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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09
DEMOCRATS WERE TRTCKED
Republicans Accomplish a Surprising Coup
In the House and CONSERVATION Ensues.

since the evacuation Of Porto Rico by
the Spanish forces on October l8,
1898, to January !, 1900, or that shall
hereafter be collected under existing
law, shall be placed ct the disposal OF
the president to be used for the gov
eminent and benefit Of Porto Rico
until otherwise provided by law, and
the revenue herein referred to, already
collected and to be collected under ex-
listing laws, are hereby appropriated
for the purposes herein specified out
Of moneys in the treasury not other
wise appropriated.
EXPLAINED BY MR.. CANNON.
Mr.. Cannon said there was no rea-
son to make an extended argument in
support of the bill. The brief mes
sage Of the president, he said, covered
all the points necessary to justify the
passage of the bill. 1t appropriated
all the money in the treasury collected
up to January /, and such as shall be
hereafter collected on exports from
Porto Rico for the benefit Of the peo-
pie of the island.
Mr.. Cannon explained that the sugar
and tobacco piled up in Porto Rico con-
trolled by the sugar and tobacco trusts
which was awaiting shipment to this
country would be shipped to the Uni
ted States if this bill passed and that
every dollar of duty paid by these
trusts would be devoted to the storm
swept and starving inhabitants of the
island. Republican applause.
"You have been shedding crocodile
tears" he concluded. "Now come up
and vote for this bill, every man Of
you. (Renewed applause.)
Mr.. Bailey, of Texas, replied to
Mr.. Cannon and evoked a round of
Democratic applause by his first SEN
tence. If he had known when the
unanimous consent was submitted that
the bill placed at the absolute disposal
of the president 50, 900, 900 now in the
treasury and an indefinite sum here
after to be collected, he said, he would
himself have taken the responsibility
of Directing. He would never con
sent, he said, to turn over to the dis
erection of one man money in the
treasury.
Mr.. Cannon moved the previous
question on the Porto Rico bill and
this prevailed on a standing vote o.
143 to ll9. A yea and nay vote fol
lowed.
Mr.. Bailey's motion to commit thu
bill was lost by 1873 to 149. The vot,
was then taken by yeas and nays OF
the passage of the bill and resulted
1853 to 1877. The bill now goes to tn,
senate.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09

"Dld you eve hear OF the Joke which
got Dan Rice, the most famous OF an
the circus clowns, his job under the
canvesT asked an old-timer
"NO-what was ~"
"Dan, while stlll In his teens, applied
to q circus manager for a position.
"'What salary do you wantr asked
the manager.
"'Elght hundred dollars a night re-
piled Dan.
"Tell you what I'll do said the
manager.
"'Well, speak quick returned Dan,
I'm losing time
"T1l give you S4 a week
"'All right, said Dan; It's a go'"-
Atlanta Journal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09

The successful professional poacher
" n fellow Of keen observation. He
has n complete comprehension OF ami
mated nature, Of woodcraft, and OF
how changes In the weather affect the
customs Of his quarry. Discarding the
gun, which has the disadvantage, IN.
less II be an air one, Of betraylng his
presence he chiefly relies on nets and
his dog. The breed Of dog-eommonly
n cross between q greyhound and n col
lle-ls called "lurcher." In addition
to having the speed Of the one parent
and the nose" and intelligence Of the
other, n lurcher has more stamina than
a greyhound, never gives tongue, and
will usually retrieve. In frosty wealth
er lurcher bred from a staghound Is
preferred as II has harder feet than a
dog Of the greyhound breed. The ter
rier lurcher, being apt to bark, Is OF
little use to the Doacher.
The training Of these dogs is Of a
very high order, as upon II almost en-
tlrely depends the poacher's success,
and often his safety. Here is an actual
incident. A poacher on the hunt FOR
hares had set his net at the gate Of
the field. Motloning his dog to range
he was surprised at his refusing to dc
80. Growing, 1t crouched at its mas.
ter's feet. His suspicious aroused, the
poacher, glancing back, dlscerned the
burly figures of two keepers stealthlly
creeping up behind the hedge at the
opposite side OF the road Seeing they
were observed, the keepers spranl
over the hedge, but, thanks to the time
ly warning of his lurcher the poacher
making good use Of his legs, effected
his escape, minus his poaching nipple
ments. On account Of the use to which
the lurcher is put It is looked on will
reproach, yet this creature is often
perfect model of animal beauty, and II
intelligence and capability is inferio
to no other breed.-Chambers's Jour
nal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09
TAKEN UP AT ONCE.

