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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-02-23

All agents of The CHRONICLE are
required to remit the full amount
of our club rate subscriptions.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-02-23
STATEMENT or ASSIGNEE.

d. G. Hudson, assignee of the
Camden Bank and Trust Company,
handed us the following statement
yesterday showing the status of the
concern at present-which includes
good, doubtful and worthless paper
now in his hands:
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-02-23

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, 1900-02-23

Our Chalk Level letter came too
late this week.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17
THE RAT CUES TON,

What about the lessons of the bu-
bonic plague? Are we going to forget
them just as they have been learned
in the school of sad experience? Know
ing that Oriental or Australian steam
ers may bring plague-smitten rats to
this port at any time-for. the pesti-
lence has reappeared in Hongkong and
Osaka, and is still raging in Sydney
ARE we going to let our own
rats increase so that, if the plague
comes ashore, there will be thousands
of fleet little animals to carry the con-
tagion? Aren't we going to get rid OF
our rats if we can?
The same problem is uppermost in
Australia as witness these extracts
from The Queenslander:
The president of the Board of Health
made the following statement to a Daily
Telegraph reporter:
ut is painful to have to say so, but II
is quite clear that this city is now in the
hands of the epidemic, and the rat is the
cause.
'Tf the plague is to be stamped out the
rats must first be extermnated. I cannot
too strongly impress this upon the pub
lie We have already said that we have
actually identified plague in certain rat.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17

found at Chippendale two miles from the
Darling Harbor slope. The infected area
extends just as far as the rats do, and.
although the cleansing of neighborhoods
is a very good thing so far as it goes, it
is not of itself sufficient to arrest the
spread of the plague. The imperative
duty is to kill the rat.
THE Premier has perceived this, and is
very anxious that something more should
be done. 1t is, however, very difficult to
say what that something should be. We
can distribute, and are ready to dstrib-
ute, rat poison to municipalities but the
difficulty is to get the people to use II
when it is supplied to them. According
to the testimony of firms part of whose
business it is to supply rat poison, the ne
mand is no greater now than in ordinary
tines, and the ordinary demand is so
small as to be not worth speaking about
The majority of the people, instead of ex-
erting themselves as individuals, just lie
back and complacently wait for State ac-
ton to be taken.
Suppose the rats were paid for at "a
a head. A thousand would cost less than
G10, and for C 1000 you could have some
thing like 100000 rats. / do not hesitate
for moment to say that 100000 dead rats
collected in Sydney just at this time
would be positively cheap at half a crown
apiece"'
The Advertiser has, time and again,
voiced the same conclusions about the
rat problem in Hawaii. Dependence
on rat poison amounts to little, and a
public rat catcher could not keep up
with the natural increase of the rodent
family in one ward. The only visible
way to get rid of the rats is to make
it an object by means of high bounty
for every mans servants, for children
and for people Of moderate wages to
hunt them down. Fifty cents per head
for rats would undoubtedly make the
pests scarce.
DR.. Wood feels the force of this ar
gument and the only objection he has
to it is that tree rats which might be
shot, would earn most of the money
while house and wharf rats went free
But if tree rats spread the plague why
not kill them? If not why pay bounty
for them at all? We understand they
are easy to distinguish, by size and
color, from the rat of the attic and the
dock. The way to proceed is to pay a
large bounty for any kind of rat if all
kinds are susceptible to the plague; if
all kinds are not susceptible, then to
uay big bounty for the kinds that
are. Nothing except successful inocu-
lation would be better than this
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17
THE DEMOCRATIC MEETING.

The Democratic organization meet
ing last night was interesting both in
it utterances and it's personnel. 1t was
also significant in that the attendance
of natives was less than it had been at
the drillshed rally of the Republicans
Plainly, so far as the national parties
are concerned, the natives are inclined
to hold aloof. Mr.. Tesla was present
but would not speak; Mr.. Bush avowed
himself Democrat, Mugwump and a
fence politician in the same breath and
made a peroration of the statement
that there were equally good men in
both parties; while Mr. Kaulia, the
concluding native speaker, said out
right that he was neither Republican
nor Democrat. Obviously the Demo-
cratic appeal to the natives has fallen
short.
Another striking fact was that so few
people who have lived in Honolulu for
any length of time took part in the
proceedings. When the venerable DR..
McGrew gazed from the platform he
could not have recognized one man in
twenty. Our Democracy is a party of
strangers, who may or may not intend
to stay here long. We do not urge that
it is morally the worse for that-far
be it from us to withhold a friendly
hand to the malihini-but surely Homo
lulu has right to expect moresof good
from a party which includes eight out
of ten of it's experienced citizens than
from one which is chiefly made I'D of
transient guests or of brand-new deni-
zens.
AS to the speeches we give every
reader a chance to interpret them for
himself, the Advertisers report being
stenographic. Mr.. McClanahan's speech
and the rest are rendered up this
morning in the cold type of an accu-
rate and uncensored narrative. Some
points are made that will bear discus
sion in these columns and of these
more anon. At the late hour of writ
ing there is neither time nor space for
anything like an argumentative re-
view.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17
OF CURRENT INTEREST.
SOLDIER Identity Tickets.

