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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-02-03

titus, between two branches. 1t is
beautiful camp ground, aud our
health record is good so far Still
our boys would like to return to the
United States.
A pitiable sight met our eyes on
landing, the natives half naked aud
starving like to have eaten us up,
The Spaniards had despoiled what
they could not use until the poor
creatures are pitiful indeed, their
limbs are shrunken and their bod
les appear swollen. They appear
to be lazy and filthy. Ofcourse the
better element of Cubans look ell
right.
1t is awful to think Of what the
Americans waste daily and their
neighbors dying Of starvation.
l have learned some Of the Ian
guage, and hope to amuse you when
] return by talking for you
Game of all kinds is plentiful and
fish also. 1t is quite common to see
dogs, and buzzards are as plentifu
here as sparrows are up there.
We have plenty of all kinds of
fruits and vegetables, but we are
only allowed to eat them in small
quantities, and only in the morn
ing. This is a very hilly, broken
country, but to those unaccustomed
to such sights its a beautiful pict-
ure, with its luxuriant foliage, trop-
ical fruits and vegetables aud beau
tiful flowers of all hues. Prairie
chickens. ducks, quail and parrots
are plentiful. 1 can buy parrot
for 81.
We are looking forward to pay
day, as it has been more than two
months since we were paid.
/ hope you like your new work.
Write me again soon, for [ am glad
to get letter from any one, and
especially from home. Remember
me to the family. l would love to
see you all. This will not leave
before Saturday the Goth.
1t is drill time, so [ must close.
With love, I am your son,
RUSSELL SCRUGs.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-02-03
FROM FLATWOODs.

Regular correspondenee.I
tits reported that W. d. Pafford
is down with pneumonia.
T. w. Cuff is teaching an inter
esting school at the Farrar honse.
L. d. Melton, former citizen
of our county, but who has resided
in Humphreys County the past few
years, has again decided to try his
fortunes in old Benton.
The funeral services Of Uncle
David Rafford, who died Friday,
were largely attended. The inter
ment took place here Sunday. We
will never be permitted to see I'm
Gle David again while on earth, but
no doubt his admonitions and faith
erly advice to the young as we1l as
old while with us will be remem-
bered and followed by those who
survive him.
FLATwoODs, February 1.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-02-03
FROM GREENBRIER.

Special correspondenee.l
All indications impress us with
the fact that winter is still here.
Earl Hicks and family, Of Henry
County, visited here Sunday.
Hayes Brooks and Marion Lind
sey, of Big Sandy, visited here last
Saturday.
Miss Eddie Lockhart, of WHY,
spent last week with relatives and
friends in this community.
The following young folks from
Big Sandy visited here last Friday
evening: Misses Mary Floyd, Al
lie Alsup and Stella Pierce and
Messrs. W. P. Redick, Jim Saw
yers and Wyly Floyd.
GREENBRIEB, January 81.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-02-03
ANOTHER.

We clip the following letter from
the Selmer Symposium written by
Russell Scruggs to his father. 1t
is dated at Sancti Spiritus, Santa
Clara, Cuba, January 9. Scruggs
is a member of the Fourth Tennes-
see Regiment, now in Santa Clara
Province:
Dear Father:-I received your
kind letter yesterday. | was glad
to hear from you. | would have
written sooner, but could not get
stamps or paper. There are no
stamps in Cuba vet, or at least we
have not been able to get them yet
Some of the boys have been, send
ing their letters without stamps by
marking them "Soldiers letters"
Well, l viii begin to tell you of
the voyage, our reception, climate,
natives, products, etc, if can fnd
a place cool enough to write. l
have seen cooler weather up there
In August than we are having here
now.
We came over on the ship Man
itobia, formerly an English cattle
ship. 1t was a calm sea and those
who were well enjoyed the trip very
much. / was not seasick at all
We were on the water ten days
Several of the boys were sick, and
four died on the voyage and two
/ since we landed died at Trinidad
We have a much better camp
here than they had at Trinidad
! We are 1 mile north Of Sancti Spir
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-02-03

TETANTED-SeyeTaI Trustworthy persons in
w tbs Stale 70 manaEe el7r business in their
own ami nearby counties II is mainly Gree work
conducted as hQEDe. Salary straight $3.50 a year
and Xl4enses- definite, holal .Ela more no less
STAR. Monthly So. References Guclese self
addressed stamped envelope. Herbert 2. Hess.
RrszidsEs, DeTaIslsHt n ChiesEs1
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-02-03

