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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-06-13

The people Of thc United States cat ino1wI
bottles pf pickles every week.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-06-13

o Candy a.. Cat n 5 ggFc nation forever
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-06-13

lh" ,.a... ."a wHari rIr b. Hoping The chain
wheel girl up uc mn BlI ne-a are excellent
chain wheels $50 mlst Them THa picture shows
that tho cfurIasa is The better Hiu climber uo-
cause fho h-velgaaHu9 cannot no rrampcd or
twisted wIrr the extra strain. The same uni.
f.rui'v ~ action make, 'he DIail'.s1 execution
HIt .asy running at OBJ time.
New 1899 Models Chsin'o,s SIS; Colum-
bIa chain wheels. $50 HIATT rds. $685.
Vede'ies SIS SIC.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-06-13
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.

St-N GttAEN4SCO, CAL.
LoUisVlLI.E. Ky NEW YORK. ". Y.
For sale by all Druggists. SOC. per bottle.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08
Mid Sentence in the Trnnsvn a

A recent issue of The Transvaal
Critic" contained this suggestive bit of
news: THE man Uys who thrashed
two native servant girls to death in
the WakkerstrOom district some
months ago has been sentenced to two
years hard labor. Mild as the SEN
tence will appear to those who cor
recdy estimate the value of human
life, it has astounded the relatives and
friends of the accused. 1t says a good
deal for the jury that they did not de-
eide on an acquittal, seeing that the
State Attorney stated ia the Rad not
so long ago that to thrash native
servant to death was not a dishonor-
ing crime"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08
AMERICAN BLUFF WON.
Yankee Tourist Dldat Propose 10 Be Left Oui
IL The Cold.

Here al home a blum doesn't count
for much" said a globe-trotter, ''but
I'm telling you that a good, stlff BLUM,
with a cheeky American behind It, is
worth lot Of money IN Europe. When
! got around 10 Nice last year the best
hotels We're crowded, and had 10 take
up with n small room. On the same
floor was n German who was occupy
ing a suite, though not spending much
money or putting on any great style.
One day there was a great row. The
landlord had asked him as a particular
favor to vacate for q newcomer and.
OF course the man didn't propose to be
turned out. The landlord eoaxed and
argued, and the German growled aud
muttered, and l followed them down
to the Office to see how 1t would come
out. At the desk was an American
had run across in Yenice-a buyer for a
Chicago dry goods house. When the
landlord and the German began to CAB
BILE in chorus the buyer pulled blank
check from his pocket and reached for
n pen and said:
" All this talk Is OF no use. / want
rooms here. l will buy the hotel and
select my suite. Sir, what is your cash
price for this hotelP
-" You would buy the hotel? ex-
claimed the landlord, as he threw up
hts hands in surprise.
Grounds and all, and I want It to-
day. How much-a milllon-three or
four? And what name shall l I'll In
on the check?"
Say, now," laughed the tourist, "but
you ought to have seen that thing
work! The German had determined to
be ugly about 1t, but when he bumped
up against man who had as soon pay
four millions as one for what he fan
cied he felt awed and humbled and
ready to quit. The landlord figured
that to turn away such n Croesus
would ruin his house, and it wasn't
half an hour before the buffer was in
stalled in the suite and the German
was chucked into dog hole on the top
floor. And that wasn't all, mind you.
When they sent the buyer bill based
on his supposed millions he got up and
threatened to buy up the town and
start six soap factories to running, and
they cut every Item in two and begged
his pardon to boot. l don't believe that
chap had $1,000 to his name, but he
just walked over everything and every
body for two weeks, and it was current
gossip that he owned the whole of Chi
cago and a good share of St Louis and
Cincinnati. Nothing but cold bluff.
which wouldn't have taken him into
an American dance hall as a deadhead.
but 1t was equal to a letter of credit for
S1,O00,000 over there. Seattle Times.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08
Difficult Test

