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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13
Great Expectations.

Stern Parent $50 you wish to mar
ry my daughter, Ell? How are you fixed
fnancially?"
Young Man: "I haven't much cash,
but l have expectations.
Stern Parent eyes, Of course; but
in case I should live longer than you
expect, how are you to support herr"
Chicago News.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13
shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease, "a powder for the feet. It
cures painful swollen, nervous, smarting feet
and instantly takes the sting out OF corns
and bunions. It's the greatest comfort dis
covery of the age. Aliens Poot-Ease makes
tight or new shoes feel easy. It is certain
cure for sweating, oallous and hot, tired,
aching feet Try Il today. Sold by all drug
gists and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package
FREE. Address Allen s. Olmsted lie Boy, NY.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13
nenutr L. Blood Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
purites from the body. Begin to-day to
Danish pimples, boils, blotehes, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, loo, 25c, SOC,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13
Whatis Tetterineg

ItiaafrAgrant. unctuoua olntmentof great
cooling and healing power. II Is good for ret-
ter, Rlngworm, Eczema and All roughncss OF
tho skin. IL stops pain and tehing at once and
II properly used viii positively cure even the
worst OF chronic cases. jOceuts 40 n drug store
or by mail for 90 con In stamps. j. 7.
Shuptrine Savannah, Ca.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13

E arly In
tho summer
Of 1907 pro-
cure nvo
boxes Of them
aud before I'M
iahiEg the
second box /
began to I'm
prove aud By
the time / had
taken the ave
boxes I was
able TO 90
h0uH m 70
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13

"Oh, we'll said the gas man, "there
are tricks in all trades" eyes," re-
piled the sleight-of-hand artist, "but
you and know that there are more
tricks in some trades than in others, "
Cleveland Leader.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13

sTvITUs' DANCE. SPAsMs and all nerv-
Gus diseases permanently cured by the use of
DR. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Send for
FREE S1.00 trial bottle and treatise to Dr.
II. II. Kline, Ltd. 9G1 Arch Street, Phila., Pa.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13
OIIB ENJOYS

1890 #@E ID - - -
Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; il is pleasant
and refreshing TO the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys.
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in It's
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and observation-disclosures, It's
many excellent qualities commend it
TO oil and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Amy reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand viii pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not acceptany
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FLO SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE, kE NEW Y0Rk. M
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13
b. b. B. Never Fails to Cure

All manner Of Blood Troubles, Syphilitic and
Mercurial Rheumatism. sI.OO per large bottle
3 for $3.50, at druggists, or sent for price, ex-
press paid, by Blood Balm Co, Atlanta, Ga.
~ Rocks Of wonderful cures sent free
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer So trial bottle aud treatise free.
DIR. r. H. KLINE Ltd. 93l Arch st., Phila., Pa.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13
1t is estimated that /, l30 passenger trains
arrive and leave Chicago daily.

DYSPEPSIA. INDIGESTION and all Stomach
troubles cured by Taber's Pepsin Compound
Sample bottle mailed free. Write DR.. Tabel
Mfg. Co., Savannah, Ga.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13

The number or vesse that passed Tn rough
the Suez canal last year was 1925.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarots.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
lOc 25c. II O. @, c. fail, druggists refund money.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13

NJ. J.. Thompson q Co, Druggists. Couders
port, Pa, say Halls Catarrh Cure Is the bes
and only sure cure for catarrh they ever sold
Druggists sell t. 15c.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13

The Southern Saw Works are the leaders In
the South. See their advertisement in this is
sue. Their saws will suit you
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13

Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. softens the gums reduces inhamma-
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie. 25e bottle.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13

could not get along without Plso's Cur
for Consumption. It always cures. Mrs.
q. MOuLTON. Needham. Mass. October2 81. $50
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13

In Ireland an acre comprises 1910 square
yards, while in Scotland 6,l40 go TO the acre.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13

Lyon a Cos "Pick Leaf" Smelling Tobacco
is tho best OF the best" 2ouncDs and cigar
cite book for 10 cents. Try It.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13

II has been figured out that one man Of
Berlin, Ont, has 2l3 relatives In the town.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13

New Jersey was the irst state permitting
the right Of suffrage % women.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13