The message was greeted with Re-
publican applause in the house and
Mr.. Cannon asked unanimous consent
for the immediate passage of bill to
carry out the recommendation. There
was no objection and it was agreed
there should be twenty minutes de-
bate on side.
81 hope the recommendation will
meet with favor on that side of the
house." said Mr.. Richardson, the
minority leader.
"I'll see if it meets with favor on
this side of the house" retorted Mr..
Cannon sharply. "I'll now ask for
unanimous consent for the immediate
consideration of bill to carry the re-
commentator of that message into
force"
The suddenness of the request
brought CONSERVATION to the Demo
cratic side. There was no time for
consultation. Mr.. Richardson stood
hesitating q moment.
''Better do it at once" said Mr..
Cannon "before you change your
mind"
This shaft raised q laugh
Mr.. Richardson said he would not
object but wanted to know how much
time would be allowed for debate.
Mr.. Cannon replied that he hoped
there would be no debate. The bill
contained an exceedingly plain propo.
sition and needed no explanation. He
finally suggested twenty minutes on 8
side. To this Mr.. Richardson assent.
ed, observing:
ST do not suppose gentlemen on the
other side can be of one mind longer
than forty minutes. daughter. We
agree if it will help you out of the
hole"
The bill was then offered, as fol
lows:
''Be it enacted, ETC., that the sum o.
SO, 095. 455, being the amount of Gus
toms revenue received on importationi
by the United States from Porto Rice
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09
"A BILL RUSHED THROUGH
II Empowers President 20 Expend
Revenues of Porto Rico For
Benefit of Islanders.

President Mckinley sent the follow
ing special message 10 congress Friday
recommending that all the revenue
: collected on importations from the
island Of Porto Rico since the
evacuation Of the island by Spain,
amounting to more than 1000, 600
should be placed at the disposal Of the
president for the relief of the island.
"To the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatiyes: Since the evacuation Of
Porto Rico by the Spanish forces on
the 18th Of October, 1898, the United
States has collected on products COM
) ing from that island to the ports Of
the United States the duties fixed by
the Dingley act and amounting to
80, 095, 455. SO, and will continue to col
lectunder said law until congress shall
otherwise direct. Although I had the
power, and having in mind the best
interests of the people of the island,
used it, to modify duties on goods and
products entering into Porto Rico,
did not have the power to remit OF
modify duties on Porto Rican pro.
ducts coming into the ports Of the
United States.
'In view of the pressing necessity
for immediate revenue in Porto Rice
for conducting the government there
and for the extension of public educa
ton, and in view also of the provis
ional legislation just inaugurated by
the house of representatives and foi
, the purpose of making the principle
embodied in that legislation applica
BILE to the immediate past as we'll as tt
the immediate future, I recommend
that the above sum, so collected, am
the sums hereafter collected under ex
listing law, shall, without waiting fol
the enactment of the general legisla
ton now pending, be appropriated TO
the use and benefit of the island.
CIVILIAN M'KTNLBY.
\ Executive Mansion, March 2, 1900.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09
TO HELP THE BAKERS.
Representative Roberts of Massachusetts
Introduces Bill.

