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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-11
Building Good Roads.

State Engineer. Bond is the execu-
tive head of the good roads movement
tn New York 1t involves vast
amount of hard work, but he is inter
ested in it personally to such degree
that the labor of travelling about the
State and inspecting the roads under
Improvement or of drawing up the
plans for improving the roads here in
aAlbany is done with pleasure and zest.
1.-The good road, the trolley, the au-
gtomobile, the bicycle and the locomo-
bile" he said few days ago, will de-
stroy the anarchist party, for they VIII
take the workingman out of the city
into the country and give him a pleas
ant home. Those blocks of tenement
houses in New York, we shall all hope,
VIII in time be superseded by the man
u9actory and other business concerns,
and the underground road, the troll
legs, automobiles, the good roads and
the bicycles will enable the working
man to live five miles in the country"
"WIn you expend the $4,000 ap-
propriated by the Legislature this
year for good roads?' Mr. Bond was
asked.
Yves, every penny Of It have just
ben down to Newburg to have a chat
with Governor OdeIl concerning the
improvement of the roads and other
subjects relative to the work of this
department. The Road Improvement
Company, organized by Edward II.
Hartman, which has the contract for
improving the roads of Orange Coun-
ty, has already expended $4,000 on
road improvement machinery. We are
building and improving dirt road for
fourteen miles west Of Newburg.
Ia the Governor it was an expert
hent. I don't know whether such a
road will last. Where we can we put
gravel on such a road. The cost of
the Orange County roads will not be
over $500 mile"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-11
Pony and Rnttlesnake.

A California farmer, who has three
small children, owns a pony which is
their constant companion. They have
ridden him, rolled over him, fed him
and have come to consider him as one
of the family. When the children
went on an expedition and did not
want to ride, the pony went along as
if he had been a pet dog. The San
Francisco Chronicle tells the follow
ing story of the pOny's presence Of
mind:
One day the three children went on
a nutting expedition, and while they
gathered the nuts the pony grazed
near by Suddenly, almost beneath
'the feet Of the nut gatherers, there
was an Ominous whir, and they saw
with horror a huge rattlesnake coiled
ready to strike.
The children huddled together, too
much frightened to move, but as the
deadly head went back there was a
quick trample of hoofs, rush through
the bushes and the pony appeared.
With his four little sharp hoofs
brought together he shot up into the
air, landed sQuarely on the snakes
coil, and was off again before the
wicked head could strike.
The interruption had released the
frightened children from the charm
and they ran a short distance away
and stopped to witness the contest
The RATHER was wounded, but full OF
fight and coiled again, and again the
pony landed on him and got away
safely. This time the snakes body
was nearly severed in two places, and
the snake was conquered. The pony
walked around 1t, and apparently sat
isfed, gave a cheerful whinny and re
turned to his grazing.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-11
Damned Cannot ne Curcd

by local applications rs they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition Of the mucous lining Of the
Eustachian Tube When this tube is infamed
you have rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be des troyed forever.
Nine cases out Of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inhamed condition Of
the mucous surfaces.
We will giv~ One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh), that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Circulars
sent free. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O..
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-11
A nron.leninr Innnence.

Man is o social being. soclability
is broadening and should be cult
waited. The city and the country have.
unfortunately for both, only bowling
acquaintance. Lack of social inter.
course, which leaves room for the
growth Of prejudice and jealousy, Is
largely responsible for this unwhole-
some cramped condition. Bad roads
are largely responsible for the slight
acquaintance that is maintained be-
tween the city and the country and
for the absence Of the sociabillty that
would naturally follow a closer ac-
quaintance.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-11
An LIMITATION.

"What do you say?" said the Work To
BE Done;
"Shall we start bravely together,
Up with the earliest peep OF the sun,
Singing whatever the weather!
Come, little busy-folk, what do you say!
Let's begin fairly together to-day.
"Shall we keep step with laugh and
song,
An through the runaway morning.
And when the noontime comes speeding
along,
Whistling his chorus Of warning,
Then" said the Work To BE Done, "let
us see
Who has kept up in the hurry with me.
"Hark, in the midst Of the long afternoon,
When you're a little bit weary,
How all the meadows keep sweetly in
tune,
Toiing and prattling and CHEEKY.
What do you say" said the Work To BE
Done,
Shall we be comrades till setting of SUM-"
Youths Companion.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-11
mot Petrolenm 20 Rond AIakInr.