The wounded Thomas Atkins comes
off the field with his identity ticket in
his coat, and the wounded Boer arrives
with mucn more elaborate document
in his pocket. AS an evidence of the
complete and carefully thought out ar
engagements for the war which the
Transvaal and the Free State have
made, these identity tickets of theirs
are most remarkable. Each is printed
on strong card, backed with green
colored canvas, which holds together
like the syllabus of debating society.
In addition to full particulars of the
identity and address of the owner, it
bears these notices in English and in
Dutch:
I'm case of bearer of this being killed
or wounded, you are requested to send
this card, through the neal est COM
mt.nding officer or responsible official,
to the identity department above men
toned. The identity department of the
Red Cross Society will forward to Eng
fish authorities information about the
wounded English soldiers who might be
made prisoners.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17

Denouncing the Republicans for DIS
obeying the Constitution.
And finally an omnibus plank denounc-
ing the Republican party for everything
it has done since the inauguration of
Mckinley.
Young men, don't join the political
kickers and obstructionists Don't be
like the Indian that tried to lassoo the
locomotive. Get in with the people
who push ahead, adding area to the
American map and glory to the Amer1-
can flag; the people who are bound to
shape the destinies of the nation. In
a word don't handicap yourself by
joining the Democrats but get into the
Republican forward movement and
leave the kickers behind
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17

Our esteemed friend Akali Abe is
going to have the assistance of fellow
Arizonan in running his double-barrel-
ed, self-cocking Republican daily here.
General Ed Gill, sometimes called
"Gineral" Gill in the wilds of the
Southwest, is man after Abe's
own heart. They do say that when
Gill drew his gun and went after Nat
Murphy, the coyotes stopped bowling
and the Arizona Kicker missed one is
sue. Gill used to work for Tom Fitch
in San Diego and if Tom comes here too
as he threatens, the rest of the popula-
tion may as well go armed or else keep
its hands from its hip pockets. Some
of the happiest illustrations of Arizona
journalism have followed an inadver-
tent fumbling about the hip pocket
when there was nothing there but q
handkerchief
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17
Where Cnurch's Pictures Are,

Of the late Frederick E. Church s
great paintings, the most celebrated,
The Heart of the Andes is owned by
David Downs, the wealthy connoisseur
his first Niagara painted in 1857, is
in the Corcoran gallery in Washington;
his second Niagara" is in the National
gallery at Edinburgh, to which it was
given by Scottish citizen of the United
States. "1seberg" and The Andes OF
Ecuador" are owned by Sir Edward
Watkins of London, and "Cotopaxi" is
In the Lenox library, Manhattan.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17
The Indian Famine.

The Indian famine is a famine Of wa
ter, grain and cattle, and it is costing
the rest of the world and the Indian
government about $4,000 day to give
even partial relief to the 100000 starv-
ing people. England's eyes are now on
South Africa, and the charitable people
of the world in general must take care
of India. The famine of 1867 cost for
relief work alone $4,000, 900, the Indian
government having spent $4,000 day.
That Of 1877 cost $17,250, 900 In the
five preceding years starving millions
were fed at an expenditure of $3.50 900, :
600. In 1866 more than 1 1000, 900 ma
tives persisted; in 1860 over 1,500, 900,
and in 1878 over SIC. 900.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17
Pledged by Proxy.

An old story which may or may not
be true is that told of ne Marquis of
Londonderry, Great Britain's new post
master general. Before he succeeded to
his fathers peerage he stood for Par
lament in the Irish county Down, and
was elected as home ruler When he
subsequently voted against home rule.
and was charged with had faith, he said
that he had never pledged himself tic
support that cause. 1t subsequently
turned out that practical joker who
resembled the candidate had visited
county Down previous to the Parlia-
mentary election and promised the
Irish Nationalist that he would sup
port them on all questions affecting the
welfare of Ireland. The hoax was dis
covered too late to undeceiye the home
rulers, who acknowledged that they had
been sold
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17
POLITICAL BEGINNERS.

