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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-01


Watch for the announcement Of |
Christmas goods by the Fry Drug |
Co.
Mrs. II. L. Phillips and Miss Tia
Lashlee attended a Thanksgiving
supper at Hollow Rock Wednesday
evening.
The Huntingdon post-office was
robbed of over 5000 Monday night.
Dynamite was used to blow open
the safe.
The new improvements made by
the Phillips Grocery Co. adds very
much to the appearance of their
business house.
Preparations are being made to
restore the unsightly chain rack,
which was removed last summer by
orders of the street committee while
grading the east side of the square.
Circuit court will meet here next
Monday. Judge Swiggart will find
an unusually large docket for this
term of court, due mainly to the fact
that we have had no court since last
winter.
| We learn that Walter Lynch, a
gunner in Light Battery G of the
Sixth Artillery, which took a con-
spicuous part in the fighting near
Iloilo last week, has been promoted
corporal.
A Camden girl, Miss Tia Lashlee,
carried off the honors at a thanks
giving supper given at the Metho-
dist Church, Hollow Rock, Wednes-
day evening. A cake was voted to
the most beautiful young lady, and
Miss Lashlee was easily the favor
| ite, receiving over a hundred votes
more than any one else voted for
in the contest. Miss Tia is a general
faVorite here, and her friends are
to be pardoned for expressing their
appreciation of the honor thus con-
ferred by our neighbor town.
Camden had only one boy in the
First Tennessee Regiment, Serg.
Will M. Robins of Company /, but
a good-sized delegation went up to
Nashville to participate in the well
come extended the boys. Sergeant
Robins returned home last night,
mingdirectfrom Big Sandy. He
has the appearance of being in fine
health, and does not look any the
worse for the long, arduous cam
paign in the Philippines. After
their experience in actual warfare,
he says the boys are glad to be al
home again. The people of Ben
ton County have followed the move.
ments Of the First Tennessee with
pride, for it has made a brilliant
record, and their soldierly appear.
ance and gentlemanly conduct have
been favorably commented upor
along Che entire route from Sar
Francisco to Nashville, where theil
reception Wednesday will be Ions
remembered in Tennessee.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-01
ROAD OvERsEERs' MEETING.

The road overreers Of the fifth
district are hereby notified to meet
me at Judge L. E. Davis Office at
Camden December 8, 1899. Come
prepared to make complete settle
ment, and bring all tools in your
care. j. I'll. KEE,
Commissioner.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-01
MARRIAGE L1CENsEs.

Marriage licenses have been Is
sued by County Clerk G.. B. Greer
to J. J. Allen and Paralee Melton,
John Woods and Florence Bell, J.
r. Young and Miss Graves, M. L.
Wyatt and s. B. French, Harris
carp and Nicie Wright, J. w. Lee
and M. T.. r. Loveland.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-01
sUBPGNAs HOLD GOOD.

All parties served with a writ of
subpoena for the August term, 1899,
of circuit court are hereby notified
that the subpenas hold good for
the December term, 1899.
e. e. Fry,
Sheriff.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-01
FROM n1IDDLEBROOK.


Regular corTespOndence.l
Westport was the mecca Of some
the young folks Sunday.
There is some talk of Joe Town
send opening a store at Eli.
J. ii. Spencer is making needed
improvements on his dwelling.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-01

The CHRONICLE and Nashville
Semi Weekly American, one year,
$1.10.
The CHRONICLE and ST, Louis
Iwice-a-Week Republic, one year,
Sl.10.
The CHRONICLE and Home and
Farm, one year, 80 cents.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-01
Everything in building material
kept on hand at Hawley's.

M. @. Taylor, the jeweler, will
repair your watch, clock or sewing
machine on short notice. All work
guaranteed. ALI orders for jewelry,
ETC., given prompt attention. Office
at R. G.. Hudson's store.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-01

M. @. Taylor has located at Cam
den, and is prepared to do watch
and clock repairing. Satisfaction
guaranteed.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-01

Don't fail to read the big adver-
tisement Of Claude Hudson in this
issue Of The CHRONICLE. He has
some rare bargains that will pay
you to investigate at once. "First
come, first served" " you know.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-01

A complete assortment of Ready
Mixed Paints, just received by the
Fry Drug Co.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-01

r. G. Hudson can't enumerate
everything iii his store, but he viii
sell you groceries cheap, cheapl
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-01

Doors, windows and blinds at @.
v. Hawley's.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-01

When you are IN town come il
and see us.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-01

G. ". Hawley handles windows,
doors and a general line Of builders
supplies.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-01

See G. Y. Hawley when you want
window glass.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-01

Going to paint your house? Get
your Ready Mixed Paint at the Fry
Drug Co. 1t is strictly up to date.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-01

IL CnRoNICLE. 59 cents q year.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-01

Go to G. V. Hawley for window
glass, any size.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-15
Kingly Wooine.

