SEQ
Things that almost frighten me-
Faces mouldered into dust
Long ago look out at me
From the tarnished frame. whose rust
Mocks at human vanity.
Az shadow forms, for they
Form. and fade. and pass away.
Like the ripple on stream,
or the fancy OF . dream.
Here-then lost In shadows vast.
The procession OF tho past.
Longer here dare not stay,
For IL somehow seems to me
We are trespasserB to-day.
Shut the door and turn the key.
Leave 1t to the dead, who quit
Their old graves to visit II.
Whence they come or whore thoy go,
What they come for-who shall knoWf
shRll solve the my stery
A ''' ''' iBES K. RrxvonD.
The sun., 1898-12-18
An Ante-Nuptial Understanding.

There Is one question | want to ask you,
dearest" said the beautiful girl as she toyed
when we are married will you expect me to
''You can do as you like about it, darling"
he replied. but / certainly shall insist upon
your not baking mine"
The sun., 1898-12-18
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

friend calls our attention to the fAct that the
present rate Of duty on sugar mot above No. 10
Dutch standard, testing 7bo in the polAriscope is
.aB Of 1 cent per lb.. and .osb of cent. per ID.
additional for each degree Of test making the rate
on sugar testing Ooe, for instance 1895 cents per
lb fractions Of degree in proportion. Sugar
above No. 10 Dutch standard pays duty of I.eS
cents per lb."
The sun., 1898-12-18

Several correspondents send us capt. John Vine
Halls drunkenness cure" which is followsi Sui
phate Of iron, grains; maenesa, 10 grains; pepper
mint water. IL drains; spirits OF nutmeg. dram
Dose. one winegiasstui twice day. in water not
as IL preferred.
The sun., 1898-12-18

The arithmstical Jingle, a. sec Il quoted in TIE
SuN, is little different from what used 20 know
when WAS . boy at school in ireland about forty
years ago IL went M follows at that tinnei
" Addition IL easy, subtraction Is GRAVY.
Naturalization In yexauon and division IL II woreoi
The rule Of three 10 puzzles me
And fractiona sets me mad;
Trat and tare pulls my hair,
And makes my master curse and swear, -
But practice l love best. n. M. ".
The sun., 1898-12-18

RF SpGmeT.--Ths latest edition OF BryAnt's poetry.
edited by his son-in,lAw. Parko Goodwin. gives "Ths
speechless babe and the gray headed man." where
earlier editions had and the sweet babe" We Pre-.
sumo the last edition is authoritative.
The sun., 1898-12-18

Rsz.-The Christian names of the Prince OF Wales.
are Albert Edward; no others. The Duke OF Con.
nAuRht was Arth ur William Patrick Albert
The sun., 1898-12-18

III G.-Theodore Roosevelt. the GoVernor-slsct.
is the son OF tho late Theodore Roosevelt who was
nominated Collector of the Port by Mr.. Hayes. but
mot confirmed.
The sun., 1898-12-18

otAo II. K.-Prootor Knott's Duluth speech " Was
delivered In the House OF Representatives on Jan.
a. 1871. 1t would not be effective reprinted.
The sun., 1898-12-18

The music hall calendar at Roster 4 Bial's
marks tomorrow night as the time for begin
ming the winter season. Several specialties by
performers who have never been In the coun-
try will be placed conspcuously. These are
the Allisons. seven acrobats; Marzella, a trainer
OF birds, and Ida Heath. vocalist and dancer.
Those VINO remain from last week are the Dar-
tos, Munroe and Mack. Virginia Aragon. Jo-
sephine Sabel and Willy 0zeola.
"HurIy Burly" and "Cyranose" are prosper
ing at Weber Il Fields's. Recent additions to
these burettas are comic treatment OF cur
rent duel scene between women, which is made
also to touch upon recent encounter between
prizehghters; and OF the winking girl in "On
and on" The resorts six comedians have In
these matters as fine opportunities as previous
pieces provided for them, yet Fay Templeton
and Mabel Fenton have greater share OF the
30 the whole is unusually diveTtIng., u,-
Fox and Fnxie are announced for the Harlem.
but there will be others here who will be re-
hsa SG fhe tha Wet nnd ThoS
the Irish Four; Adelina Roattino. Nellie Burt,
Gilbert Girard and the Pattersons are all
| favorably known as specialists or players OF
Music halls that offer concert programmes
tonight are Weber Il Fields's, the Harlem and
Billy Watson and Jeanette Dupre are the
leaders Of the organization that will occupy the
Dewey. Purry and Burns, Leslie and Curdy.
the Monroes. the ,Rumnises and Mildred Muir
lettas, entitled "A Wild Goose Chase" and
"The Badger Trial" has proved at Sam t.
| aide the older and nasty product, The Mock
| Turtle" SO both are continued. The McCarthys.
| James Irwin. Marion and yedder Fanny Lewis
and the Marinellas will be in the olio.
The sun., 1898-12-18