Representative Roberts of Massachusetts
Introduces Bill.
A Washington dispatch says: The
lynching of the negro postmaster at
Lake City, s. O., in 1898, was made
the subject of special joint resolution
introduced in the house Friday by
Representative Roberts, Republican,
of Massachusetts,. 1t provides as fol-
lows:
Whereas, On or about the 21st of
February, 1898, 100 or more armed
men fired upon and killed the post
master at Lake City, S. O., and one of
his family and wounded several others
and then burned all their property;
and,
Whereas, That said family is in a
suffering and destitute condition with
out even the necessaries of life; there
fore,
''Resolved by the senate and house of
representatives of the United States of
America in congress assembled, That
the sum OF eight dollars per month is
hereby appropriated out of any money
in the treasury of the United States
not otherwise appropriated, to be i'm.
mediately available for the relief of
the said family, to be distributed I'M
der such rules and regulations as may
be prescribed by the postmaster gen.
eral
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09

There ismore Catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together.
ana until the last lew years was supposed to be
incurable. For n great many years doctors
pronounced II a local disease and prescribed
local remedies and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment pronounced IL in.
durable, Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure.
manufactured by f. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo
Ohio, Is tho only constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken internally in doses from
10 drops to a teaspoOnful 1t acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any case
II fails to cure. Send for circulars ana testi-
m99nisis. Address r. j CHENEY & Co., Toledo,O o.
Sold by Druggists, Zoe.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09

The last execution at Newgate Pris-
en-, the most famous in the world, the
theme Of Thackeray and Dickens, Is to
be torn down to make room for the
new Central Criminal Court. New
gate has a right to be famous. II was
first built In 1885 by the Bishop Of
London. After Dick Whittington's
death 1t was rebuilt for the second
time and an efagy Of Wilmington and
his cat placed on top. 1t has since
been many times rebuilt, but never be-
came a desirable home.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09
Wrong Way to Advertise.

Street boardings, covered with flashy
posters, are as much a nuisance in the
city as the rocks and trees defaced
with hideous painted signs are on rail-
road lines. The place for advertise
ments is in a paper, not on a fence.
I doubt whether the posters do
advertisers any good; they seem
more likely to repel than to at-
tract business patronage. There
should be a city ordinance toprohibit
the Disagreement of our streets. Look,
for example, at the ugly sign-board
fence that Mr.. Elbridge T. Gerry has
erected around the ruins of the Wind
sor hotel, thus adding another horror
to those of the fatal fire. I hope that
the Herald will continue its crusade
against such unsightly and offensive
attempts at publicity.-N. Y. Town
Topics.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09

Skin diseases, such 90 letter, eczema,
ringworm, salt-rheum, or anything Of
ths kind, are cured by TettSriRe. II
KILLS the germs, and the skin becomes
healthy. Its efficacy is we'll estab-
lished. Hundreds Of testimonials can
be shown by J. 7. ShuptrinO, Savhn-
nah, Ga. Send SOC. for q box post
paid If yoar drugglst doesn't keep H.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09
Asks For Grnni of Lam.

Senator Morgan has introduced a
bill in the senate to grant land to the
state of Alabama for the purpose of
education of colored students at Mont
gomery and Troy. The bill provides
for the granting of 25, 900 acres for the
use of the State Normal school at
Montgomery and the same for the
State Normal college at Troy.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09
QUEEN CABLES ROBERTS.
Her Majesty Sends Congratulations for
the Surrender of Cronje.

In her dispatch to Lord Roberts fol-
lowing the announcement Of the sur
render of General Cronie, Queen Vic
toria said:
Accept for yourself and for all I'M
der your command my warmest con-
gratuIations on this splendid news"
Lord Roberts replied as follows:
''All under my command are deeply
grateful for your majesty's message.
Conqratulations from their queen are
an honor the soldiers dearly prize.
General Butler has also wired his
thanks to the queen for her telegram.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09

Much discussion has been aroused lately by
the alarming increase of insanity. Our high
rate OF living Is the cause assigned In the
rush for money, both men and women neg
lect their bodies until the breakdown comes.
The best way to preserve health is by a faith
ful use Of Hostetters Stomach Bttters. By
curing all stomach ills, this remedy prevents
nervous breakdown. 1t is also an excellent
medicine for constipation, dyspepsia and
btliousness,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09
Bryan Club Names banquet Date.

The Bryan banquet executive COM
mittee at Chattanooga has decided to
hold the annual event Of the Bryan
Club at the Read house March 18th,
the anniversary of Mr.. Bryan's birth,
and to prepare covers for $50. The
final list Of speakers has been made up.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09

An Italian paper purportlng to give
statistics Of all lamentations and
Qualifications since the year 1900
shows that there have been no saints
in Ireland, England or Scotland from
that datn
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09
Truth BY Accident.