The manner in which the latest great
English courtship has been carried on
suggests in some details that employed
by Henry VIII. when in search Of a
bride. He sent Franceys Marsyn,
James Braybroke and John Stile to
"see whether she has a mustache," and
to make other personal observations.
In regard to this first particular the In
vestigating commission made answer:
I'VE noticed III hair, save possibly a
little down on her lips. and there skin is
very Clean"
But the work did not stop there. They
were to approach the young Princess
between meals and engage her in con-
sersation, so as to get decently as near
her mouth as possible, and observe her
breath, whether it is sweet or not.
whether it smells of some spice, rose
water OF musk"
Whereto here is the grave reply:
Concerning that which relates to the
breath of the said young Princess, we
could not approach near enough her
lips to be certain of this article; how
ever, without seeming to do anything,
md as much as modesty would allow,
we communicated with the said young
Princess, aad we must say that we
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-15
Mixed pexotfons.

IL
An amusing story is being told in
Irish circles just now. A recent arrival
in London is a Catholic gentleman
hailing from the kingdom Of Kerry.
Having heard that a certain church in
his neighborhood was much resorted to
by the Irish people he resolved to hear
mass there in the future. The follow
ing Sunday he wendell his way to the
church, which had been described to.
him, and noticed to his surprise that
the service was not altogether what he
had been accustomed to in ireland, MOI
could he see any Of his Irish friends.
Still, the clergymen at the altar were
undoubtedly saying mass, and round
the church were stations Of the cross,
Just the same as at home. On the fol-
lowing Sunday he had similar doubts,
but as there was a man praying not
far from him he convinced himself AL
must be right. In a conversation with
a friend a few days afterward he ex-
pressed his surprise that q number of
his friends never seemed to go to mass.
The friend was astonished, too, and
asked what church he usually attend
ed. When he heard he laughed, and
told the Kerry man, to his dismay, that
the church in which he had prayed so
devoutly for several Sundays belonged
to the Established Church. 1t was a
ritualistic church, in which the ser.
vices were high church indeed, and one
in which the mass" was regularly
gone through.-Catholic Times.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-15
9 Are CAUGHT
On the Bare Lexs of Farmers Who
Wade In After Them.

On the Rare LeEs of Farmers Who
Wade In After Them.
The way the leech farmers go about
their business is very interesting. Hav-
ing fenced and watered a suitable
meadow, they proceed to SOW it with
leeches by scattering them broadcast
on the land from sacks containing 49,
600 leeches each. All that Is now nee
essary is to provide for the crop plenty
of water and plenty Of blood. The
usual method Of providing the latter
was to drive old horses and cattle into
the Enclosures; but sometimes fresh
blood from a slaughter house was sup
piled. When required, the leeches III
caught by throwing a fresh sheepskin
into the water. When the skin is taken
out hundreds Of leeches are found
clinging to 1t, but a more primitive Gus
tom, AMI n still employed by collect
ors, is to wade in the water and allow
the leeches to fix upon the bare legs.
Miss Mary Kingsley, in her Travels
In West Africa" relates that onc pass
Ing through a deep swamp, which
reached to their chfns, they all got hor-
ribly infested with leeches, having a
frill of them round their necks like
astrakhan collars when they emerged.
The land leeches of the East are also
very troublesome to both cattle and
men. So abundant are they in some
parts that soldiers and workmen are
sometimes fatally weakened by the
minute but persistent blood-letting.
1t is calculated that 3O,O0O.O0O were
used annually in France and England
alone. A single company in Australia
used to export 100000 to 100000 per
year to Europe and America. One
Partisan capitalist affirmed that his
leech crops returned him 10 to 1; and
it is recorded that the monopoly of TAX
ing leeches in Morocco was once sold.
for 100000.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-15
In n Dilemma.

