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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-09-16

A Spanish pesota is now equivalent to about
Is cents In gold
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-09-16
Denfnesa cnnnot no Cured

The blank leaves AZ the beginning and end
Of the book OF life arc Its best pages.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-09-16

A lie liberates us for moment and en-
slaves us forever.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-09-16

on en- average ovory woman carries forty
% sixty miles Of hair upou hcr head.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-09-16

Educate Your Bowels with Caseareis.
Candy cnthartie. cure constipation forever
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-09-16

fuse, was also
troubled with
leucorrhea. I
had given up all
hopes of getting
we'll; everybody
thought 1 had
consumption.
After taking
\ five bottles of
Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegeta-
BILE Compound,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-09-16

Chile is Peruvian word, ''denotlng land
Of snow"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-09-16

Loveis skin-deep, but self-love clasps the
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-09-16

Aberdeen terriers are driving QUE an other
fashionable pot dogs in London.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-09-16

To Cure q Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money II fsilsto cure. 26c.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-09-16

Life Is an impartial jury. Death an I'M
biased judge.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-09-16

Every German regiment has a chiropodist
in its ranks.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-09-16

No-Io-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
men strong, blood pure Doc, g. All druggists.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-09-16

And very Low PRICES. Large stock. Also
PIPE, VALVES and FITTINGS. I'm
GINEs, BOILERS, MILLS aud REPAIRS.
Lombard Iron Works & Supply Co.,
A uGUHTA. Ga.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-09-16

VETANTED--Case of bad health that RIP ANS
w will not benefit Send cts. to Ripans Chemical
Co. NewYork for 10 samples and 1000 testimonials.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-09-16
THF FXCELLFNCF OF SYRUP or FIGS

is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the CALIFORNIA Fro SYRUP
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the Importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. AS the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the CALIFORNIA Fro SYRUP Co.
only a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
limitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the CALI
FoRNIA FIG SYRUP Co. with the medi-
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy. It is
far in advance Of all other laxatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not grippe nor
nauseate. In order toget its beneficial
effects, please remember the name of
, the Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. OaL
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. N. z.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25
It's a Heroic Wooins.

The native states of Central India still
abound with khonds, and It is interest
Ing to see that wife capturing Is still
In vogue among those who represent
the first inha btants of this land. The
father in quest of wife to his son, or the
young man himself, hunts deer oil
some game and starts with pot OF
toddy to the other party, and in the
course of the day he manages to settle
for a wife. and then there is feasting
and drinking, in the course of which
terms are settled.
The young man Is to serve the girls
ia Their for fixed number of months,
assist him in clearing the jungle and
in cultivation. hunting game for food.
and in gathering honey. After this
period, on certain day. the young man
has to try to carry off his bride, and
then follows Il hunt after the man and
a sound ilrashing. II the man Is able
TO Withstand the blows and survive the
ordeal then his prize Is given to HIM. or
If the man is able to escape uncaught
to the precincts of his village custom
forblds further pursuit, and the trlum-
plant man has the prlZe.-Madras
Times
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25
Warned Gould of the Cost.

Paul Gore. now clerk at the Audlto-
rum Annex. was room clerk at the
Grand Pacific for several years. He
tells story In connection with Jay
Gould's first visit to Chicago. Mr..
Gould had registered at the Grand Pa
eific, and was standing In the lobby
with his hands In his coat pockets, look
ing like a countryman in town.
The little millionaire approached ]. Z.
Vidal, who was clerk at the house, and
modestly asked him what would be the
best way for him to go to Lincoln Park.
Vidal, not knowing who Gould was,
gave him the necessary instruction as
to street cars, etc. Gould heard him
through and then said: But could |
not go in a carrlage?'
yes, you can; but 1t Is little ex-
pensive," said Vidal.
well, as this is my first visit. think
l will try to stand the expense"
''All right, but to whom shall charge
the carriage?' asked the clerk.
ITO JAY Gould" came the quiet an
swer Vidal almost fell to the floor.
but Gould got the carriage. Chicago
Times Herald
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25
Lash for Thieves In Alask a.