Can You rive me the name Of author and whore
publIahed OF a volume entitled The Earth Not o
Globe p think IL was published In England about
1883 or 1882. but am not sure. J. G. r.
The sun., 1898-12-18

EB. C.-There is no priest undergoing imprisou
ment In this State after conviction for assault.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-09
THE PRESIDENTS ITINERARY
ron TRIP TO ATLANTA AND OTHER
SOUTHERN CITIES.
SCHEDJLEOF JOURNEY PRESENTED
But Only Part Of n IL Definitely Decided
Upon-win Leave washing
ton ON 18th.

A Washington special says: The
president spent some time Friday
evening in the consideration Of the
plans for his trip to Atlanta, Ga. Mr..
l.. S. Brown, the representative Of the
Southern railway, who has charge Of
the preliminaries appertaining to the
southern trip, submitted 10 Secretary
Porter q schedule covering not only
the trip to Atlanta, but but covering
also the various points in the south
which have sent invitations 10 the
president
After going over all figures present
ed carefully, the president determined
upon the schedule 80 far rs Atlanta
and Tuskogee, Ala, are concerned, and
left the other points still undetermin-
ed. He will leave Washington at be-
tween 9 and 3 o'clock on the afternoon
Of the 18th inst. That will put him
in Atlanta shortly after breakfast on
the 14th. He will remain in Atlanta
until midnight of the 10Th, when his
special train will leave the city for the
trip to Tuskegee.
The train will move leisurely from
Atlanta over into Alabama, reaching
the junction, Chehaw, at probably 8 OF
10 o'clock the next morning At Che
haw there will be a change to the mar
row gauge road, which runs to Tus-
kegee. One hour or two will be spent
at Booker Washington's school there,
and the party will return to the spe-
cial train in time for dinner.
Beyond this nothing was settled at
Fridays conference. The president
has a very urgent invitation to visit
Montgomery, and he is anxious to 60
to Savannah, if General Lee and his
troops are still there. He also has in.
vitations from Huntsville and Camp
Force He regards it essential that
he get back to Washington by Satur.
day night, if possible, and for that
reason it looks as if whatever time he
can give to any other points in the
south besides Atlanta must be in the
nature of very brief flying visits.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-09

A fire, with its consequences, in the
courthouse at Easton, Md, recently,
furnishes hint for the novelist or the
dramatist. To counteract the damp
ness in the vault Of the probate court
an oil stove was lighted. 1t was neg
lected with the result that fire was
communicated to some unified and I'M
recorded papers, which were charred
beyond recognition. One of these
papers was the will Of late resident
Of ST. Michaeps, who, for reasons not
disclosed, had "cut Off his only child,
daughter, with $40, belueathing
the bulk Of his small estate to the
Methodist Episcopal church in his
village. By this accident Of fire
the condition, according to the law,
was the same as if the st. Michaepa
citizen had neglected to make will,
and all Of his property will revert tc
his next Of kin, the daughter, who is
travelling in the far West, as the rep
resentatiye Of commercial firm il
Baltimore. There is an uncle in the
case, who deposited the will in the
court, and who was by the will, made
heir to the fayorite Ii rse Of the de-
ceased. This uncle can cas- ly be con.
verted by the novelist into a wicked
and soheming relative, the modest es
tate can be multiplied many fold, th'
quality OF attractiyeness can be giyer
10 the daughter, the once neeessar.
honest wooing can be added, and tn
book is ready for the publisher.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-09
MUST RESENT INSULTS.
Cuban Officers are Commanded 70 Chal
lenge Any CalumniatOr.