California has discovered new
lmethod Of making good roads. II is in
1.-THE use Of hot, crude petroleum as a
cementing material.
The art Of road making Is proba-
bly, more important than any
other one of mans accomplish
ments. 1t is only In recent years that
Americans, outside Of a few Of the
older settlements, have begun to up
preciate the full commercial and so
cial advantages of good roads, and to
encourage their building through lib
eral appropriations of public money
from State, county and township
treasures.
No sooner was such work begun
than there arose serious questions in
many localities as to, what material
was best for the local production of
good roads.
Where stone was cheap and plenti-
ful 1t naturally became the accepted
matchmaking material, but even in
jsuch sections n stone road is not al
{ ways the most satisfactory. Earth
roads, made of sand or gravel, which
contain good cementing material, such
as proper admixtures of lOam, clay or
iron ores, make roads much smoother
and more pleasant to drive over while
not so likely to be unpleasant from
dust
Such roads are much cheaper to
build, for hardly a locality can be
found which does not contain some
\ handy bed of fair road-making ma
lterial. In many sections the natural
soil is all that is needed to make good
roads for fair weather use. Such roads,
however, are sure to suffer -lnder the
stress of winter rains and frosts and
summer droughts, and break up badly.
Such was the situation in Fresno
when the working of CALIFORNIA; new
oil find made petroleum cheap and
suggested its use on the roads. The
idea probably came from the uLe of
IYetroleum refuse on railroad tracks to
lPep down dust Using the petroleum
bot is new idea.
The hot oil cements the sand. loam
clay and gravel and makes the road
bed both dustless and waterproof. II
makes the roadbed material pack un'
der O heavy use and its qualities Inn
prove as the doses of oil are repeated,
Reports from San BernardinO Coun
ty say that $50 barrels of oil a year
are used per mile of road, and that
even at $1.10 barrel the OIL is found
cheaper than sprinkling with water
for keeping down the dust, while all Its
other advantages are, as it were
thrown in.-New York Journal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-11
EVOLUTION OF The cENsu7.
Taken In the Middle Ages For the
Purpose OF Taxation.

Taken I'm the Middle Ages For the
Purpose OF Taxation.
The term census" had It's origin in
Rome, and was applied to one group
Of the censor's many and varied func-
lions, says a writer IA the Paris Mes
senger. The Roman census was chiefly
concerned with fiscal matters, and we
may suppose that the enumerators
were not too effectively welcomed by
the inhabitants. In the middle ages
the census meant neither more nor less
than a tax, and the final, formal, ma
terial and efficient cause of every
numbering of people was the desire
Of its castle-clad government for
money or the actual sinews Of war.
Under the absolute monarchies
which appeared in Europe after the
decline and fall OF the feudal system,
the tendency to Capitalization for adj
ministrative purposes prepared the
way for statistical Inquiries, into the
numbers of the inhabitants of partic-
ular districts. The necessity of such
stock taking was first clearly pointed
out by Adam Smith, but 1t was not till
long after his death that the first
census of Great Britain-it did not
extend to Irlland-was carried out. A
census bin, which passed the Lower
House in 1853, was thrown out by
the Lords at being ''profane and sub
versive of liberty" Accordingly, up
to 1901, the number of inhabitants of
the British islands was as much a
matter of guesswork as the popuTa-
ton of China is to-day, and, as in
variably happens in such cases, the re-
suit of the enumeration was a great
disappointment to all the statistical
prophets.
The progress of the census methods
since the first year of the last CEN
fury may be illustrated by the de-
velOpment of the occupational returns.
In 1901 there were but three divisions
those employed in agriculture, those
engaged in trade or manufacture and
those engaged in neither In the next
two censuses no material change in
this respect was made, but in 1881 the
Overseers Of parishes were required
to give details respecting the occu-
patlons Of males over 20. In the cen
sus Of 1871, an enumeration most
facilitated by the uniform system of
registration of births. marriages, and
deaths which came into force in 1887,
the enumerators were instructed to
enter each PERSONS description of his
| own occupation.
An interesting feature of the census
Of 1851 was an attempt to supply the
ecclesiastical and educational statis-
ties of the country, but no effort was
| made to elaborate the occupation re-
turns. The census Of 1861 was also, to
a certain degree, experimental. In
1871 the first imperial census was talk
en-and the census paper of that date
an interesting article, by the way
could be written on the series of eleven
is obviously the great grandfather
Of the present form.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-11