Some weeks ago Yukon outfit that
had been packed from Dyea to Sheep
Camp by party on the way to the in
terror of the Klondike country was
stolen. A committee" of miners-such
being the omlnous term by which that
sort of gathering Is designated In the
new country-tracked the thieves to the
summit Of Chllkoot Pass, where the
lost property was recovered. Later the
committee" captured two men and
brought them back to camp for trial.
They gave the names of William We'll
dngton and Edward Hanson.
Three of the committee" favored
lynching Wellington and Hanson, but
they finally consented to a compromise
on sixty lashes for each of the two cap
tlyes.
This was accordingly undertaken
Wellington had been formally" SEN
fenced and was under an escort to the
hut where he had been confined, when
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25
REAL BROWNIES IN AMERICA.
Explorer Sullivan Finds II Tribe of
Picmies OH Orinoco River.

Eben J. Sullivan, South American
explorer. claims to have discovered a
race of living brownies near the head
waters of the Ornoco River in the
wilds of Surinam In describing his
find. Mr.. Sullivan says:
The queer child people are about
four feet in height. Their skin from
head to foot IS brilliant reddish
brown translucent in effect. Their legs
are like pipestems. scarcely the size Of
child's arm, while their arms are
ridculously small and thin. and their
stomachs are big, out of all proportion
to the body, and distended back as well
as front.
Their faces are fiat and fabby like
those of Palmer Cox's brownies.
Il think they number 10000 to 13.-
COO. They are nomadlc, moving over
thousands of square miles. II was pure
ly by accident that | came upon some
of their rowing bands. A traveller might
have to search for months in the same
region in order to find any Of them.
All those that | saw were IL different
parts of Surinam.
in measuring these little folk found
none over four feet and eight inches,
and the women We're much shorter.
They use the style Of headdress so COM
mon among African tlibes-that Of
shaping many designs by mixing mud
With their hair; both men and women
do thiS ClOthing in their village Is
worn only by adults, and then seldom
more than a cloth over the lolns But
they hedeck themselves with many
brass and copper ornaments. They
have tribal marks that sometimes cover
the entire body and head These are
made by Sits In the skin
"rhey live in little houses called mas
sougos, of mud or woven dried grass,
entered by crawling on the hands and
knees. went into one and 1t seemed
like a child's playhouse. There were
queer little images, idols. fetch gods
set up all about. They represented ami
mails mostly and there were many ugly
specimens of clay pottery. There were
little fetch doctors in clay and many
other things of the sort suggesting most
depraved, superstltlous Ideas. They
are, | believe, all pagans, though some
Of them seem to have an idea of n SD
preme spirit Of power"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25
Evils of Indiscriminate Readtop

An ardent love of books and a light
purse is combination not at all I'M
common and one that occasions many
man genuine and frequent annoyance,
How often has such a one avoided ex.
aiming the shelves of hook store be.
cause Of his impotence TO transfer doz-
ems of the goodly volumes thereupon
displayed to the smaller shelves of his
private study, and because Of the env-
Gus longngs which that impotence
seems to engender.
Yet it is questionable whether lin,
tied income, restraining ones purehas-
ing power, is not rather q blessing
than a curse. Unutterahle WEAKNESS
waits on the reader who attempts to
keep up With the procession of volumes
daily emerging from publishers
presses. Hear what Eliot Barnes in
the Literary Review has to say of the
matter:
Il am tired of reading. Books. pa
pers, magazines. pamphlets, al come To-
me and demand that they shall be
scanned, nay, that they shall be read.
admired or damned. And when they
are read they are cast aside and fresh
batch Of matter lies close at hand.
| know my fate. | shall go on
to the end of time reading, reading
whatever comes to me; reading it with,
out purpose, reading for no thought,
reading but to say to myself that have
read such and such books and paperss
and | shall become more and more q
macintosh ON which the gentle rains
Of diluted thoughts fall and glide off,
and be all dry and musty Within"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25
Ouakers' Hats.