To Cure Constipation Forever.
lake Caaoarots Candy CathArtio loo or go
II q q. q. fall 70 cure druanlatg refund money
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13

Tor Il, and Is as steple rs Sugar. FLOUR and
bacon. consider II much Superior to
"Leilin's Medicine" which ! don't use at
any pfiee
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13

Postmaster. Merchant
and First Assistant
Principal Hobro n
Normal High School,
Fuller, Miss, Wrltea
lam 20 yeara old, and
my Father, who died
when he was 40 years
old, bad bean using
and selling Or, n. a.
Simmons Liver
Medicine ever since
] could remember. 10
The Opelousas courier., 1898-05-21
Dfinking HABITS of the Giraffe

eff I were going to give a word OIL
advice to a young man just em~barkine
i'll the show business" said the old
circus man, II should say never let .
giraffe drink out of a pond OF a stream.
because he is almost certain to drink
too much. You see the giraffe doesn't
really realize that he's drinking until
he begins to take the water into bis
stomach, and he doesn't stop drinking
until he's got enough there. The re.
suit of this is that his neck is still full.
q long column of water that he doesn't
need, but that he takes In lust the
same and often with disastrous re.
suits. [ have known many a giraffe
to kill himself by drinking too much
and | feel that I cannot do my young
and ambitious friends a greater ser.
vice than by warning them of this
characteristic. The giraffe should be
watered invariably from a bucket. p
Now York Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-05-21
How frances Treasure Was Hiddap.

The discussion in connection with
the..renewal of the charter of the Bank
of France, which has just been pro-
longed by the National legislature I'M
til the end Of 1920, has brought to
light the measures that were adopted
during the war Of 1876 for the preser-
walton of the specie and yaluables con-
fded to the care of the institution to
the extent of over 500, 900, 600. It
seems that the whole of this treasure
was packed into some twenty-five
thousand cases, marked 'expiosive
%projectiles," and was shipped by rail
to Brest, where it was 'tcached" in
such a manner in the arsenal that, had
even the Germans captured the port.
they would never have discovered the
hiding place. Indeed, SO elaborate
were the precautions adopted that
neither the people who shipped the
cases from Paris nor those who con-
cealed them at Brest had any idea of
the contents Of the boxes.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-05-21
How Lapidaries Polish Gems,

The first thing necessary in polish
ing a precious stone is to slit it; thi.
is done says the Philadelphia Times,
by means of q thin sheet-iron disk
placed in a horizontal position an6
made to revolve by very simple ma.
chinery. Diamond dust is applied te
the edge of the disk, and sperm oil is
dropped upon it from a can.
If properly managed q very small
quantity of diamond dust will last all
day, and not much of it will be lost.
In order to prevent %appreciable loss, a
table with a raised edge all around it
is provided. The diamond dust used
in polishing stones is made from bort.
OF cheap, coarse diamonds.
After being slit the stone is ground
on horizontal wheels of lead, brass OF
iron, and sometimes Of wood. These
wheels are called 'laps," and the
workman who cuts and polishes stones
is a lapidary, from the Latan word
lapidarius. Lapidaries acquire great
facility in sharpening and polishing
stones, and from a given pattern are
able to produce any object required
with great d~exterity. Diamond,
emery, agate o. corundum powder is
spread on the laps; gradually the
powder becomes imbedded in the laps
and the stones yields to them.
The stone is held either with the
fingers O by wax ia the hollow at the
end of a stick, and is pressed against
the revolving laps. For the last polish
the laps are covered with cloth, leather
OF hard brushes. The facets, or flat
surfaces that give ~brilliancy to tran.
sparent stones, are cut by means of a
grinding wheel, by the side
Of which is placed an upright, club-like
piece of wood. Into this heavy piece
Of wood, in different places, a rod is
at II end of which the stone
IS fixed with cement. As the wheel
evolves the stone is pressed against
t and a facet is cut; to make a new
acct, the rod holding the stone is
simply stuck in another hole in the
lub-like piece of wood and is thus
,iven a new inclination OF angle.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-05-21