Mrs. Nebb-"T am going to an OBJ
servation party this afternoon, dear"
Husband-"An observation partyi
What sort Of a party is that?" Mrs.
Nebb-"Mrs. Quizzer's next door
neishbOr is moving, and Mrs. Quizzer
has invited a few friends to watch
through the windows anu sec what
they have. Boston Traveller.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-11

endowed with n natural energy 10
overcome all obstacles by lts own In
herent vitality, must needs suffer un-
der the drag Of a running mate which
Is destined to crawl slowly over preju-
dice, financial distractions and official
dilatOriness Automobile Topics.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-11
TALLULAH FALLS EXPOSITION
One Fare Round Trip From All Points
In Georgia

Account Blue Ridge and Tallulah Falls
Exposition Sept 18th, 18th and 10Th. For
information apply to Il. r. ticket agent or
W. S. Erwin, Secretary, Tallulah Falls, Ga
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-11
A Vast GnIn I,erinn.

There is a vast territory in Northern
Maine from which gum comes, a re-
gion larger than the State of Massa-
chusetts, covered by deep spruce for
est, broken only by lakes and streams.
Out Of this region in the spring come
many men bearing their packs of gum
on their backs Some have devoted
their whole time for the winter to
gathering gum. Others have COM
bined with this work trapping fur
bearing animals. A number Of guides,
who in the fishing and hunting sea-
son traverse the woods with parties
of sportsmen. devote their winters to
gathering gum.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-11

New York and Pennsylvania pay mem
bers of the Legislature $500 year; Maine
pays them $3.50 year.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-11

The man who sinks an oil well doesn't
object to running his business into the
ground.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-11

Great Britain supplies many Brussels
carpets and small foot rugs to Turkey
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-11

Some inventors are like their inven-
tions-they won't work
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-28
Notes and Personals.

Mr.. J. Fl. Hill. manager Of the Gaives-
ton, Houston and Henderson, Is In the city.
MIR. A. j, Richter, Southern Pacific ex-
curslon agent, is in the city from Louis
lana
Mr.. T. W. Parker, commercial agent az
Dalas for the, Chicago and Eastern Illi-
nois, was here yesterday.
Mr., r. W. Morrow. travelling passenger
agent Of the Louisville and Nashville, is
back from a trip TO New Orleans .. F.t
Colonel ". f. Mcclure OF the Galveston.
Houston and Henderson, will leave today
for New Orleans. where he will spend the
New Year holidays.
merry Christmas and happy New Year
greeting through the medium Of a neat
circular folder containing the names and
addresses Of the officers Of the line.
Mr, George r. jackson, assistant genera
passenger agent of the Mexican Intcrna
tional, with headquarters at c. r. Diaz
was In Houston yesterday and called or
his many railroad acquaintances. Mr.. Jack
son ccme over to look into business and
get In touch with the boys"
The Houston East and West TEXAS hav,
thelr annual employees conclave today In
the general offices and the boys are fall
ing In rapidly. Those who arrived yes
terday were w. T, Hancock, commerce Z
agent, Cincinnati; Martin p. Casio. com
mercial agent. Kansas City; A. W. Cheese
A. u. Taylor. travelling freight aud pas
l-senger agent, headquarters Houston, ant
r.. W. Miller. commercial agent here, ais
came in yesterday. Mr.. Taylor came II
from Topeka, Kan, and Mr.. Miller from
| Weatherford. Texas. #r
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-28
cRAwEoRp. SURGEON U. 5. MAW.
First Visit Of the Surgeon Of the BATH
ship Illinois to Houston.