TANTED-Ageni for History Of the Span
w isla-American War by Henry MatteTs0n.
A complete. authentic history; illustrated with
over IS ful-IaEe hail-t0nrs alld many richly col
Ored pictnTus Large uUyai octave vulums. Sill
perh outfit. postpaid for only . cents isiamVs
taken1 Aosi liberal terms The greatest oppog-
fllnlty of the Near. Address, TliE WERNER
COMPANY, Akron, Ohio.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-02-03
FROM CUBA.

COlbOy LbuolilhSS VI NOill pony AAs
First Texas Regiment, writes from
Camp Columbia, Havana, Cuba, un-
der date of January 27 as follows:
Special to THE CHRoN1cLE.
Dear Sir-Far away from the
Southern sun-kissed pines and hills
of my beloved native State, we are
camped on this fair Cuban island
which stern, relentless fate has dealt
with so cruelty. The waves as they
beat upon the coast restlessly day
andnight seem to tell a pitiful story
of years Of cruel suffering.
Think of this, then, and blame
the Cubans for their almost inhu-
man hatred of the Spaniards.
Every day poor, emaciated starv-
ing women and children gather
around our mess sheds to beg the
scraps that we will not eat. Our
government has all ready accom-
plished a great deal toward provld-
ing way for them to get food, and
yet they don't get half enough to
eat. The men Chat will work } are
emptoyedin every possible way that
they can be used.
Instead of this being a low, fat
! place, as almost every one supposed,
it is hilly and rugged, even along
the coast tits mountainous in the
interior, and / am sure it must be
beautiful
The larger portion of the natives
are black, but there is no distinc-
tion among them except as to the
rich and the poor classes. Whites
and blacks intermarry and mingle
together without any distinction as
to color. Some of the Cuban wom-
en- are very pretty indeed, with that
beauty that comes with deep suffer
ing and then restitution.
The sadest and most pathetic
event that has taken place in the
regiment since we went into camp
at Austin, Tex, was the death of
our commanding officer, Col. w.
Haywood Mabry. He was i'll just
a few days ere his gentle spirit
passed away to the God who gave
it. And never was an officer gent
ler, kinder or more congenial to his
men than Colonel Mabry. His re-
mains were accompanied about two
miles from the camp by our regi-
ment. As the sad strains from the
band of Nearer My God to Thee
foated out on the gentle breeze it
seemed to me almost a sacrilege to
step with the slow, measured beats
of the drum. His remains will
probably be inferred at Austin, his
home. Almost every one that knew
the good man was his friend, and
we all deeply mourn his death.
Since it is almost time for mess
coll, and if / don't fall into line
wont get any dinner, | will not write
any more, for | am not sure that
this poor letter will ever find its way
into the columns of>THE CHRoNI-
GLE.
! Hoping most sincerely that | may
be back IN old Camden soon, am
Very truly yours
DORSEY RURHING.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-02-03

A bill has been introduced in the
legislature to abolish capital pun
ishment is case Of murder in the
first degree. This is induced by a
sickly sentiment that we hope viii
find no encouragement in Tennes-
see. The necessity for capital pun
ishment was justified by divine law,
and has been recognized by every
civilized nation on earth. The few
States that abolished that have
abolished it found that crime In
creased. The taking of the life of
murderer saves the lives Of inn
ocent men and tine general good re-
quiresit-P Paris P0st-Intelligencer
AS usual at this season tenants
are on the move. and the customary
preparations for another crop have
begun. An early spring Is pre-
dicted.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-02-03

~xAGrSTRATFS WARRANTS. Executions
n md Stata Warrants for sale - 4EzE IitiaN-
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-16
CHARACTERISTICS OF COLUMBUS.