There has been told in various works
the persecution to which, In common
wealth times, George Fox, the founder
of the Society of Friends, and his fell
low Quakers were subjected because
of their refusal to remove their hats
in the presence of the civil magistrate:
but the blame for this would seem to
have lain upon the local justices rather
than the central power. Cromwell per
ceived that II was easier for stupid or
Jealous magistrates to send Quakers
to prison for this refusal than to get
them out again, for Fox and his friends
had almost to be implored to leave the
jails into which they considered them
selves to have been unjustly thrust.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25
GEN. GRANTS GRANDSON.
VIII Enter West Point to Train as u
Soldier for Uncle Sam.

Soldier Tor CnCle sam.
Through the appointment Of Presi-
dent Mckinley Ulysses s. Grant, son
of Col. Fred Grant and grandson OF
the famous Union General and Chief
Executive of the United States, will en-
ter West Point. Before his death, In
1885, Gen. Grant framed petition,
directed to the President of the United
States, asking for this favor, and later
Gen. Sherman, as matter of courtesy,
Endorsed 1t.
Young Ulysses, now In his sixteenth
year, will not be of age to enter West
Point until June, 1899. Before enter
Ing the famous institution he will de-
vote good deal of the intervening
time to scientific study In Columbia
College.
He is now sturdy lad and measures
8 feet and II inches in height. with a
quite certain prospect of reaching be-
yond six feet when he puts on the uni
form of n West Point cadet. He is
now two inches taller than his father
and four inches taller than his famous
grandfather His other bodily meas
urements are In good proportion to his
stature, and he gives every promise of
developing a physique far above the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25
Our Ancestors.

Nearly every one has more or less
ancestors, and u mathematically in.
clined genealoglst has figured that even
a fellow that couldn't join anything but
church has had during the last TWEEN.
ty-five generations no less than 45,4I6,-
SGD ancestors, of whom 20, 13S, i32 were
living at the same time twenty-five
generations back. Calling the average
lifetime of generation thirty three
and one-third years, that would take
us back to the year of the Norman
conquest, 10G6. Each of us had at the
time of that historic event something
like 22000,000 of ancestors roaming
about the various municipalities and
jungles of Europe, Asia and Africa, nqs
to mention the South Sea Islands and
Australia, and of these it Is q reason
able certainty that at least one par
ticipated in the battle or Senlac either
under Duke William or King Harold
Rochester Herald
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25
BREEDS SNAKES TO SELL.
The Peculiar Discovery Made by an Eng
lishman In India.

The Peculiar Discovery Made by an Eng
lishman In India.
The bounty given by the Indian gov
eminent for snakes heads in order to
exterminate these reptiles has led to a
few Of the dishonest natives breeding
them for q living.
An Englishman recently travelling
through central India made peculiar
discovery.
In the heart of dense jungle he
came across rude hut and close at
hand was a large pit covered with a
tight fitting wooden cover. He found
the occupants of the hut two disreputa-
BILE looking natives, and asked them the
meaning of the peculiar pit.
They informed him that they were
breeders OF snakes and put them i'll the
pit, the bottom of which was covered
over with dried grass and leaves.
They kept the snakes there some six
months, feeding them on all kinds of
small animals and birds.
They then filled large earthen pot
with poisonous herbs lighted it, low
cred it into the pit and secured the
tight fitting wooden cover, and thus
smothere3 the reptiles.
The cover was allowed to remain on
for "a few days. 1t was then removed and
the snakes were taken out by means of
long pole with n spike at the end of it.
Their heads were then cut off, and
one of the rogues set out for the nearest
government agency to obtain the boun-
~, while the other one caught fresh
snakes for the pit.
The snakes very often devoured one
another, but the mothers generally man
aged to bring up their young, though it
was marvel they bred at all in such
place, it being one would think, con-
trary to their nature. London Core
spondence.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25
Artificial Beauty Laws.