1.-THE marriage tie is the proper tie" said
the popular clergyman, as he read to the re-
porters choice extracts from his sermon for
the MOnday.newspapers.
THE marriage tie is the property" was
the sentence as it appeared in print.-N. Y.
Town Topics.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09
LITTLEFIELD is SUSTAINED.

Maine Republicans Endorse Congress-
mans Views on Porto Rican Bill.
The Portland, Me-, board of trade
at meeting Thursday emphatically
Endorsed the views expressed by Con-
gresham Littlefeld against the Porte
Rican bill and praised him for his
courageous stand in the matter.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09

JAoK-The trolley car came down on was
full of women. 1t made me feel like Con-
gresham Roberts.
Mack-Had your seat contested. ebP-N Y
Town Topics.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09

Mrs. Renter-But you have given me no
rece pit.
on your honesty alretty not to bay us twicte.-
N. Y. Town Topics.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09
A War EYnerf.

Although no man of mighty deeds,
He has my admiration keen;
He can pronounce the names he reads
And knows just what the war maps mean.
Washington Star.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QUININE TABLETS. All
druggists refund the money If it fails to cure.
e. W. GROVES signature is on each box. 25c.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09

and Fever is a bottle of GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL Tonic. 1t is simply iron and quinine in
tasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price SOC
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething softens the gums, reduces inhamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie 25c a bottle
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09
Is Yours AZ
SnOw-White?

There is no getting around
such a testimonial as this. You
can't read it over without being
convinced. These persons do
not misrePreSent, for their testi-
monials are al unsolicited.
Ayers Hair Vigor restores
color TO gray hair every time.
And ii is a wonderful food to
the hair, making it grow rich
and heavy. and keeping it soft
and glossy all the time. 1t is
also an elegant dressing. SID
sl.OO a bottle. All druggists. ~"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09

VITALITY low, debilitated or exhausted cured
oy DR.. Kltne's Invlgorating Tonic. FREE 81
trial bottle for 2weeks' treatment. DR.. Kline
Id, 931 Arch St, PHILADELPHIA. Founded 1871.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09

could not get along without Piso's Cure
II33r Consumption. railways cures.-Mrs. E. c.
MoULToN, Needham, Mass, October 20. 1894
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09

PUTNAM FADELBss DYES are fast TO
sunlight, washing aAd rubbing, Sold by
ell druggists.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-09
I Look
* Years
Younger

IL am now seventy-two years
Of age and my hair is as dark as
It was twenty-five years ego.
People say | look at least that
much younger than | an. l
would be entirely bald or snow
white Il it were not for your
Hair Vigor. - Mrs. Anna
Lawrence. Chicago. H.. Dec.
a, 1893.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-21
AN IRISH IDYL.
Would BE Able to Garry
the Water.

Nary a blue streak had been seen in
Kilkenny's sky that day and nary a
minute had its Htchy blackness ceased
to pour rain upon earth.
Patrick had toiled in the fields from
morning until evening, and in no good
humor had he Laid aside his imple-
'ment and started toward home. AS his
heavy boots pounded upon the walk
they sent out tune of ill humor, says
the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Bridget, in the kitchen, had. been
washing all day. Her usually rud6y
complexion. was heightened to GRIM
son brilliancy by the steam from the
suds. Her loose, straggly hair, her ILL
fitting dress and a pair of the "old
MANS boots breathed an air of crab
bedness and fight.
"Patrick, get me a pail O. water. Yer
wet an it'll harum ye none to go into
the rain"
Patrick gruntled, grabbed the bucket
and started for the pump.
Vigorous was the stroke of the old
handle. Hardly had a drop Of rain
time to fall into the pail before it was
full.
~ His boots again brought into the air
a noise, but this time more angry and
vicious. g. ....-.
In the kitchen, bucket in hand, IL
looks at his wife. Then the bucket ii
raised and its contents plunged upon
Mrs. O'Hooley.
There now, yer as wet as I am. Go
get yer own water" 49,. -
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-21