We possess more than twenty por-
traits of Columbus; but none is
authentic. Such of his portraits as we
positively know, however, point to
degenerate characteristics as
precocious grayness, most natural to
psychopaths Las Casas describes
him thus: Long of body, aquiline nose,
In the portrait by Giovio, which seems
to be the most reliable, we notice a
large upper jaw, the absence of beard
and a retreating forehead. In that so
highly priced by Capriolo, we have
anomalous wrinkles and large arched
eyebrows. In his calligraphy can be diff
ferentiated two types absolutely dis
tinct from each other and different
from the style of the epoch. His writ
ing is characteristic of a disturbed
mind. The directions of the writing
are self-contradictory: now they curve
to the right; now they stand upright;
and now they curve to the left. III
whole is full of dashes and enormous
fourishes, all the more significant as
the calligraphic style of the period was
a sober one in this respect, without
either periods or commas. The con-
tinuous repetition of the same letters
and the same phrases has been noted.
Harrisse points out that in the Prophe-
cies seventy-five lines are rhymed. The
abuse of rhyme in the writings Of
paranoeics is notorious. Columbus was
even more defective than the average
man Of his time in moral sense. One
not unjust cause of his prosecutions
was that, having found no gold and
wishing to make some by the sale Of
the aborigines (under preteXt that
they were idolaters) he seems to have
prevented their being baptised. In his
official correspondence he lied continu-
ally. He claimed to have found an
abundance of gold and spices. He lied
when he asserted that there had been
other admirals in his family, and when
he affirmed that he had navigated all
the west and the east. He lied when
he said that for seven years all the
world had rejected him, that he was
the object of universal ridicule, that
one monk alone had taken pity on him.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-16

reached there was crash Of torpedoes
and the engineman knew that he must
be cautious. At the beginning of the
curve, red lamp was stuck on a stick
beside the track. The train came to a
standstill. The conductor ran ahead
and found the track walker, who had
discovered broken rail. The train
backed down to the next station and
made circuit into Indianapolis with
every one safe on board. The passen-
gers accepted the conductors state
ment that hot-box had caused the de-
lay, and did not think to ask why a
hotbox should cause the train to
make a 30-mile detour. But for the
track walker, tat express train would
have been piled up, with great loss of
life and property. The track walker is
still walking the track for $50 month
Indianapolis News
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-16
CROWD ADMIRED HER PLUCK.

One Of our farmers who resides on
the Warsaw and Sparta pike. and who
is rather fond of the flowing bowl,
came to town Saturday and proceeded
to indulge in his usual habit. After
he had succeeded in getting rather
mellow his wife, who is a very stern
but good, hardworking woman,
learned of his condition, got in her
buggy, and, going to the saloon where
he was imbibing, took the buggy whip
and proceeded to give him good lash
ing and made him get into the vehicle
and go home, 1t is dollars to dough-
nuts that he will be good now Cor
some time to come. The scene was
witnessed by large crowd, who were
greatly amused, and admired the wo-
mans pluck and general good man
Warsaw (Ky) Independent.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-16
THROUGH THE WORLD GATES.

The oceans roll on either side;
The world gates open stand;
Then who will sail DER the painless
sea,
And who will cross the land?
They stand unlocked, those mighty
gates;
Then who will pass their bars
And bear aloft to the east and west
Our flag of clustered stars?
see them grouped upon the deck,
Our soldiers of the line;
They are the men to take our flag
Over the seething brine.
With quivering flame within her
breast
The troopship bears our sons
Within the gates of Hercules,
Beneath Gibraltar's guns.
On, on we sail past many lands,
Ocean to sea succeeds;
Where are the nations once so great?
Their men of valiant deeds?
Der rusting chariots on we float.
Ger sunken prince and king,
And the ghosts of dead Egyptians hear
Fhe yankee soldiers sing.
And SO at last the goal is reached,
The Orient's utmost rim;
When 10. appears another line
Of gray horizon dim.
The pennants wave, the loud drums
beat.
The martial bugles call,
The pale sky trembles in the heat,
The sailboats rise and fall;
SO, past the Isle Corregidor,
Our troopship thuds along;
From fort and battle ship the guns
Roar out a welcoming song.
The anchor drops, we lie at rest
Upon Manila bay,
TO join our brothers of the feet
Who won the glorious day.
Through the world gates are borne
our stars,
By the bravest and the best,
Our soldiers of the line who know
No north, no south. no west.
Columbia, mighty mother,
Vowed for our lives to thee,
We seek the east, we seek the west,
Yea. seek eternity!
Protectors of thy name august,
We move at thy command,
With lifted swords in thy defense
Where the world gates open stand.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-16
FITNESS FOR GOVERN
ING.