During the reign of Charles II. In En-
gland, laws with regard to artificial
aids to beauty were very strict. 1t Is
interesting to note this curious act Of
Parliament which was passed in the
year 1910: THAT all women, of what
ever age, rank, profession or degree,
whether virgins, maids or widows, that
shall, after the passing of this act.
impose upon and betray into matri-
mony any of his Najesty's male sub
jects, by scents, paints, cosmetics,
washes, artificial teeth. false hair. Span
lsh wool, iron stays, hoops, high-heeled
shoes or bolstered hips, shall incur the
penalty of the laws now in force
against witchcraft, sorcery and such
Ike misdemeanors, and that the mar
rage. upon conviction, shall stand null
and void"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25
Letters Sent Around tho woria

How long does it take a letter to tray
Ell around the earth? This question
occurred to c. H. Foster, of the firm Of
Thomas & Foster, of Clinton, early last
March. He concluded to give it trial
and on March 10 he dropped a letter III
the Clinton postotfice addressed to him,
self, care of the United States Consul
the request to forward to Honolulu
Hawaii, if not called for in ten DAYS,
while the firms card on the envelope
insured its final return to Clinton. Ten
cents in postage stamps paid its pass.
age. On Dec 20 the long absent letter
came back to Clinton and was returned
to its owner. Several of the postmarIs
are illegible, but the Calcutta postmarb
bears date of April 21-enly little
over month from Clinton, Which was
good time. Then IL was forwarded to
Honolulu, reaching there on June 8.
Ii was turned over TO the United States
Consul, who kept 1t until Dee, 4, atlix-
ing his official stamp. On Dec. 1t was
again postmarked By The Hawaii post,
office, reaching here thirteen days later.
The whole trip took nine months and
len days. OF this time, It was in the
United States consulate at Hawaii for
i've months and three days, reducing the
net time of the trip around the world 10
four months aud seven days.-Clinton
Democrat,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25
DENTISTRY AT SEA.
Something About the Practice of Ma.
icine Ahoat.

When sailor on a deep-water shin
has a toothache he is likely to go 70
the captain. The captain gives hin,
something to put in his tooth, and ~
that doesn't cure 1t perhaps he pulls
1t. 1t is Il common thing, saws Tho
New York sun. for sailors to pull their
own teeth. Their method is to put 8
string around a tooth and pull It, bur
dental forceps are carried on deep-Wa.
ter simpson some vessels a fair ouffit
of them. A ship captain Of long ex.
perience said that in the course of his
life at sea he had pulled 200 teeth
The ships medicine chest on large
vessels is like a closet or cupboard
with a glass door, built in the ship. I'm
this chest the medicine bottles. gilt-la.
beled. are arranged on shelves that risa
one above another in receding tiers. #
is practically well-appointed little
drug store. There is supplied with
the medicine chest book explaining
the uses of the medicines. The can.
tain is likely to have some other book
on medical subjects which he has read
and studied, and is likely to have had
o good deal of experience before at
tanning the rank of master of shin
The sailors are generally healthy
men, but when occasion requires the
captain prescribes; he is the physician.
Limbs broken at sea are, of course. set
there, and there might be circum,
stances in which the captain would noe
hesitate to perform a surgical opera,
lion
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25

1t was this continual persecution Of
particularly that at length moved the
council to emphatlcally interfere on
their behalf. In November, 1867. 4
remonstrance, signed by five Friends,
was presented to the council. specially
complaining of the prosecutions at Ex-
eter; and Henry Lawrence. the presl-
a letter to the justices of the peace, not
only IN Devon, but other counties,
dealing with the matter.-Notes and
Queries.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25
A DEVOTED PIGEON.
she Broke Through wall to succor He,
Nestiing.