Dr. Liddon. the eloquent preacher of
London. and Mr.. Dodgson. better
known as Lewis Carroll, the author of
alice in Wonderland" were once
obliged TO resort to hicroglyphics In
order to be understood by IL Russian
waiting-maid.
While in Russia the two gentlemen
stopped at Il friends in Nronstadt.
where one morning DIR. Liddon had
left his overcoat.
When departing for st. Petersburg
they found it necessary to ask the
waiting-maid, who talked only Russian,
to fetch 1t. AS the little vocabulary
they used did not contain the Russian
word for coat. the gentlemen found it
difficult to make the girl understand
what they wished her to do. Or. Lid
don began by exhibiting the coat he
Wore. and with much %gcsticulation took
it half off. Apparently the girl under
stood them, and they were delighted.
She left tho room. and returned in IL
minute with Il large clothes-brush.
Then Dir. Liddnn tool off his coat,
laid it at her feet. and pointed down.
ward. to Intimate that In a lower room
was the object he desired her TO bring.
Once more the plain features of the
girl lighted up. She was absent much
longer this time, ana returned bringing
Il large cushion and Il pillow. and began
to prepare the sofa for the nap which
she thought the gentleman wished to
take.
Then Il happy thought occurred to
Dodgson. He drew IL sketch represent
ing L.iddon With one coat OH. receiving
a second and larger GOA from IL Rus
SIAN peasant. The sketch succeeded,
and the two sentlemen went off hum!l-
lated by the fact that they had to de-
scend to the level of ancient Thebes be-
fore recovering an overcoat.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-15
A Famous Dog.

Sultan, a Newfoundland dog, has Just
died in France. He was noted for hav.
ing arrested a thief. capturing IN assas-
sin, rescuing a child from drowning
and saving a man who attempted SUI
eide. The Society for the Protection Of
Animals presented him with q collar.
Recently he prevented a castle being
robbed, and was poisoned, it is SUD.
posed. by those who attempted the rob.
harry
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-15
IF, since which time he has been wear

off, since which time he has been wear
ing artificial limbs.
In a five-mile road race given by the
Canton Bicycle Club Leaman, with an
allowance of five minutes, finished
fourth, and covered the distance in
twenty minutes. He rode n half mile
on a slow track in 1:2O and his trainer
expects him to reduce this time at least
ten seconds.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-15

green and long; then they turned away,
and his place knew him no more.
The little assembly in the library were
somewhat curious over the will; the ma
jority decided that the vast property
ought most certainly to be equally divid-
cd between the two: then they would be
richer than most men; but those who had
known the millionaire best, with his pride
in his fortune, knew hat one or the other
would have it all. Which would it be:
Most of them present felt a certain con-
viction that it would he Austin; Sir JOY
ccly1 had never seemed to care in the
least for Cyril.
Cyril Leslie Vernon. now Sir Cyril,
stood up after the document had been
read. his handsome face had grown pale
with emotion. Regardless of the stran-
gers around him, he went up to Austin
and held out his hand to him.
will you believe me-" he said. THAT
l am more sorry than You are over this?
/ scorn to profit by your loss
But Austin looked up at him with Il
smile.
.Onc must have gained. the other must
have lost he replied. II am we'll con-
tcnt that it is you. My uncle has left
me 10 money. but he has left me with IL
hope dearer than all Fortune"
AS Cyril knew nothing of what had
passed. he could not even guess at the
meaning of .Ausiin's words-thry meant
nothing 10 him; but he held out his hand.
To his cousin, and the two stood there to-
scthcr. trucr friends than ever.
"Gcntlcmen," said Cyril. with a frank
hearing. your silence is a just condcmna-
ton of an unjust will. No one Was more
surprised at this will than l myself have
been; l. in common with every one else.
always believed that my cousin, Austin
Chandos. was my mncle's %fsvorite
nephew. do not understand the will,
and. what is more, I never SHALL"
There VAS no more to he said; the only
man who could have given an explanation
was silent: and so it came to pass that no
one understood why Austin had been dis
Inherited,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-15

have detected no odor of spice or rose.
water. and to jadge from the redness
Of her lips, the lily whiteness Of her
complexion and the freshness Of her
mouth, we are led to believe that 1t is
the healthfulness and the joy Of life
at least, apparently 60"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-15

Genius scorns the power of gold; it is
wrong. Cold is the war scythc on its
chariot, which mows down the millions
of its foes and gives free passage to tho
su%n-coursers with which it leaves those
heavenly fields of life for the gross hat.
tletields of earth.-Ouida.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-15
FAST ACE WITHOUT LEGS.