1t is not particularly surprising te
the San Francisco Chronicle to hear
that no new discoveries of gold have
been made in the Northwest during
The last eight months. Had the early
gold hunters in California confined
themselves to the small stream where
Marshall found his nugget their sue.
cess would not have been the amaz
ing thing it became. But they spread
out over the whole mountain and river
country, explored every likely nook
Ind ~watercourse, with the result that
hey added, within five years, some
$500, OOO, 900 to the worlds supply Of
The precious metals. As for the North
western treasure seekers, they have
concentrated at the Klondike and in
It's close proximity, leaving a country
IS large as twenty CALIFORNIA; to be ex-
plored. Until they branch out and
prospect every promising field, moth
Ing a be really determined about the
richness and extent of the Northwest.
srn placers.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-05-21
WHY rs THE WORLD so sAD7

""hy k i the 81 king hag; 50 sad father why is the
More than his sire the king Is blessed;
The time are fair and the land at rest,
Win the little prince on the queens fair
breast.
Why Is the king 80 sad?"
He put the woman he loved aside;
He steeled his heart when his trus love
And took a princess to be his bride,
And SO the king is sad.
why is the rich man sad, father, why is the
rich man sad?
Fair on the hills his turrets glow;
Broad Is the manor spread below;
tarners and wine-vats overflow.
Now, why is he 50 sad?"
Ills truth for a lordly price he sold;
lie gave his honor for yellow gold;
Its oh for the peace he knew of old,
And therefore he is sad.
""hy Is the poor man sad, father, why is the
poor mar sad?
Health and freedom and love has he,
vlne-ciad cottage beyond the lea,
Where children Chamber about his knee.
Yet why is he so sad?'
thought of the rich mans wealth and
fame;
looked on his humble lot with shame;
LAto LIS lte Dack envy came,
And therefore he is sad.
why is the priest so sad, father, why is the
priest so sad?
little he knows of worldly care;
His place Is found in the house of PRAYER.
And honor and peace attend him there.
Why is the priest so sad?'-
lie marks how the proud ones spoil the
meek;
His heart is hot, but his spirit weak,
the words that he would he dare not
speak,
And so the priest is sad.
Why Is the world so sad, father, why is the
world SO sad?
very day is a glory sent,
.unshlne, beauty and music blent,
resi- from the gracious armament,
Then why is the world 50 sad?"
las for the evil ever done!
las for the good deed not begun!
Las Tor our blindness every one!
By this the world is sad.
Robert Clarkson Tongue,
The Opelousas courier., 1898-05-21
Captain Mahan's prediction hal all

Captain Mahan's prediction that all
The great wars of the future will be
ought mainly on the sea has its prob
ability greatly strengthened by the
present policy Of nearly every power.
luli nation, maintains the Atlanta
Journal. England is spending more
money on her navy than ever before
Vt one time. She is constructing Q
number OF ~battleships, each Of which
y more powerful than any now aloat.
The naval expenditures of France and
Russia have recently been increased
uaore than twentyper cent. Germany
proposes to expend 5000, 0OO, 900 in
naval construction within the next
seven years She will build no less
than seventeen ~battleships and a large
Number Of cruisers, torpedo boats, etc.
Italy would strengthen her alre adv
powerful navy if she had the neces.
sary money. Japan, in her ambition
" take = place among the great pow.
ers, y expending vast sums Of money
On her navy. She has plans Tor
enough modern warships and cruisers
make her second only to England
~ naval strength. We are doing
something inthe way Of naval con.
struction, but very little as compared
With England, Japan and three Or
fonr other countries,
The Opelousas courier., 1898-05-21
The Detroit Free Press remarks;

The Detroit Free Press remarks:
'If the stream of foreigners coming in.
to our Atlantic ports from every Eu.
ropean land can be diverted from the
large cities and distributed through.
out the thinly settled west and the
rapidly developing south, the litter.
acy will DON be overcome in their in
tense light of American civilization,
their brawny muscle will find profit
able employment on the farms, in the
forests and mines and factories, and
it not themselves, at least their
children will become genuine Ameri.
cans"
The Opelousas courier., 1898-05-21