One Of the hardest tests given appll
cants who go before the civil service
commission boards of examiners is in
the form Of printed matter which is to
be copied without q single change. 1t
Is said to be surprising to find how
many intelligent people find it impossi-
bic to properly stand this test They
can frequently correct errors in Ian.
guage which they cannot copy YER
batim.
There was lately an applicant who
showed his aptitude for this work. He
was given a printed page and told to
copy it.
want it just like this?" he asked.
without change" the examiner
replied.
The man labored The printed mat
ter was on white sheet that was spot
less, with the exception of fly speck
on one of its corners. The sheet the
student had was minus blemish in
that particular spot but when it was
turned in there was a well-imitated fly
speck. There was not flaw in the
work, and he received rating of 100
on that portion Of his examination and
to-day Is one of the best and most
trusted employees in the service Of the
commission, where he was detailed
shortly after taking his examination
Washington Star.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08

If present advices are correct anoth.
er important industry, that of date
growing, will shortly be inaugurated
in this country. Through the efforts
of our Agricultural Department the
date tree of Algiers has been success
fully transplanted and successfully ac-
climated in Arizona, and the beginning
Of another profitable industry has thus
been made. 1t is predicted that in a
few years American orchards will
supply the entire home demand for
dates. 1t would seen that not only
Arizona, but New Mexico, the "staked
plain" region Of Texas, and consider
able patches in California and the In
dian Territory afford the peculiar con-
ditions of soil and climate necessary
for the date. 1t does not appear to
thriN in regions where the humidity
is so great as in our Gulf states. A
single tree yields from 100 to 400
pounds of dates per annum.-Brad.
streets.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08
Non-sinkabIe Boats.

The latest invention for saving lifo comes
from London. and Is non .sinkablo boat. N
people would pay aa much attention % the
preservation OF life ia other ways. there would
~ great improvement. llostettor's stomach
bltters Is liio prosefyer, discovered 90. years
ago 10 cures dyspepsia, indigestion aud all
forms on stomach trouble 10 ia ana excellent
from any druggist
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08

England persists In the contention
that lie motives are entirely philan-
throplc."
"Well, answered Dom Paul, severe.
ly, 80 are mine. want to see n /
can't get up a good Rhodes movement
In South Africa. Washington Star
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08
RenutY Is BIood Deen.

CleLn blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without 1t. Cascarets, Candy Cathar.
tic clean your blood and keep 1t clean. by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
purities from the body Begin to-day to
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisiaction guaranteed. 1Oe, 25c. SOC
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08

. n 1883 the average price Of a horse was
from 1884 b 1897 while the number OF horses
10 the United States had increased by more
than 100000 their total value had decreased
nearly $1,000 900.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08

Mr. Chas E. Currier Of the Atlanta National
Bank, Is very careful with his words, not only in
hnanctering, but in his conversation generally.
lie suffered much fromindigestion, and writes
II have used Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy in
attack of acute indigestion, and have ALWAYS
found it to give instantaneous relief. consid.
er 1t medicine of high merit c. f. CURRIER s.
Price % cents bottle, at all druggists; or
sent for price, express paid. by Tyner Dvsnenl
STA Remedy Co, 45 Mitchell St. Atlanta ca
Send Fire Cents IN stamps ToJ' Sample. FREE.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08
FOR SALE
NIusleal OrchestrIon organ.

A Child can play IT, No knowledge Of
music necessary. Plays Sacred and Dance
Music. Very powerful. Suitable for Lodge,
Home or Concert Hall. Cost 5000. VIII tcke
$50 for 1t. Almost perfectly new. Address
james Osler, 80 Decatur street, Atlanta, Ga.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08
Acquitted.

Remember" said the young man with the
downy mustaohe and the foreign title, II am
not fortune-hunter
No" answered Mr.. Cumrox zloomily. ~
discovered that shortly after | became your
tather-in-law. You propose to sit still and
have the fortune walk into your bank ac-
count You wouldn't do anything so ia
ton Star
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08
INDICTED FOR BARRATRY.