Cuban Officers are Commanded TO Chal-
lenge Amy Calumniator.
According to a Havana dispatch the
executive committee of the Cuban as
sembly agreed at its last session to
make it compulsory upon the part of
any Cuban officer insulted by Spanish,
American or other officers to challenge
the person so insulting to fight a duel.
The measure has two aims, accord
ing to the Cubans-frst,t to maintain
the dignity of the Cuban army" and
secondly, "to check the impudence
and insolence of many so-called Gu
ban officers who, without having ever
put their courage to test, having en-
listed after the armistice, are swag-
gering about with Cuban uniforms,
endeavoring to offend Spanish Off
GERS"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-09
Help at Hand.
When There Was Trouble.

The same words, or words pro
nounced alike. may have different
meanings to different people, as in the
following incident:
A farmer stopped in front Of a Mich.
igan City electric plant and asked a
bystander
what IS that ere building, a fac
tory?"
mo, plant" was the answer.
'What do they raise there?
Currents" replied the quick witted
bystander.
"What are they worth a bushel?"
eve sell them by the shock"
The farmer pulled his beard, scratch.
ed his head and drove down town to
market his vegetables.-Amerlcan
Messenger
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-09
THE FIFTY-SINTH CONGRESS
sOLONS REASSEMBLE AND BEGIN
BUSINESS AT THE OLD STAND.
The Opening OF the session was Under
Circumstances 81 Unusual Public In
tsrest-An Ovation 30 wheeler

AWarhington special says Congress
reassembled at noon Monday under
circumstances Of unusual public inter.
est The same congress six months
ago declared war against Spain, and
now, with war fought and won, Il
came together again for the first logis-
lative consideration Of the questions
developed by the eyentlul months just
passed.
There were moro than the usual
number Of distinguished personages
in the thronged galleries, including
many representatives Of foreign gov
ernments, high officials and ladies and
gentlemen conspicuous in social and
political life. The greetings Of the
members were most cordial, and there
was no outcropping of partisan rancor
TO mar the occasion.
One Of the most striking incidents
was the cordial meeting between the
floor leaders Of the respective sides,
Messrs. Dingley and Bailey In view
Of the gossip about the possibility Of
Mr. Bailey being deposed as the mi
nority leader, it is significant that the
speaker named Mr.. Bailey as the nil
nority member of the committee to
wait upon the president, an honor
always bestowed upon the recognized
leader Of the minority.
Speaker Reed received a warm well
come from both sides of the house
when he assembled the rostrum to call
the house to order.
But perhaps the greatest personal
ovation TO any member was that given
to Major General Wheeler, Of Ala
bama, who has not been seen by many
of his colleagues since he went to the
front at the head Of the cavalry divis-
ion of General Skaters army.
The floral tributes were unusually
numerous and made the hall verita-
bic bower Of beautiful flowers.
The proceedings themselves were
dull, all interest centering in the read !
ing of the presidents message.
I For two hours the clerk droned
through the long document, but the
interest never tagged.
The presidents review Of the causes
leading up to the war, the manner in
which the preparations for hostilities
were made, and the succession Of vic
tories on land and sea were listened to
with rapt attention. The other pro-
visions of the message we're followed
with almost as much interest. There
was no expression Of approval or dis
approval through the reading.
As soon rs thereading was conclud-
ed the message was ordered printed,
and then, at $50 O'Clock p m the
house adjourned.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-09
THE DUTY OF MOTHERS.
Daughters Should be Carefully
Guided in Early Womanhood.