She Broke Through II wall to succor Hei
Nesting.
In the animal kingdom there are
many strong examples of mother love,
and the birds are particularly noted for
displaying it. A remarkable instance OF
this maternal instinct WAS recently no.
ticed near Elwood, Ind. A mother pi-
geon whose young one had mysteriously
disappeared searched increasingly for
weeks for the little one, and one day
last December she was seen flying yio-
Iently against the side of u frame build
ing in tho city.
Each time she came in contact with
tho house she Clipped off small bit OF
wood with her bill. For nearly two
days the old bird kept this practice up,
often during that time falling exhausted
from the repeated shocks and fatigue.
In the afternoon Of the second day she
had pecked hole in the wall, the wood
of which was old and soft from the
weather. This hole was large enough to
admit mans head, and through this
the mother bird went and came.
Every time she entered she carried
grain OF seeds or grass. Some curious
people investigated the hole while she
was absent and there they found the
little lost pigeon, just below the hole,
wedged in between the weatherboards.
For two days more the bird continued
to bring the little one food, and would
stay fluttering near the hole chirruping
and trying to cheer the little prisoner
up. Many times it entered and seemed
to be trying to extricate its young one,
but ii could not succeed in doing so, try
as it would The prisoner had flown in
to the building, which was empty. aud
managed to get between the weather
boarding. near the top of the inside.
Falling considerable distance, it lodg
ed in the narrow space, which did not
permit it to use its wings in rising
again. Its plants had reached the
mother, and she, not being able to reach
it from thu inside, had cut through
from the out. An admiring man thrust
his hand through the hole and brought
out the fiuttering young thing, to the
great delight of the anxious mamma
bird. Chicago Chronicle.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25

The Berlin libraries all told contain
more than 100000 volumes. The Roy
al library, of course is in the lead with
more than 100000. and growing al the
rate Of 10000 per annum; the university
now has 100000 volumes; that Of the
statistical bureau 10000; the War
Academy has 10000 volumes: that of
the general staff 10000: of the Court Of
Chambers $4,000: that of the Technical
High School, G0000. There are also a
number of smaller ones.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25

suddenly he slipped from the arms that
held him and bounded away and killed
himself.
When, through the Intervention of a
physician In the crowd, the whipping
of Hanson was interrupted at the sew
enteenth of the sixty lashes he was SEN
fenced to receive, he was given his
clothes and square meal, and then,
with placards bearing the Inscription,
"Thief, pass him along tied to his
back and breast. was escorted by II
committee of miners down the SNOW
covered road to Dyea.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25

ordinary. He has proven himself the
possessor of more than usual mental
abilities of a boy of his age, is very
studious, stands high in his class In
and shows marked proficiency, partic-
ularly in acquiring languages. He
manifested an early fondness for the
military by Joining the cadet corps of
Troop A. National Guards, when but
IL years old
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25
Division of Recreation.

Mrs. hugwater-Josiah, it seems to
me you are very stlngy in taking that
new novel yourself before any body else
in the family has had chance even to
look ut it.
Mr.. Chugwater-What are you kick
ing about? There's the second volume.
Can't you read that while I'm going
through the tirstg-Chicago Tribune
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25
The Way IL Struck Her

He referred in the casual way that is
characteristic of members of his profes.
sion 10 an operation at his hospital that
day in which mans rib had been re-
moved. And why did they do it, said
the sweet girl. Are there not enough
women in the world as it is?'-New
York sun
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25

On the dead quiet, girls do not like
bon-bons. They choke them down, be-
cause bon-bons are pretty and fashion,
able, but the girls really prefer peanut
candy
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25

Said the married man who likes to be
sympathized for: MY wife is never
happy unless she has grievance.
How happy she must be-" said the
pretty girl, and then the married man
grew strangely sllent-Cincinnati En-.
quirer.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25
An Intcrrsting Meeting.

"What did you discuss at the club
today
Nothing. We just talked. '-Har,
per's Bazaar
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25

The natives of Siberia prepare a sin
gularly Intoxicating beverage from a
common mushroom
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25

AS soon as man returns from MS
bridal tour, he begins paying the ho'
der.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25

The middle aisle of a church Is otter
used as bridal path.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-25

After shirt has hoen 10 the Laundry
about three times 1t is pretty well done
IN