Robert Leaman of Canton, Ill.,, scoreA
n Remarkable Record.
Robert Leaman, of Canton, ILL.,, Is
probably the champion legless bicycle
rider Of the country. A few years ago
he was run owe by a street n in Day
ton, Ohio, and had both his legs cut
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-15
Where ERrs Gn.

Calico print Works use a O,OO0,OOO doz-
en- eggs per year, wine CHARTERS use TO-
100000 dozen. the photographers and
other industries use many millions. and
these demands increase more rapidly
than table demands.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-15
b r Marriages..

In Hebrew marriages the woman ia
always placed to the right Of her mate.
Wits every other nation of the world
her place in the ceremony is to the left.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-15

Krypton end the Northern Lights.
Recent investigation has shown that
a bright green line characteristic of the
spectrum of the new gas, krypton, is
almost certainly identical with the
spectroscopic line that c~haracterizes
the aurora borealis.
The Springfield herald., 1899-05-05

when it passes out of The spigot For
he crimping of the frizzes of our
voung women there is no longer neces-
sity for recourse 10 the hot iron. For
1 long time the defects of this method
1f heating have been noticed. for TIE
capillary artist sometimes forgets AID
caves the iron in the heating appa-
ratus too long. so that when 1t is used
with blonde or brown hair, If it does
not make a burn. it makes the hair
red. which is even more disastrous.
The new curling irons heat themselves.
In the interior OF the rods is a fero-
nickel wire. which can be brought up
to the proper temperature, and will
then remain at this same temperature
Indefinitely. Bat 1t is in the cutting
of the hair that electricity has pro-
duced the most complete revolution.
The scissors have slowly given way to
clipping machines, and these, in their
turn. must disappear before an cleo
trically heated platinum wire, with
which the hair may be burned of. The
apparatus, as described. consists of
metallic comb. along one side OF which
is stretched the hot wire, and as this
is passed through the hair the red-hot
wire burns it of neatly and smoothly.
and at the same time seals up the end
Of the hair, it being supposed in this
way to produce very desirable effect
The method is. of course. entirely anti
septic, but 1t hardly seems likely that
the air of a BARRIERS shop will be very
pleasant when these new methods OBJ
tain a wide popularity.
The Springfield herald., 1899-05-05
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS.
CURRENT NOTES OF DIscov-
ERY AND INVENTION,
Celestial Photography May BE Aided by
Now Invention-An Electric barber
shop-A Hook to Catch Devil Fish
Making Cider.
In Celestial Photography.

The telescopes used by astronomers
are OF two classes, those for observa-
ton. and these for celestial photog-
raphy. the main difference being in
lens curvature and relative proper
tions OF aperture to length. The ratio
of aperture to length in the ordinary
telescope is about / to 15. The Lick
and Yerkes instruments are about 1s
times as long as they are wide. I'm
portant experiments have been re-
Gently made in the radical alteration
of these proportions. the Bruce teles-
cope presented to Howard a few years
ago by Miss Catherine w. Bruce hav-
ing an aperture of "a inches and a
length is only IL feet This covers an
immense area. and has been highl.
successful in celestial photographs OF
wide area, which are wanted without
regard for detail.
The results obtained by this de-
parture encouraged Prof Pickering
Director OF Harvard Observatory. to
make experiments on the converse OF
the proposition, and the tests gave
such satisfactory Photographic mega
tives that he now desires to build
an instrument of length more than
a hundred times greater than its di-
ameter, which will be not to exceed IL
or IA inches The length correspond
ing to this would, therefore, be from
135 to 1872 feet long.
The effect of this will be to produce
very sharp photograph of very lin
tied area, with details not heretofore
obtainable, and in certain lines this
will be Of incalculable value. Such a
telescope would cost from $4,000 to
$4,000, and wealthy lovers of science
are appealed to to provide Harvard
with this instrument, which would be
in almost constant use. The difficulty OF
mounting and keeping rigidly straight
in all positions tube which Is so or
go feet long is so serious that the pro-
posed telescope would be arranged Diff
ferently from the ordinary observa-
tory instrument. 1t would doubtless
be stationary and horizontal. and the
image which was to be photographed
would be reflected into by means OF
a mirror guided by clockwork. This
sort of thing is called heliostat or
siderostat.
The Springfield herald., 1899-05-05
Ereah and Salt Water.

