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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-08-16

Bartlett lie was heavy-eyed Tor
want OF steep. Tho whole family was
that way and Drayton was. too. In
all humanity he asked the favor OF be-
ing allowed 10 change has quarters
Any other quarters woud do. provided
there were fewer insects. He was not
particular at an. He asked so little.
in fact. that Bartlett took pity on
him. He renewed his offer Of paint.
"NOw." be said to Mrs. Lawrence.
you can come back 20 your own.
They'll move cut tomorrow. I've just
been inspecting the premises. and
there hasn't been much harm done.
They are still the best quarters in the
post. The kids have knocked few
holes In the walls and the woodwork's
a little scratched. But I'll give you
some paint, too"
Paint was Bartletts Idea of the
panacea for all earthly Ills. He had
not much else in the world being a
second-lieutenant; but he had paint,
and he was liberal with that
a N 0bAAAhhNo uAbNtu neat hags
Drayton waited until the last load OF
furniture was gone, and the three
women were taking their final look
around. Then he came down the stairs
holding out, at the length Of his arms.
two centipedes on the point Of two
large pins. He exhibited them.
These quarters are too much for
me" he said, I'D rather have a corner
Of a housetop alone, than a wide up
per floor with crawling things. I'm
going to go back to my own room"
A fierce light Of suspicion broke in
on Mrs. Collins mind then. Il be-
lieve, Mr. Drayton, that the whole
thing was a put-up job"
DO you? Do you really?" asked
Drayton, smilingly, deprecatingly.
But consider, my dear lady consider
the centipedes San Francisco Argo-
| naut.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-08-16
NO MORE BIG CITES.
Improved Rapid Transit VIII BE the
Municipal Solvent.

Improved Rapid Transit VIII BE the
Municipal Solvent.
In an effort to picture the future Of
great cities as afflicted by the devel-
opment of rapid transit, Mr.. H. G.
Wells contributes to the London Fort
nightly Review a fascinating article
on the England of 200 A. d. 1t is the
second of a series of serious scientific
anticipations, the first of which placed
the speed of railway Journeys for
the near future at 100 mile or more
an hour, and of omnibuses, cabs, etc,
at 80 miles or more.
Mr.. Wells believes that the inilu-
ence of this rapid transit will be not
to condense population, but to spread
it out all over the land. Huge towns
and cities will all but disappear, and
the inhabitants will Detake themselves
to the country again. Hitherto the
great cities have been confined he
points out, within a radius of about
eight miles from the centre; horse
traction and bad train services have
compelled it. Soon the radius will be
80 miles.
And is it too much" asks Mr..
Wells, mot expect that the available
area for even the common daily toilers
of the great city of the year 1000 will
have a radius very much larger than
that? Now, a circle with radius of
30 miles gives an area of over $500
square miles, which is almost quarter
that of Belgium"
The social equivalent of the season
ticket holder, will, he suggests, have
an available area with radius of over
100 miles, or almost the size of Ire
land. Indeed, it is not too much to
say that the London citizen of the
year 1000 A. d. may have choice Of
nearly all England and Wales south
of Nottingham and east of Exeter as
his suburb, and that the vast stretch
of country from Washington to AL
bany will be all available to the active
citizen of New York and Philadelphia
before that date"
Mr.. Wells picture is indeed delight
full He gives Englishmen a London
city of a sort, Lancashire-Y Yorkshire
city, and a Scotch city, consisting
chiefly of business premises, while the
whole of Great Britain will be dotted
over with houses very different from
the modern villa" each in it's spa
cious garden. 1t will be much less
monotonous, Mr.. Wells says. There
will be more life and more character
and each district will grow in it's own
particular way. The postoffice will de
liver nearly everything that every
! household wants.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-08-16
welI-nred Prinee..e. d siam.

A somewhat curious school has
been opened at Bangkok by an Eng
lish lady. The pupils are IS in num-
Der, and they are all prineesses Of the
royal family in Siam. They are
taught to do everything shat a good
housekeeper should DO. They cook.
wash clothes, bake. sweep the rooms.
lay the table. arrange the flowers. and
in short, learn to make themselves
generally useful. They leave the
school to be married at the age of IS.
and it is said that Siamose princess
now makes an admirable wife.-Lon-
don Globe.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-08-16
HUMOROUS

Riter-Have you read my last
poem? Reeder-I hope so.
Dedbete-What do you DO when you
owe money? Flim-Lose my memory;
it's cheaper than the bankrupt law.
The Photographer-But Shis picture
doesn't look like her. Astute Assist
ant-Of course, not; but II looks Ike
she thinks she looks.
Wigg-Young Gotrox 10 an imbeciIe-
He hasn't even horse sense. Wagg-
He doesn't need horse sense lie
rides in an automobile.
oldbach--Wbat is the most unlucky
month for marrying? Henpechke-
That Is something that every man
must discover for himself
Some people say" remarked the
laxative barber, that BARRIERS are
too fond of conversation. 20! that's
all wrong" replied the man in the
chair; it's soliloquy they're fond Of"
What does the teacher say when
you don't know your lessons?" asked
Willie's father. She says must be
chip of the old blockhead," replied
Willie. And then something hap
pened.
Il know all the tricks OF the trade"
declared the loud-mouthed lodger.
You don't suppose I've been board
ing 20 years for nothing" mo" said
the landlady Jelly I'm positive yen
haven't"
For a man who doesn't work" said
the housekeeper, you have a pretty
good appetite" YES, ma am" replied
Hungry Higgins; "dat's why ! dont
work. If ] did, dey wouldu' be no sat
isfyin' me-"
Two bulls were once in love with
the same heifer. In yhe midst Of
their dispute a man was seen APP
preaching. Aha" exclaimed The
heifer, who played no favorites.
Here is way out OF tho difficulty.
You may toss up for me-" Thus is
feminine wit always equal to an
emergency.
Il was getting measured for suit
of clothes this mawning," said young
Mr.. Sissy to his pretty cousin and
just for joke, y know, awsked Sni-
pen if it WEAKLY took nine tailors 10
make man. He said it would take
more than nine tailors to make a man
of some people. thought it was
quite clevah."
you are the sunshine Of my life!"
he exclaimed. She smiled encourag-
ingly. "You reign in my heart alone!"
he continued. She frowned. Il could
not wed man who mixed his meta
phors like weather prognOsticator,"
she said, haughtily. He realized at
once that his case was hopeless, and,
putting on his macintosh. he stag
gered out into the moonlight.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-08-16