There is a marked feature of the fine
body of Euglishmen and foreigners
generally IN the work in Egypt. And
it is one Of especial interest to those
who hope to see entrance to what, for
want of better name, may be called
our colonial service based upon a sys-
tenn of appointment and advancement
by merit alone. One of the most fire.
quent arguments made by American
advocates of partisan public service,
when the benefits Of the British civil
service are advanced, is that while the
service may he admitted excellent en-
trance to it is by favor alone. There
fore, they say, positions are monopo-
lized by the sons of the rich and great.
The majority Of The men who
have made the Egypt of today have at
the same time made themselves. By
this it is not meant that they have
risen from the lowest tanks of society,
what are generally known as selfmade
men. It is the good fortune or rather
the legitimate result CT the system
and the rewards which 1t offers that
the best class Of Euglishmen enter the
government service. They must be
men of good standing ana good educa-
ton. The most fitting example is fur
nished in Lord Cromer, whose very
name is now synonymous with things
Egyptian. 1t is equally difficult to
write of Egypt without mentioning his
name, and once it is mentioned, to
withhold the fullest measure Of admir-
alton and praise for the record he has
made. He began life as younger and
by no means wealthy member of the
financial house of Barring, Family in
fluence probably secured for him a
nomination to be examined for the
army, just as such nominations are
given to young Americans.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-16
CHAPTER l..

The broad, beautiful river widened,
and the magnificent scenery OF the
Thames spread out on either side, u
picture without parallel in English
landscapes The silvery water, tho
lights and shades ever chlncmg, tnc
oyerhanging woods. the distant Hill,
the pretty isles, the pleasure boats,
the lawns, the great nests Of water
lilies. the green banks studded with
flowers, the rushes and reeds that grew
even on the waters edge. On they
went, through Richmond, Kew, past
Hampton Court past the picturesque
old Hampton Windmill, on to one of
the prettiest spots on the river the
Bells" mt 0usley. and there Lord
Chandos fastened the boat to tree
while they went ashore
All, but II was like a faint, far-otl
dream of heaventhe lovely, laugh.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-16
To be Continued.
ADVICE TO AMATEURS.
Melodrama the Best Line of Dramatic
Work for Them to Study.

whatever real pleasure, instruction
or cultivation there is to De gained
from attempted performances Of
drama" writes Julia Marlowe in The
Ladies' Home Journal lis to be OBJ
tanned only by rational, serious, enthu-
siastic effort in plays OF real merit. 1t
is, therefore. of the highest importance
in organizing an amateur company to
include only those whose inclination
toward the stage amounts 10 real
love Of the dramatic art. Unless the
head of the amateur company be pro-
feasional of marked ability and taste,
engaged MS instructor and manager,
there should be committee of refer
enee by which every affair OF the COM
pany may be discussed and decided, 1t
is, however, much the best plan TO
select one person to control the affairs
OF the company, Melodrama think
best adapted To amateur presenta-
tiou, both as schooling for the players
and in the light Of the greatest prob
able success in presentation, In melo-
drama II Is less difficult To arrive at
some degree OF success, because It's
effects are produced by methods more
artificial than must be employed In
comedy and tragedy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-16
BIG WEST INDIES HURRICANE.

Kingston. Jamaica, Nov. 11.-Com-
munications with the eastern parts of
the island, particularly the section be-
yond the line from Morant bay to Port
Antonio inclusive, has been interrupt
ed since yesterday. Last evening, how
ever. it was partially re-established,
and advices from various points show
that on Wednesday heavy weather cul-
minated in tremendous hurricane
which, during the night completely
RACED the banana and other cultivation
parishes. Portland. St. Thomas and
Morant bay are reported severely dam
aged.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-16
COMING HOME.