A singular lake on Kildin Island,
near the coast OF Russian Lapland, not
far from Kola, is composed OF both
fresh and salt water. The Russian
geographer, NJ. Wennkow, recently sent
a description of the lake to the Paris
Academy. The island is paleozoic
rock separated from the granite con-
tinent by an arm of the sea. and upon
1t is a lake which seems to be entire
ly shut of from the sea by strip Of
land, but there must be some subter-
ranean communication. for the tides Of
the sea are noticed in the lake.
though In much diminished effect.
The lake contains three different kinds
of water. On the surface 1t is fresh
water, coming from few brooks and
from the rainfall; lower down 1t is
salt water, and at the bottom sea water
mixed with sulphurous hydrogen gas.
The lake harbors fresh water animals
on and near the surface and salt water
animals beneath.
The Springfield herald., 1899-05-05
Color. of wild Animais.

In wild Quadrupeds the natural vari-
alton Of coloring seems generally limit
ed to three hues. The moral and usual
tint seems fixed, as in the case OF the
lion, leopard, rabbit or fallow deer.
Concurrently with this there are two
variations, always liable to occur
Mechanism, or the tendency to develop
darker color, and in extreme cases
black; and albinism, or partial or To-
tai whiteness. Fallow deer, species
of both wild and domesticated, show
this perhaps best of all quadrupeds,
for the black, white, and normal breeds
are to be seen in most parks in Eng
land, These three shades, black, white.
and tawny, or sandy, may be taken to
be the normal coloring Of quadrupods.
1t remains to be shown how from these
three not only many other tints have
been developed, but also colors far
more brilliant and rich in tone than
the SANDY" or normal hue. If, as we
believe, it is on the subsequent mix
ture" of these three hues that all va
rieties of subsequent colorings in do
mesticated species depends, we must
find a wild OK or baffalo which Is
sandy, or tawny, for experiments in
crossing these and tame bovidae show
that SO many of the hybrids are fertile
that we can not draw hard-and-
fast line between them.
Though black is the normal color OF
nearly all the wild cattle and buffa-
loes. there is one species which is
tawny. This is the small. short-horned
buffalo of the west coast of Africa.
Though confined now to that region.
the existence of one wild breed OF this
color is presumptive evidence that
there may have been others elsewhere.
1t is a very beautiful species, fawn-
colored, with tinge of dark chestnut,
and about the size Of Jersey bull.
The ears are long and tipped with
long tuft hair, the eyes are large, and
the coat as smooth as that of an Eng
lish COW in summer Given the tawny
and the black wild cattle, the white
variety is almost certain to appear oc-
casionally either as pure albino or as
black beast spotted with white
Spectator.
The Springfield herald., 1899-05-05
p.r.nini and the stree. Player.


Among the pleasant stories told Of
Paganini is one similar to an incident
previously related of V!otti. One day,
as he was walking in Vienna, the vio-
linist saw poor little Italian boy
scraping some Neapolitan songs be-
fore the windows of large house. A
celebrated artist who accompanied
Paganini remarked to him, There is
one of your compatriots. Upon
which the maestro evinced desire to
speak to the lad and went across the
street to him for that purpose. After
ascertaining that he was poor beggar
boy from the other side of the Alps,
and that he supported his sick mother,
his only relative, the great violinist
appeared touched He literally emp
tied his pockets into the boys hand,
and taking the violin and bow from
him, began the most grotesque and ex-
traordinary performance possible. A
crowd soon collected, the virtuoso was
at once recognized by the bystanders,
and when he brought the performance
to an end, amid the cheers and shouts
of those assembled, he handed around
the boys hat, and made a considerable
collection of coin, in which silver
pieces were very conspicuous. He
then handed the sum to the young
Italian, saying. Take that to your
mother" and rejoining his companion,
walked off with him, saying, Il hope
I've done a good turn to that little
animal"