Mrs. Burnett thinks she is writing
"the Great American Novel," and to
prove it, d~iscloses that it ''begins
with the scene laid in a small aristo-
cratic Southern town. Then it shifts
to the mountains of North Carolina, a
mining region. Then it goes on to a
fashionable Southern resort, some
such place Of which White Sulphur is
typical in America. From there the
story goes to q manufacturing town,
some such New England town as
Springfield or Hartford, and from
there to a small village. Then comes
Washington" is Mrs. Burnett sure
whether she is trying to write the great
American novel or a geographical
gazetteer? asks the Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-05-21
She took it and gazed at it for q

She took it and gazed at it for a
long time. I began to grow impatient,
for the coin was like any other of it's
kind. and I could see no reason why
she should study it. Then [ saw that
her look was the look of one who is
thinking. Suddenly she raised her
head and gazed steadily at me. And
then a smile that [ liked strangely
well slowly anne into her eyes.
"No, you do it," she said, return
ing the coin. II don't know how"
We both stood up. "Heads it is
Transome; tails it is II" I suggested
briefly.
Marie nodded.
l balanced the coin on my first
finger. / was sure of the result, for
the man never lived who is as lucky
as [ am. [ even began to pity poor
Iransome. But before this feeling
fhad much opportunity to grow I
tipped the quarter whirling into the
air, and, as it struck the floor, placed
my foot upon it.
locked at Marie. (Which shall it
be?' I asked softly.
"You," she whisFfed.
I slipped my foot aside aneHe both
stopped. The lS1rel wreathedAead
of Liberty was up. e.
It was Transome!
We both straight.hed up. looked
at Marie and Marie looked at me.
She was pale and I could not have
been otherwise. I had risked all ON
the turn of a cortland it had turned
the wrong way. Without a word, for
I was not wise il the ways of women,
| walked out Of the room, secured my
hat in the hall, aud started to open
the door and go out into the street.
AS my hand was turning the knob
something touched my arm. I
and looked around.
There stood Marie with a little smile
little beseeching smile-on her
face.
"Dick"--this time the smile was
still more beseeching-"can' you see?
lt's-it's you, anyhow"
1 saw, and my hand left the door
knob. And in the little excitement
hat followed I also may have kissed
Such things have happened.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-05-21
Mrs. Ayers Remarkable Dinner.

Mrs. Aver, the wealthy American
lady who died in Paris recently, was a
great favorite in Partisan society, and
may be remembered i'll London, if for
nothing else, at least for a remarkable
dinner she gave at the Savoy some
three years ago. At the principal
table sat the hostess, with the Duo
dOrleans on one hand and the Ameri-
can minister, MI. Payard, on the
other. There was O musical table. at
which sat Nine. Christine Nilsson.
Nine. Melba, Nine. Albani, Sir Arthur
Sullivan and other notable musicians.
while other tables we're devoted to the
drama, literature, unmarried girls, etc.
Each table was decorated with special
fowers-the musicians with roses.
the unmarried ladies' with white
lilies and the drama with yellow
asters. -London Chronicle.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-05-21
SNAKES IN COSTA RIGA.
The Culebra de Sangre the Most Deadly
of Them All.

The Culebra de Sangre the Most Deadly
of Them All.
Costa RIGA means the Rich Coast,
and in most respects it is rich, parti-
cularly in the snake family, the most
deadly of which is the terrible Culebra
de Sangre for blood snake).
This variety of reptile does not
grow to a large size, and perhaps for
that very reason is most to be
dreaded, as it is not so easily seen. It
IS red, and resembles a large, swollen
vein, ready to burst with blood.
A short time ago I stepped on one
OF these snakes, and like a flash he
struck at me, but as I had a pair of
leather leggins no harm was done,
though it was a close call. Not so
fortunate was a poor day laborer who
was bitten by the same variety of
snake. The man was working for a
%nelghbor of mine, and J. did not see
him until the day after he was bitten.
The moment [ heard about it T went
owe to see the poor fellow, taking
with me a remedy for snake bite,
thinking it would do no harm to trv
1t, anyway. When we reached the
mems camp the sight that met our
eyes was a %sickening one.
The man was bleeding from his
nose, mouth and ears, also from his
finger and toe nails. How a man
could bleed as much as he had, and
still live, was a marvel. He had been
bitten in the foot; only one fang of
the serpent had entered the flesh.
The manager of the estate had given
him several doses of curarine a medi-
cine made in Colombia and much used
here in Central America for poisonous
bites. W. also gave him the medicine
which / had brought with me, which
made him vomit profusely.
In a few hours time the bleeding
stopped, and next day the poor fellow
sent to the hospital. No one ex-
pected that he would live, as the bite
is considered deadly; but strange to
he did recover, and in a months
time was at work. once more. If both
.angs OF the snake had entered the
DOT instead on one, he would un~
loubtedly have died. [ have known
horse to die in a few hours after
oeing bitten by one of the snakes. In
ne past three years two men in my
have died from snakebite. and
Il hunting in this country one must
,lways keep a sharp lookout for
makes. -Forest and Stream.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-05-21
Five Years in Search of "A Cow.