What suffering frequently results
from mothers ignorance; or more
frequently from mothers neglect to
properly instruct her daughter!
Tradition says woman must suffer-"
and young women are so taught.
There is little truth and q great deal
of cxaggeration in this. If young
woman suffers severely she needs
treatment and her mother should see
that she gets it.
Many mothers hesitate to take their
daughters to q physician for examine
ton; but no mother need hesitate to
write freely about her daughter or
herself to Mrs. Pinkham and secure
the most efficient advice without
charge. Mrs. Pinkham's address is
Lynn, Mass.
The following letterfrom Miss MARIE
r. JOHNSON, Centraha, Pa, shows what
neglect will do, and tells how Mrs.
Pinkham helped her;
''My health became so poor that I
had to leave school. was tired all the
time, and had dreadful pains in my
side and back. / was also troubled
with irregularity of menses. / was
very weak, and lost so much flesh that
my friends became alarmed. My
mother, who Is a firm believer in your
remedies from experience, thought per-
haps they might benefit me, and wrote
you for advice. followed the advice
you gave, and used Lydia Z. Pinkhama
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills as
you directed, and am now as well as
ever was. have gained flesh and have
a good color. 1 am completely cured Of
irregulavity."
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-09

Hundreds Of American farmers are
getting good interest on the value Of
their farms, simply because they To-
Gated near large town where real es-
tate had a chance TO increase in price,
says the American Agricultural. High
taxes eat mp good part OF the profits,
but still if the town grows fast, the
owner of the farm often grows
wealthy. Increase in land value is q
Legitimate part Of a farmers profits,
but nobody should buy a farm wh ch
viii not pay its own way by straight
farming, whether real estate goes up
OF down.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-09
FOR SOUTHERN IMPROVEMENTS.
Some Important Items Contained In Sec
rotary Cages Estlmntes.

Some Important Items Contained In Sec
Rotary Cages Estimates.
In Secretary Of the Treasury Cages
report transmitted to congress Mon
day were the following items:
For completing the improvements
Of Savannah harbor for the fiscal year
ending 1900, 100000; for continuing
the improvements of Wonyah bay, S.
c., $500, 900; for continuing the inn
provements in Cumberland Sound,
Ga. and Fla, $500, 600; for Altamaha
river, $4,000; Flint river, SIS, 900;
Ocmulgee, $4,000; Oconee, $4,000;
Savannah river above Augusta, So, 900;
Savannah river below Augusta, $50, 600;
Chattahoochee, $50, 900 gross; improv-
ments in Coosa between Rome and
East Tennessee bridge, $1,000 i'm
proving Coosa river between Wetump-
ka, Ala, and East Tennessee bridge,
$3.50, 900; improving inside route from
Savannah to Fernandina, $4,000.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-09
IN TIE SENATE.

When the senate convened Monday
to begin the closing session of the
fifty-sixth congress the chamber pre-
scented a notable and beautiful appear
ance. BY II o'clock the public and
private galleries were filled almost to
their capacity with a distinguished as
semblage, including many ladies in
brilliant attire.
On the floor of the senate the dis
play of flowers was unusually beauti-
full, even for the opening day of a ses-
sion of congress. The memorable
scenes enacted in the chamber during
the last session and the momentous
events that have occurred since con-
gress last adjourned created feeling
of intense expectancy on the part of
both the spectators and the members
of the senate.
The reading of the presidents mes
sage was received with very careful
attention for an hour, but after that
the senators drifted to the cloakrooms,
where they could peruse the message
at their leisure in the printed copies
which they had been furnished
The reading of the message occu-
pied two hours and eighteen minutes
and not the slightest demonstration
occurred.
At 3:45 o'clock p. M, after the in
PRODUCTION Of few unimportant bills
and resolutions, the senate adjourned.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-09
WILL CONTEST ELECTION.

Prohibitionists of Bibb County, Ca,
Charge Fraud
A Macon, Ga, dispatch says: The
defeat of prohibition in Bibb county
was overwhelming and the leaders OF
that cause were greatly disappointed
when the result was known.
Friday they gave notice that the
election will be contested and the ordi-
nary will be served with papers at
once.
The prohibitionists declare the hat
tie has just begun. They say they
were defeated in the election by fraud
and illegal voters and that two years
hence another prohibition election will
be held IN the county.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-09
MEDAL FOR HELEN GOULD.
General wheeler Thinks Her Work Should
BE Recognized BY Congress.