The last salute has died away,
The snowy sheets are spread,
The Admiral's flag is at the peak,
The last goodby is said.
Across the Indian ocean
His flagship rides the foam;
The message spreads beneath the SEA
That "Dewey's coming home!"
On hills and plains where dwells the
past,
And history had her birth,
Egypt and Asia browse and dream
The ancients of the earth.
And yet their aged eyes are turned
To scan once more the wave,
Where high aloft his banner floats
The pennant of the brave.
The Red seas waters welcome him;
Winds from Arabia sweep
Across the sands to greet him;
And, rousing from his sleep
The sphinx beside the pyramids
Lifts his grave eyes to see
Far off strange new banner float
The ensign of the free!
He skirts the storied Isles of Greece,
And in the starlit night
Olympus for Olympia wears
His crown of silver light;
And from the desolated shores
Mourning her stricken sons,
Spain hears the AdmiraIs proud salute
From grim Gibraltars guns.
Then straight away the flagship sails,
Due west and homeward bound.
A Nation waits you, Admiral,
The hours Love slowly round.
The harbor Guns will thunder
And the martial drums will beat
Bht-bow your thanks and hasten
For home and rest are sweet!
The bugle's quick Assembly" sounds
From mountain peaks again,
And heroes of a hundred years
Rise at the shrill refrain!
Once more at hard-fought Bennington
Stark answers to the call,
And Warmers men fall in again
To greet the Admiral!
Macdonough's Yankee tars will man
His phantom fleet again,
And in your honor ride once more
The waters of Champlain;
While autumn from the mountain
crests
Filings her bright banners free,
In welcome to our Admiral
The hero of the sea!
Harry Ripley Dorr.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-16
CONTRARY or HUMAN NATURE.

She had gone away for rest and
quiet. which the doctor said she
needed and the following is an en-
tract FROM her first letter home:
This place won't do at ALL Why.
there's nothing 10 do"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-16
AN GERMANY AFFORD A NAVY?

Colonel Sir George Clarke's article
on Germany as a naval power in the
Nineteenth Century leads up to the I'M
conclusion that costly
naval competition seems likely to be
maintained until the burden becomes
intolerable.--Lo Daily
News.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-16
THE TRACK WALKER
RESPONSIBILITIES GREAT BUT
THEY BRING NO GLORY.
HE'S UNKNOWN AND UNSEEN

Spends the Seasons Going Over the
Track to See if it Be Safe-Never
Talks of His Work, but Performs 1t
With Fidelity and Care-Generally
Has About Six Miles to Cover.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-16

President Loubet is accused OF being
an Orleanist.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1899-04-27

eood, and above all 50 was his
digestion.
No man should be old before his time
because of a weak stomach, sluggish
liver, shaky nerves and habby muscles.
There IS no need of it. Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery cures these
things 1t brings back youth to the
feeble because It brings back keen appe-
tite and good digestion. 1t tones up the
nver, puts oxygen and life into the
blood, and solid strength into the flesh
and muscles. 1t contains no alcohol to
iuebrlate or create morbid appetite or
craving for stimulants.
have never felt better in my life than I do
nov. says Charles Hunwick. of Lenox, Macomb
%. 20: Mich in 2 remarkabie letter to DR.. r v.
P1eree: Of Buffalo. n. Y. II have taken Dr.
f1erce's Golden Medical Discovery right along
can now walk quite well with cane and hope
70 throw even that away before long, and a. I
nav. naye had to use crutches for nearly two yeas.
Snlnk am doing hns- do mot cough now and
can eat and sleep like school boy think I
VII nave to change my mind about Patent
hedicines- as never had much faith In them;
put you must know that have been treated In
two hospitals and by three doctors besides and
received no benefit: so think your medicine Is
the only medicine for me-
There is nothing in the world for
constipation like DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets They should be taken in con-
junction with the " Discovery" when
ever any disease is complicated with that
dangerous condition Nothing else that
may be offered in their place will ac-
complish what they will And their re-
lief Is permanent Write to Or. Pierce
for free advice.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1899-04-27
ANNOUNCEMENT

On April first We sold and delivered
to the Gibson Lumber Co., our stock
and other assets in Canon City at
that time Mr.. Gibson, having owned
the location where our yard has been
located for the past 10 years and an
interest in the business a. well, it
was deemed advisable that the Gibson
Lumber Co. take the accounts rather
than divide them. We, however, did
mot sell the good will Of the business,
but have secured the location now oc-
cupied by the Beverstock Lumber Co.,
and will put in extended improvements
and continue to carry the largest and
best assorted stock in the city, as we
have done in the past and will also
hope for the continuance of the liberal
support of the buying public in our
line We take possession the first of
May, and will be glad at that time to
welcome our customers and extend
to them such courtesies and favors
as has been our pleasure and ability
to do for the past 10 years. 1872
The r. W. ENGLISH LUMBER Co.