which is his way of chewing. When it
is all chewed he thrusts it into his
mouth and swallows it.
Some people call this old fellow the
horseshoe crab, because his shell house
that he carries on his back is shaped
just like horse shoe.
In June Mamma King Crab digs hole
in the warm sand and lays a lot ofeggs
in it. She doesn't sit on them or even
stay to watch them, but scrambles off
to enjoy herself as soon as her task is
finished.
The sun keeps them warm and the
waves keep them wet, which is all they
need. When the little Kings come out
they are only quarter of an inch long
. and have no tails. AS soon as they have
grown little they throw off their o.d
clothes and new suit grows on their
backs with bit of sharp tail.
Every time they have new suits their
tails grow bigger. At last every King
baby has grown into fine young fell
low with tail as long as his papa's.
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-21
AN ECHO OF THE WAR.
Touching Reminder Of the ViciSsi-
tudes of Life During the Great
Civic Contest.

The following little bit of war rem
iniscence is contributed by C. A. JAM
ison, of Galena, Kan:
I'm 1860 the war cloud was gather
ing over southern Missouri and those
who were union in sentiment turned
their faces to the north, while the
southern sympathizer turned toward
Dixie Land ,1.'.
"Such was the condition of affairs
at old Linden, on the Finley river.
Noah Tyre and Mrs. Julia Ayres were
neighbors and friends before the Sc
cession of the southern states. Mr..
Tyre was intensely loyal to the union.
Mrs. Ayres was q southern woman by
birth and sentiment, and now on this
beautiful spring morning both fam
lilies were ready to move. Mr.. Tyre
was going to Iowa and Mrs. Ayres to
Arkansas. With. the Tyre family were
Elsie Daniels and her half brother
Clint Artaban, while their sister Mary
Daniels was with Mrs. Ayres. The
children were orphans, whose parents
had left them without relatives or
means in land of strangers. X
I'm q short time the last good-by
was spoken and the heavily loaded
wagons began their long journeys.
= rom that day to the present those
two sisters have never heard aught
Of each other. Elsie Daniels is now.
growing old, her husband is in his
grayestand her grandchil ldren play
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-21
SIZZLING HOT.
It Was So Hot In That Neighborhood
That the Air Sometimes
1pottered.

It had been the ''warmest day of the
season." and even the shirtwaist man
suffered. A resident of a closely-inhab-
tied district determined to seek relief
in the evening by going out to visit
friends who live on the East side near
the river, where refreshing zephyrs
temper the atmosphere and make ex.
istence in hot weather endurable. Un-
fortunately he got into a political argu-
ment with the man of the house, and
this did not improve the temperature
any. He mopped his moist brow impa-
tiently and said he guessed he would
60 down to the river and jump in, says
the Detroit Free Press =
"Why," he remarked, "this is worse
than where I live. The air fairly sizzles
up here. Don't you hear it?''
'Yes," soberly admitted the host,
"this is about the hottest spot in the
city. We seem to be in the center of
some strange atmospheric influence,
and we often hear the air sputtering in
that fashion during particularly
warm SPELL"
The visitor hastened to get out Of
the torrid region, and, after he had gone
his friends enjoyed good laugh at his
expense. The sizzlingsound is produced
by machine used torenovate beer bar
rels at q neighboring brewery. The
imagination of the warm man did the
rest.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-21
TERRIBLE OCEAN DUEL.
II Fight Between Monster Eel ana
q. = Shark the Former Came
Out Victorious.

Ieport comes from Waikiki, near
sHonnlnlu, to the following effect: Early
Saturday morning two fishermen in .
nstive canoe were pursuing their CALI
ing in the shoal water of the coral reef
near Diamond Head. They had fished
long and caught nothing, and were on
the point of returning home when q
strange thing happened.
The water near where they were
moored suddenly became agitated-soS
muohesos inafact, as to cause the fish
ernneft to roll unpleasantly.
t#Pesto the water to ascertain,
the ciuse the disturbance, the two
NATIVES q singular sfght. A huge
eelsof the conger vahety and ham
merhead shark, whick had apparently
by some strange mischance drifted in
50 the domains Of the sinuous monster,
were engagedsin mortal combat.
Which was the attacker and which
the attacked it il. is.impossible to say, but