Five years ago young Barley
Cen y, son of a farmer living neal
West:noreland, was Sent to bring ur
the family COW. Nothing was seen OF
heard OF him until one night recently,
when he drove the coy upto the barn.
entered the house, hung up his cap on
its accustomed peg, and told his
mother that he would milk after SUD.
per. He refuses to tell where he
spent the five years, beyond declarine
that he was out hunting the cow
Kansas City Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-05-21
NOTABLE FIRES.
Those in the United States Have Proved

Those in the United States Have Proved
the Least Serious.
The largest fire of the year 1897
was what has come to be known as
the Aldersgate street fire in London,
the damage from which, variously
estimated at first, has been put Off
cially at $40, 600, 000. Ten-million-
dollar fires are very rare nowadays in
countries equipped, however imper,
fectly, with apparatus for the extin-
guishment of fires, and in the United
States conflagrations of such dimen-
sions are practically unknown. In
former tim es, however, such fires were
not so rare, and what is known as
"the great New York fire" of 1886
involved a pecuniary loss of $50, O00,-
600, which represents, of course, a
much larger amount, relatively, than
would such q fire today, the purchas.
.ing powers of money being probably
greater at that time, and, moreover,
the system of insurance being such
that by the failure Of a large number
Of companies the insured were practi.
cally left without any compensation
for the lofses which they sustained.
The nuA<ber of buildings burned in
the great New York fire, which started
in what VAS then known as Merchant
street, in the Wall street district, was
700, and it was not the fremen who
put a stop to it, but the United States
sailors who came owe from the navy
yard and blew up a number of build.
ings.
The Chicago fire of 1871 entailed q
loss of $190, 000, 900 and covered an
area of more than 1000 acres, con.
Stunning 1000 buildings. The Boston
fire, which occurred little more than
one year later, entailed a loss of $780,.
600, 900, and destroyed 800 buildings,
but these were of a much more sub.
s~tantial character than those burned
in Chicago. Only about 20 per cent.
OF the Chicago fire losses were paid,
but more than 60 per cent. Of the Bos-
losses were met by insurance.
The aggregate losses i'll New York
from fires Of all kinds occurring
AAtAAo eAO tCdi, hie HOW uDuut |Os'
900, and in any recent year they
been SO large as ST., 900, 600.
The nearest approach to that was in
1891 when they were IS, 900, 900, the
argest item of which was supplied by
what was known as the Bleecker
fire at the corner of Greene and
Blocker streets On ST. Patrick's day,
he loss from which was ST, 1866, 600.
The largest and most serious fire OF
which there is authentic record in
iermany vas in Hamburg in 1912,
he loss resulting from it being $751;
90, 900. The ''great fire" of London
ook place in 1866, and consumed
bout two-thirds of the city, but there
as never been any very accurate com.
utation of the loss, and perhaps NO
UGH computation was possible. There
ave been many serious fires in
rance, but no one of them large
nough to take rank in respect to loss
Inong the notable fires of which there
a record. New York Sun. -
The Opelousas courier., 1898-05-21

~ The men just returned from the
Klondike declaring themselves victims
of misplaced confidence in that coun.
try will doubtless have no influence on
the next crop of candidates for similar
treatment, observes the New York
Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-05-21

Il We move our legs proportionately
as fast as an ant. it is calculated We
conld travel nearly eight hundred
miles an hour.