Grand Jury at Atlanta, Ga, Returns True
Bill Against Lawyer.
An Atlanta dispatch says: L. P.
Skeen, a member of the Atlanta bar,
was indicted by the Fulton county
grand jury on a charge of barratry.
For several weeks it has been known
that the grand jury was investigating
Mr.. Skeen's connection with the bill
for receiver recently filed against the
kSouthern Home Building and Loan
association, and the indictment is said
to be result of that litigation which
recently terminated il the superior
court in favor Of the association.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08
Lake That Docs Not Freeze

Lake Salawk, near Dawson City. Alaska.
which Is sixty miles broad, Is perhaps the
only one in the extreme north which does
not freeze in winter.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08

Tommy-Grandma, mayI ask a ques.
tion?
Grandma-Whati Is it?
Tommy-Why did Noah take n pair
Of microbes into the ark ?-Brooklyn
Life.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08
Wnnted

Two travelling statesmen in each Southern State.
800 and expenses. Experience not absolutely
necessary. For particulars address Pocahontas
Tobacco Works Co, Bedford ity, Va.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08
Bird That Guards Sheen.

The yakamik, a bird of the crane family
is used by he natives of Venezuela in plac,
Of shepherd dog for guarding and herdinG
their flocks
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08

Give me health and day, and Twill make
ridiculous the pomp of EN- perors Emerson
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08

The IS cent size is Just right
for an ordinary, everyday cold.
The so cent size is better for the
cough Of bronchitis. Group, grip,
and hoarseness. The dollar size
is the best for chronic coughs,
as in consumption. chronic bfOn-
chitiS, asthma. etc.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08

There is no genius in life like the genius o.
energy and activity
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08

After physicians had given me up. wa,
Transport, Pa, Nov. %. 1893.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08
DO Cure ConstlnntIon Forever.

axe Cascarets Candy Cathartic. Zoe or 25c
II {. {. {. fail TO cure, druggistsrefund money
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08

of kings.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08
Both Can See Their Finish

~ ~ Aooos SparaCus Pills cure all kidney Tia g.,
PIC Add. Sterling Remedy Co, Chicaro or n
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-12-08

mum C"h sec Incir FINISH.
Mr.. Aguinaldo, I want to admit TO Won on
the quiet that Won are no more groggy than
The American Turkey.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-02
OKLAHOMA GOSSIP
WHY ASSESSMENT FIGURES ARE BE-
Low LAST YEARS.
KANSAS CITY MANS CLAIM
DECLARES HE OWNS FIFTY-FOUR
OKLAHOMA TOWNSHIPS.
SyI Dixon's Boom Scheme-Changes Mt
A. and NJ. COlIege-How a Guth-
rie Cripple Lost n Small
Fortune - Ex-senator
Lynch's Promise.
WHY ASSESSMENT FIGURES ARE BE-
Low LAST. YEARS.
KANSAS CITY MANS CLAIM

GUTHRIE. o. T., July 1.-(Special) Ter
ritorial Auditor S. n. Hopkins has re-
ceived the assessment returns for 1899 from
every county in the territory but one
Grant. The returns hardly give a fair
showing of the valuation of territorial prop
erty. With Grant left out, the assessment
for this year is below that of last, but this
is accounted for on the ground that no
penalty was placed behind assessors in
fixing valuations.
The wide variance OF figures in the diff
ferent counties returns does not in all cases
demonstrate the actual condition of af-
fairs in the localities reported. 1t indi-
Gates variance in the system of rating as
used by different assessors. The work of
the board of equalization may change re-
suits in some cases.
The report for 1898 showed a total valua-
ton of siO,623,Sl6. Judging from the figures
received thus far this year the aggregate
valuation will, it is believed, fall several
hundred thousands below this. That the
people are even more prosperous than form
erly is, however, a fact which will scarce
ly be disputed.
Canadian shows the greatest increase,
this county having returned figures S5lo, AS
ahead of last year. Payne follows with an
Increase of $43i 165 and Logan is third with
a raise of SAB, ,29S. The returns received for
the two wears are az follows.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-02
MEIsSONIER'S MODELS.
Most of Those That He Used Were
Made by HIM
self.