Young men, start right in politics!
Join a party of progress and patriot
ism; don't join a sorehead party or a
party of negation or one that has to
Democrats. Be Republicans!
The Democratic party was great in
the time of Jefferson, and under jack
son it did good service to the country.
But when the moral sense of the people
revolted at slavery the Democratic or
ganization began to suffer from dry rot
and finally it became both useless and
offensive. Primarily it was response
BILE for the Civil War and it made up
the personnel of the Confederacy Not
every Democrat was a rebel but every
rebel was Democrat; not one was a
Republican. Many Democrats, includ-
ing General Grant, went into the Union
army, but eight out of ten returned to
civil life as Republicans. Those who
didn't have been apologising for their
party's war record ever since.
Every great measure of national
progress during the past forty years
has been epublican-freedom for the
blacks; the homestead law; the solu-
ton of the Indian question; the pres
ent method Of meeting the national
debt; cheap postage; modern naval
construction; reciprocity; trans-con-
tinental railway; the banking system;
specie payments-all are of Republican
inception. Most of these measures the
Democracy has opposed; the few they
have fallen in with, as modern naval
construction, they seek to take the en-
tire credit for, naming Whitney as the
founder of our war-marine when, as a
matter of fact, the keels of the first
four new warships were laid by Secre-
tary Chandler during the administra-
ton of President Arthur Democracy.
to commend itself, tries to steal Re-
publican thunder.
What did eight years of Democracy
add to the advantages of the people? ?
-Four years, comprising Cleveland's
first term, were nearly barren in re-
forms OF any kind; the next four years.
covering his second term. witnessed
the hard times that were brought to
pass by the German Wilson tariff and
a coincident increase, by something
like quarter Of a billion Of dollars, of
the public debt. Manufacturing ener-
gy, Industrial and commercial incomes
and national credit were alike impair-
ed. So bad was the condition of the
country and so obvious the cause, that
the electors chose the leading Repub-
lican protectionist for President bv a
startling majority of electoral votes.
what has the Democracy since
achieved? Kicks, nothing but kicks,
Nor is it likely to achieve anything
better if the Kansas City platform is to
be what Chairman Jones recent bulle-
/ tin foreshadows. Here is a gist of
the coming platform:
Denouncing imperialism" and expan-
sior.
/ Denouncing the war in the Philippines.
Denouncing the government established
! in Porto Rico and Hawaii
Denouncing the revenue measures in
both these islands.
/ Denouncing the gold standard and the
currency bill
Denouncing the Nicaragua canal treaty
with England.
Denouncing protection to American in
/ dustries.
j Denouncing the trusts and accusing the
republican party of fostering them.
Denouncing Mckinley because he hasn't
done something more in the interests OF
the Beers
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17

1t will be noticed that the Govern
ment, in disposing of the Royal furni-
ture, gives up all that is the private
property of the dynastic family. This
will not, however, save it from the
charge, after the circumstances are for
gotten, of having cheated the Queen
out of her belongings. Such a charge
was lately made in Congress touching
the alleged loot of the Palace in 1898, y
although then as now the rights OF
private property were respected.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17
The Oldest Pensioner.

John MACEDONIAN, of Clay county. Fla,
claims to be the oldest pensioner in the
country. According to papers now on
file in Washington, he is 121 years old.
He was born in Ireland on March Is.
lI79. and came to this country in 1904.
He enlisted in the Seventeenth Connec-
tlcut regiment in 1863, when he was "a
years old. The pension officials are in
clined to believe his statement.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17
Pres mt Harvard sixty Years Hence

1ne Daily Crimson, of Harvard, con-
tains another call from Mr.. Lane, the
sociologist, who is collecting autobiog-
raphies to be opened sixty years hence.
He says: The journals of Harvard
Life written during the month of March
by professors and students are now
coming in daily to the college library
to be preserved there, opened for the
benefit of our successors sixty years
hence. | should be glad to supplement
the account thus given by as good a col
lection as we can bring together OF
photographs illustrating the present ap-
pearance of the college yard and the
college buildings, college rooms, college
customs and college men, as well as any
other pictures of the current life anG
aspect of Cambridge and Boston"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17
The Sirdar's Former Brother

Lord kitchener has younger broth
er living in New Zealand, who. instead
OF following his three brothers into the
army, chose a lonely pastoral life. Ar
thur Buck Kitchener is a bachelor As
years of age, and the owner of a fine es-
tate at Waihems Grange, near Dunback.
on the Shag river
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17
Immense Street Car Traffic.

In New York City the Metropolitan
Street Railway Company has 2S4 miles
OF track, and last year arried on then
255,So5,O 900 passengers, or about half the
number carried on all the steam rail.
roads of the United States.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17

The By Authority columns contain
a notice of the opening of Chinatown
for building purposes the Goth of this
month and earlier in regard to some
particular sites. In some respects the
move is a matter of congratulation but
we think the city will regret that it
did not keep the tract closed until the
fire limits could be extended over it.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17
Japanese Black Il, eth.