First Visit OF the Surgeon OF the Baltic
ship Illinois to Houston
DR.. NJ. H. Crawford, surgeon in the
United States navy, with his wife were
registered at the Rice hotel yesterday. DR..
Crawford is stationed on the battleship
Illinois, which is at present at New Or
leans to go on dry dock While there the
doctor got a leave Of absence for weeR,
during which he went TO GalnesVilA,
Texas. to see his wife, that being the home
OF her people. Mrs. Crawford returned
this city, leaving for New Orleans last
night Mrs Crawford will remain with
her husband until his vessel leaves New
Orleans. The doctor was seen by a Post
representative to whom he said; This
is my first visit to Houston, and / must
say / am highly pleased with it and with
the business and activity / see going on
In it, ! Will be compelled to leave tonight
for New Orleans as my week leaIe OF
absence expires at noon tomorrow, sat
urday. | should love to be able to remain
longer in Houston and see more Of II. Al
though / am In the state very little, YET
my home. / was appointed in the United
States service twenty-five Yeas ago from
Virginia, but / married In Texas, and ever
since | have considered Texas my home,
because when abroad my wife is with her
people In Gainesville, and when | come
to zee her come to Texas.
The hattleship Illinois came to New
Orleans about a month ago to be dry
docked, but when. they went to put her
on the dock they found a coal barge about
1875 feet long which had been sunk there.
This had to be dredged out before the
vessel could be put on dock. I believe It
Is the understanding that she will be
dock NE go to Join the North Atlantic
squsdron in tie West Indies. We will stop
for while at Pensacola. Fla. I suppose
we will he away from this country on this
trip about three months. MY wife has &C
companied me from her home and will &c
on to New Orleans with me and remain
there until my ship Is ready to leave, when
she will return to Gainesville.
81 am well pleased with Texas, and espe
cally with Houston, and hope to be able
10 again visit this city at an early day
and remain longer than I have this time. y
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-28

Of the new depot that will replace the
present old structure on Van Buren, street,
WORK on the new station, passenger efhees
Into the Omaha bnlla as Sireet ~ across
the street from where they are now 10
President Pardy took little interest in
not TO move with the offices. la
have been forts-two years with the
Rock Island, and NOW intend TO take q
! have taken. no vacation may, how
ever. get back into the railroad harness
IL / get tired of resting" a
As Mr.. Pnrdy spoke he fondled a bronEed
THAT Is relic Of the great ERE. IT
Was the knob Of the safe into which
placed all the records Of the road | being
FIRST thing / did was TO see whether the
vault had been destroyed When / took
hold or the knob It fell od in my hands
! had II 6rcnzed and have used It as a
Asked II Dir. Leeds, Mr. Purdy's sue
cessor as executive officer Of the Rock Is
land. would moye his residence 70 Chicago
tended. ~ $500, 4S' & = = ~
There has been some surprise expressed
that man Of Mr.. Leeds wealth would
Ing . big railroad" was suggested to Nj
Purdy. INr
ut often happens that a man eessres to
run, an AFFAIR he owns or is largely. IN
terested In, was the angwer. 81 fon'i
know that Mr.. Leeds owns controlling
Interest IN the Rock Island. but be and mis-
friends, the Moore brothers and Mr. Reid
PROBABLY do. There Is plenty of work con
hected with the operation of a railroad. =
II Is expected that the work OF removing
the general Offices to the Grand Central
station viii be finished by the end Of the
week. After Saturday all through tralnl
q the Lake Shore, Rock Island and NickeI
Piate VIII use the Grand Central station.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-28
MR.. COLEMAN RESIGNS.
Mr. Meldrun,'s Chief Clerk Wiil Engage
In the Oil Business 11T

M. Meldrunn's Chief Clerk Win Enuaoe
In the Oil Business.
Mr.. w. L. Coleman, who has been chief
clerk IN General Manager Meldrun's oflee
IN the Houston East and West Texas, has
rendered his resignation, 10 take eject Jan.
uary l. Mr., Coleman has been chief clerk
TO Mr.. Meldrum since the latter assumed
the duties Of the general managers efflee
In 1897. He has proved himself a most
efficient railroad man and the company
parts with him with regret. Mr.. Colema n
Win take the position Of traffic manager
Of the Equitable oil company, with head
quarters IN ST. Louis. This company has
recently placed orders for large number
Of tank cars, which are being delivered
now. They win actively enter the Beau
mont geld for the purpose OF supplying
fuel oil. They own 4 SUFFICIENT number OF
gushers 10 give them an unlimited supply
OF oil. Mr. Coleman ~ enthusiastic over
the prospect OF his new position, and his
friends predict for him success In his new
FSissbsfe ~ fap ses-hAs b-hsss a. =, ~,
sqssNRs GoLDMkNtss s5cGzssoRsl's-
snMr. .aAcAGss Powell shea olelf siaiMpgigs
.. Goodrich, At pressAN lcaint sAsiHxsxr q
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-28
AT THE THEATER.
Blanche Walsh in "Janice Meredith at
Sweeney &, Coon1bs Opera House,