From an Exchange.
Artists delight in nothing more than in
telling anecdotes and good stories about
each other and their masters in particular.
About Meissonier a yarn is told by YER
eschtschagin, the renowned Russian paint
err which throws a new light upon his
methods. knowing the minute care he
always took in the preparation of his work
and his rooted objection to using anything
modern in his subjects" says Verescht-
schagin. II asked him. while visiting him
ON one occasion, how he had studied the
details for "A Snow-covered Street, In 1914,
one of his masterpieces.
F"Meissonier produced a large drawing
Ion this / had accumulated all tho
materials l needed to prepare the model
snow. dirt and wagon wheels. To begin
with, l made paste of wet earth and
smeared it over the board thickly. Then 1
ran the wheels of a little toy cannon over
II dozens of times to make the wagon
tracks and fixed up hoof prints by making
impressions with a little bootheel. studded
with big nails. I shook flour over 1t all
and made more wagon tracks. until the
whole thing really looked like a street.
Then I sprinkled salt over 1t and all was
"'Why did you salt it?' 1 asked, in
amazement- .,,,,,,
ling glimmer,' he replied. You laugh. but
how could I have produced that enect
otherwise?' I told him thought ne would
have had an easier time of 1t had ne taken
a flying trip to Russia and looked at a real
snoW-coyered thoroughfare.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-02
PILLSBURY'S HELPFUL CIGAR.
The Chess Champion Says He Must
Have One When He Is in
n Game.

From the Washington Post.
Pillsbury, the chess champion of New
York, played blindfolded against six op
ponents at chess, two at checkers. and at
the same time took hand at whist the
other night. He won all the games at
chess and checkers. The first rubber of
whist went against him and the second
was not finished. Pfllsbury was spuffing
away at a big cigar when 1 Interviewed
him. No said he, II don't find smoking
interfering with my play. Some folks say
1t takes the sharp edge from ones intel
ect, and spoils ones memory. / haven't
found it so. I've smoked since 1 was IA,
and 1 can play better when l have a cigar
in my mouth-only cigar, never anything
else. When l play a lot of games at the
We're l practice what you call self-hypno-
tism. 1t is largely will power. You see it S
just this way. When 1t becomes my turn
to make move at one of the chess boards,
my mental powers are concentrated severe>
ly upon the one move. All the other chess
boards, the checkers and whist are entirely
obliterated from my mind. It's as though
had never started playing those other
games at all. seem to remember nothing of
them. I come to a decision, the move is
made, and turn again to the cards in my
hand. Quick as lightning the game Of chess
vanishes from my mind. Now it is nothing
but whist with me. l seem never TO have
had thought q anything but the cards.
play one. Then l move one of the check
ers. These transitions of mind take place
so quickly that l seem to be playing chess,
checkers and whist all at once, and to be
thinking of all the games at once. But it
is as l explained. The only thing really
need for the ordeal is my cigar"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-02
LOVING CUP FOR CAMB0N.
Presented by President Mckinley in
Token of His Peace Proto-
col Service.

WASHINGTON, July President Nc
Kinley to-day presented to the French
ambassador NJ. Cambon, a superb silver
loving cup in recognition of the ambas-
sador's friendly services In the negotia-
tions which restored peace between the
United States and Spain. The beautiful
testimonial was sent by Secretary Hay to
the French embassy, accompanied by q
note from the secretary, in which, speak,
ing for the president he expressed sincere
appreciation for NJ Cambons considerate
and disinterested services and rendered
the loving cup as an evidence Of the es-
TEEN felt for him.
The cup is of massive proportions and
chaste design and the international sig
nificance of the gift is shown in the blend
ing of the French and American coats of
arms: 1t stands about two and one-half
feet high, with the top of the bowl about
silver M % richlS Embossed While While ReliGs fhe Gslds is
is of hammered gold. Around the outside
of the bowl, in raised old English text,
runs the following inscription:
Presented by the president of the United
States to his excellency, NJ. Jules Cambon,
ambassador of France, in token of his
protocol of peace between the United States
and Spain, August u, 1s9s."
The bowl is supported on the shoulders of
three American eagles. These, in turn, are
on massive silver pedestal, around which
circle the thirteen stars emblematic of the
thirteen original states. The three handles
of the cup are myrtle leaves, symbolic of
the peaceful offices which M. Cambon per-
formed, On the three faces, of the cup,
where the handles join the bowl, appear
the coat of arms of France with the letters
r. F.-Republique Franchise.
The box in which the loving cup is in
closed is another triumph of the jeweler' s
art. 1t is of light bird d's-eye maple. highly
polished, with brass trimmings bearing the
monogram of the ambassador
The interior Of the box is lined with
crimson velvet and the whole is enveloped
in a sack of olive velvet. Altogether, the
presidents gift is one of uncommon rich
ness and artistic beauty.
When the gift and letter were received
at the French embassy. NJ. Cambon was
absent, not having returned from his New
England trip.
Under the circumstances, the letter re-
manned sealed and the box unopened
until the ambassadors return, which is
expected shortly. After receiving his recent
degree of LII. D., from Harvard, he went
to Manchester -by-the-Sea for a few days.
The presidents gift will be an entire sur
prise to him, and Will be gratifying alike
for its personal as well as its national sig
nifcance. The queen regent of Spain has
already decorated NJ. Cambon for his serv-
ices in the peace negotiations.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-02
The Man Who Drinks.