General Wheeler Thinks Her Work Should
he Recognized BY Congress.
General Wheeler, of Alabama, intro
duced in the house Monday a resolu-
ton providing that Gin recognition of
the patriotic devotion and bounteous
benevolence of Miss Helen Miller
Gould to the soldiers of the army of
the United States during the war with
Spain, the thanks of congress is here
by rendered, and congress hereby au-
thorizes and directs that a gold medal
with appropriate designs be prepared
by the director of the mint, and that
said medal be presented to her by the
president of the United States at such
time and in such manner as he may
determine"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-09

Some Notable Gases which Have been
Recently Decided ny the Courts.
Soon after tho passage Of the war
revenue act the railroad commission
Of Georgia issued an order that the
tax on express packages should be
paid by the companies and not by
shippers.
This order applies, Of course, only
20 shipments from point 10 point In
this state, and Southern Express COM
pany acquieseed without resistance or
appeal.
There have, however, been several
eases before Federal courts involving
the question Of the intent Of the law
as 10 which party should pay the tax
on express packages, aud il is inter-
osting 10 note how they have been de-
cided.
The most noticeable Of these cases
was that Of William Crawford, COM
plainant, vs.. L. Hubbell, as treasurer
of the Adams Express company, de-
PENDANT twas argued deliberately in
the United States circuit court for the
southern district of New York. The
motion before the court was for a pre-
liminary injunction TO prevent the
collection Of the tax from shippers.
The court denied the motion and held
that the war revenue act does not pro-
hibit the carrier from requiring the
party rendering the goods to pay the
carrier the increased cost which has
been imposed by act Of congress.
A similar decision was rendered in
the case Of the United States against
the Southern Express company in the
United States district court for the
westesn district Of North Carolina
A few days ago n case was brought
in the United States district court for
tho southern district Of California
against the Wells, Fargo & Co. ex-
press. In this case the company's
agent refused to issue a receipt for a
package rendered for shipment unless
the shipper would pay the stamp.
Suit was brought against the company
to collect the $50 penalty provided in
the war revenue act. The court in de-
Gliding this case said:
cit will be seen from even n cur
sorry reading of this clause that the
duty which it imposed upon the ex-
press company is to issue a bill Of la
ding only where goods are accepted
for transportation or for each ship
ment for carriage and transportation.
The complaint not only fails to allege
that the company accepted for ship
ment the package in question, but the
implication is to the contrary. What
ever may be the liability of an express
company to a shipper on account Of its
refusal to accept goods offered for car
riage and transportation, such refusal
is not a violation of the revenue law.
The penalty of said law is incurred
only where a company accepts goods
so offered and then refuses to issue fo1
them a bill of lading. Atlanta Jour.
nal
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-09
KENNEY AGAIN IN COURT.

Delaware Senator Charged With Aiding
Teller To Loot a Bank.
United States Senator Richard r.
Kenuey, of Delaware, was placed on
trial Monday in the United States cir
cult court at Wilmington for the
second time on charges growing out
Of the looting of the First National
bank, of Dover, by its teller, William
N. Boggs. Senator Kenney was last
arraigued on The charge of aiding and
abetting Boggs in misapplying the
bank funds in last July, and after a
trial lasting over one week the jury
disagreed Since then the charge Of
conspiracy has been joined to the first
charge.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-09

German shipbuilders are doing fair
ly well outside Of mercantile orders.
Within three years they have doliv-
cred twenty-four war vessels for other
maritime powers, including China,
Brazil, Turkey, Austria, Norway and
Sweden. 1t is true that among these
two dozen vessels there is not sim
gle battleship, and but three armored
cruisers-for China-the balance be-
ing torpedo boats and destroyers
However there are now on file orders
for twenty-five warships, including
one armored cruiser for japan and
three large cruisers for Russia. So
Germany is doing quite well in this
mccullough it is not unlikely that
our recent naval record will interfere
somewhat with future foreign orders
to shipyards in the Kaiser's realm.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-09
HALE AGAINST EXPANSION.

Maine Senator Is Opposed To the Peace
Treaty With Spain.
Senator Eugene Hale, of Maine, has
announced his opposition to the peace
treaty which is being formulated in
Paris.
He is opposed to the acquisition OF
the Philippines and his antagonism to
the treaty will be based upon that sec
ton of the treaty which deals with the
Philippine question.