Sweeney & Coombs Opera House.
Miss Blanche Walsh appeared in Janice
Meredith" at Sweeney & Coombs' opera
house to a magnificent audience
The play is dfamatization by the au-
thor. assisted by Edward b. Rose OF Paul
Leicester Ford's popular novel of the same
name. About as much of play is made
ont OF 1t as Is possible with the material,
a fairly good play. It hears a very strong
likeness to Nathan Hale and "At Valley
Forge both seen here this winter. but
good deal Of that may be due to the fact
that ali three are revolutionary war plays
and deal with the drunken Hessians at
ware
The company was very good Mr.. Robert
Lows made as much OF Charles Townes as
more OF the antecederts OF Fownes and
how he came 10 be a bandman and bow nc
sfterwards went under the name OF John
Brereton. tN
Miss Rose Braham was very pretty and
charming Tabitha Drinker! She Re an ex-
nellent actress ard played the part Of
the sweet yooag girl very veil SO pretty
q girl deserved a lover-which Is another
weak point IN the play. taf fipN
Miss Blanche Walsh. SIS Janice Meredith.
shows heIe grent talent and versatility as
IN the emotional roles thst she has been
playing for several seasons past naturally
would have some nisgivfngs about her ahiIs
ity IN part so much iighte@ The feeling
Is somewhat the seTne as with audiences
IN the eighties, when Edwin Booth WIS
billed as Petruchio. But Booth was, when
L came 10 the play On. admirable as Pc
trnchic, and Miss WesSh plays janice Mere
dith exeellently we'll The love q mischief,
which is one OF Janice Meredith's most
prominent characteristics. and the coquetry,
Of which she hastsn endowrsent somewhat
an areas ~ soss ~ <g,s ~ are sdknirs Nv
psrtrsye1ir When eths fcus for .patrictIen1 IS
tlsenfae ~ tsHtwaoe ar thrlcetin the drshnE
Miss Maish ussfnakk Scent talent for fthe
s1pnsGEoak efzAtzh <axot5slrp ee<rsc tHtes yls9
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-28
Man eRINe ABouT HleHER WAGES

General Managers Attribute Freight Con-
eestion to Inefficient Efforts.
AZ special meeting OF the General Man.
ayers association held at Chicago move
ment was started which may result in a
general increase In the wages OF trsinmen,
engiuemens Hremen and switchmer on all
big railroad systems east OF Chicago.
The meeting was called at the request Of
the Pennsylvania company, the cause being
the coal shortage in Chicago and other
cities shortage Of cars and the congssted
condition OF traffic In general. The cool
situation, however, was the moving cause
ior the meeting, and discussion regard
ing Il led to canvass of the entire situa-
tion. In the opinion of majority OF the
general managers the general congestion Is
due in measure TO inefhcency of the ser
vice rendered by employees, and this view
led into a discussion OF the labor and wage
sltuation from railroad standpoint. Al.
though no formal resolution was passed
upon the subject. Il was generally agreed
that raise in the wages Of employees would
do much toward stimulating them TO bet
ter work, which In turn would help re-
iieve congested conditions as well as Ia
Attention was called to the fact tina,
wages Of operating employees Of the rail-
taking the average as whole, west Of
Chicago than they are east. Itt
The inequality 10 due to conditions in
the early days of rairoadlns. when II
cost a great deal more to live In the West
than Il did in the East and when rail
roadlng west OF Chicago meant taking Bis
chances. The general managers OF Chi
cago are OF the opinion that now Is the
time 10 make concerted action TO even
up wages all over the country. Holding
this view Of the situation, an effort via
be made. II ia said. TO induce the man0a q
ments OF the Eastern lines to grant such
increases in wages as viii bring them or
parity with the wages paid In the West
should this be brought about several hun
bred thousand men will be granted In
creases and the payrolls OF the Eastern
roads taken as whole will be increased
several millien dellars