From the Memphis Commercal-Appeal.
The business world recognizes that no
man who drinks is as good as he would
be if he never drank. Time was when in
certain lines of business it was considered
necessary to drink. Quite the contrary is
the case now. Even saloon men prefer
barkeepers who do not drink the liquids
they sell. All the fairy tales about the
great things people do when under the in
fiuence of liquor, have been exploded. The
orator who must be intoxicated in order
to make a speech is no longer here and
he has never been here. The lawyer who
cannot plead case or cite an authority
without spending the night before in a
barroom has gone to visit the pale glimpses
of the moon and he has always been gone.
The writer who produces a great poem or
a great essay while maudlin, removed from
this planet before the command Let there
be light was given. The bookkeeper,
clerk, mechanic, salesman, artisan, young
or old, is not at his best while he is under
the influence of liquor and he is not as
valuable to himself. his employer, or So
ciety. In the race of life the temperate
man has the best of it; the drinking man
Is handicapped. Great things have been
done while the brain was excited by stim-
uIants, but greater things would have been
done had there been no artificial stimu-
iation. The sober man is always an i'm
provement on the drunken man.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-02
EXPENSIVE DRINKS.
1t Is Not What n Man Actually Spends
on Liquor-It IE What He Wastes
While Drinking.

Wrecked fortunes and depleted health are
the usual results of the drink habit, besides
this, the destruction of home and its ties
and the gradual loss of the confidence of
friends and at last, but generally too late.
The knowledge of his own degradation and
moral obliquity.
The steady drinker has as much to fear
as the periodical drunkard, as the result of
the constant use of alcohol is as certain
as day and night, and is simply question
OF whether he comes to a, true realization
of his condition before reaching the last
and most severe stage-delirium tremens.
The Bartlett Cure is prepared for all cases
of alcoholism from the moderate drinker to
the most desperate case of chronic alco-
holism. Its medicines are graduated TO the
use of each individual patient and the
success of their work has called forth the
commendation of men in the highest sta
tions in life.
1t IS taken at home without publicity and
does not require the patient the loss of a
moment from his business. Write for par
tculars TO The Bartlett Cure Co, $40 Ar
lington bldg, Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-02
oLATHE WON'T CONTRIBUTE.
Objects to Putting Up $3.50 to Bring
Her One Soldier Back to
Kansas,

TOPEKA, July 1.-(Special) The scheme
of s. H. Whisner, of Wyandotte, to raise
money to bring the Twentieth Kansas reg
iment home in body does not meet with
favor at Olathe. Mayor Frank Hodges, of
the matter said: "Whisner has apportioned
the expense among the various towns in
Eastern Kansas, and l received word that
our town would be expected to raise $3.50
olathe has just one soldier with the Twen-
tieth Kansas. We had two, but one was
killed. The business men down our way
think that If we are going to raise $3.50 to
get our one soldier back we would better
make him a donation of that amount. 1t
will do him more good. Olathe will not
subscribe to the fund. No organization, as
l understand it. is behind the scheme.
What's to prevent other persons from start
ing up a similar project and putting the
money down their jeans? They don't have
to account to anybody"