The custom of women in japan at
marriage giving their teeth an ever
lasting coating of backing is praeticed
now by only a small percentage. but
there are shll seen in the cities hun
dreds of women hideous with black
ivory, and dentists showcases contain
sets of black teeth.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17

1t is said that the little city of Orea,
IN sweden, owns and operates nursery
enat brings IN an annual income OF
Sloo,0O0, a sum that pays all the ex-
penses of the municipality, including
Tree schools for the children and a free
telephone system for the people.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17

By the way, how much would Dr..
McGrew's fine place have brought II
the National Democracy had got its
way against annexation?
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17

The Bulletin ought not to abuse in
telligence and wealth. What does II
know about either?
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17
Electric RAILWAY.

Contracts have been let for material, sp1s,
of construction, equipping and installation paci,
hands of competent electrical engineer to be fiT
pleted by June lst Having an independent
plant we are prepared to furnish electric mn,
lighting, heating and other purposes, to our b6ni
ers at most reasonable rates.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17
HSPrOmiSed.

ply each lot. Permits for making water conn
will be granted on application
An inspection of the attractive homes now ID
or the names of purchasers of lots, will convipcss
that PACIFIC HEIGHTS is the choicest and mo1
of all the residence sites of Honolulu.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17

1t looks odd to see Dewey and Agul-
naldo in the same party.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17
Is GUARANTEED

The manufacturer offers to pay 500
for any bottle of Gifford's Olive Oil, in
original packages, found to contain any
adulteration
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17

Our reservoir: al
completed and |
mains laid 50 &I
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17

and in itself an artistic piece Of engneerng-as,.
access to all points, as also scenic and marna
exquisite grandeur at every turn.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-10-27
OLD MAIDS CONVENTION.
A Convention Of Superannuated Fe-
males Have a Hot Time.

males Have a Hot Time.
The convention of the Old Maids of
the Flathead valley, which met in the
opera house last night in response
to call issued by the president, at
tracted as enthusiastic gathering
of Kalispell society people as has
ever attended a convention in this city.
A great number of the old bachel-
ors when seen after the business
program had been completed insist
ed that their faith had been shattered
beyond repair, as they expected that
when in convention. the cd maids
would be, at least truthful but that
there was not single one of the dele
gates who had given her age cor
rectly, except the president, who &C.
knowledged that she was forty-seven
years old. Mayor Griffin, who came
to the county in 1862, stated that he
knew one of the delegates back in the
east in 1886, and that she was then
ten years older than himself The
statement of the mayor is only one
of many like it, and there was not
maid who did not come in for a re-
mark or two of the same kind.
After the convention friends of the
delegates were invited to enjoy them
selves and while the Kearney broth
ers rendered pleasing music a happy
party danced. During the evening a
delightful lunch was served in the
lodge room.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-10-27
PERSONAL MENTION.

W. E. Duncan, Of Spokane, is in
the city.
William N. Billings, of Portland, is
in the city.
M. ]. Brown, of Libby, was in the
city yesterday.
Robert O'Malley, of Havre, is look
ing over the valley.
Gabe Rouselle transacted business
in Kalispell Friday.
B. katzensteine, of St. Paul, is reg
istered at the Kalispell.
Judge Lang was in from the east
side yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Fred Tinkle and son are at
Big Fork for a few days.
Eugene Desarmo. of Libby, was a
kalispell visitor yesterday.
Miss Josephine Burheger, of Spo-
kane, is visiting in the city.
Robert German, of Spokane is reg
istered at the Hotel Kalispell.
Joseph Lalounde and wife of st
Paul are with friends in the city.
Frank Upton, Of the lower valley
was visitor in the city Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Yenne were
with trends in the city yesterday.
Hector Martin, of Warren, Mimi,
has been in Kalispell number of
days.
j. w. Ellsworth, of Cut Bank, was in
the city for few days during the
week.
August and Lewis Fehburg were IN
the city from their east side home
yesterday.
Fred Martin, of Grand Forks, N.
OAK, is in the city. He will remain
number of days.
John Sebring who resides north of
the city was in Kalispell part of
yesterday afternoon.
Miss Frances L. Hunt of Harlan,
Iowa, will visit Mr.. and Mrs. Heath
for number of weeks. Miss Hunt
is cousin of Mrs. Heath.
George L. Bellows, of Great Falls,
arrived in the city Thursday night.
Mr.. Bellows has taken charge of the
Merganthaler linotype in the Bees
office, and is an efficient addition to
the typographical department of the
paper.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-10-27

Information of a personal cha racter, parties
amusements, or local events, which do not vio-
late a confidence will be gladly received and
granted space when possible. Such informal
ton should be written plainly and left at or
addressed to the Editorial Department of The
Bee,