Speaking of types of women IN
Mexico, a writer in The Mexican Her
aid says:
The Indian woman is Hike the Indian
man-ugly, Industrious, yjrtuous stu
pid and refractory to outside in.
fiuence, but some of her manifesto
tions are interesting. Once in camp
in the mountains of Vera Cruz found
the wife of one of my Indians weep
ing bitterly, and, asking the reason,
she said that she was sure that she
hal lost the love Of her husband be
cause he had not whipped her for
months. That evening mentioned il
to the husband on our return from
work, and he stopped and cut a bean
tiful switch, and shortly after night
fall l heard the woman squalling.
The next day she showed me the
welts on her shoulders with happy
smiles. She was sure of his love
now.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-08-16
DEFICIENT epucAIpN

I'm really sorry for the man
Who's bred % idieuess.
lie passes through LIES little span
a picture Of distress
Alas, he may not even know
What joy It Is 10 shirA,
lie is indeed a man of woe
Who hasn't harmed 90 WORK.
bnt saddcr Is the busy one
Who harfics through tht lie
Ana never stops 10 think Of fuu
Amid the busiling strife
lie 's The mournfullcst Of mop--
lou see him every day
V 70 feels like loafnz now ana then,
but doesn't know the way.
Washington Star.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-08-16
west H.b,ken,s Ktn.l. Con

A West Hoboken policeman re-
manned on guard at The foot of a tele-
graph pole three hours the other day
to save cat from torture The cat
had run to the top Of the pole to es-
cape some boys. The cop stayed there
TO prevent the boys from throwing
stones until Hneman came along and
got the cat-New York Saa.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-08-16
Both Alike.

Appearances are deceitful," an
nounced Mrs. BeechwoOd.
But not so deceitful as disappear
ances," added Mr. BeechwoOd. Pitts
burg Chronicle
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-02-14
they CHARGE CONSPIRACY.
Democratic Senators Declare President
Mckinley Is Scheming to Hold Fast 10
Cuba-PIatt's Evacuation Bin.

Washington, Feb. 9.-Senator Platt.
of Connecticut, is engaged in drawing
the amendment which he proposes TO
have added to the army appropriation
bill defining the conditions on whteh
the troops will be withdrawn from
Cuba. The senator's views are strong
~ against turning the island over to
the Cubans without some distinct
understanding as to what the relations
of the United States with Cuba are to
be. Senator Platt wants a naval sta
ton and the power to say how far me
Cubans may go in contracting debts
and recognizing claims. He also in
sists that Cuban treaties which here
after will be made must be subject
to the scrutiny and approval of this
country.
The consent of senators in favor of
the absolute separation and independ-
ence of Cuba will be hard to obtain.
Some charge there is conspiracy to
hold on to Cuba: that the PROPOSE
ton originating with Senator Platt,
of Connecticut, and practically in
dorsed by the administration, is in the
interest of ultimate annexation or at
least a protectorate. This, it is de-
clared, will be a violation of the
pledges made when war was declared
to give the Cubans their independence.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-02-14
QUEEN WEBS DUKE.
Wilhelmina, Hollands Sovereign,
Marries German NobIeman.
Henry of NIeckIenburg-Schw Becomes
Prince Heinrich of the Netherlands
Dutch at The Hague Act Like Happy
Children, All Glasses AIineling.

The Hague, Feb. S.-Queen Wilhel-
mina's marriage to Duke Henry, OF
Mecklenburg- Schwerin, who yesterday
became Prince Heinrich of the Neither
lands, was huge family affair. All
Holland that could came to The
Hague to participate. Those who
stayed at their homes in other cities
and villages of the kingdom cele-
brated with parades, decorations and
banquets. Never was seen a more
beautiful and happy wedding. The
popular belief is that it is love
match, like that of Victoria and AL
bert, and this gives romantic color
ing to the event which is generally
lacking in royal marriages.
The~ceremonies were the same sim
pie and unritualistic rites of the Re-
formed church by which the humblest
of Queen Wilhelmina's subjects are
married. The whole spirit of the af-
fair was plain and democratic, al
though the costly gowns and jewels
and the snowy uniforms of distin-
guished personages, high officials of
the kingdom, the army and the navy
and representative of the people in
parliament and the municipalities fur
nished a regal stage setting. The
venerable pastor administered to the
bride and groom a caution that their
high positions would not shield them
from the common sufferings and sor-
rows of humanity.
Queen Wilhelmina made a very win
ming and human bride. She blushed
and became confused over the cere-
moniaI with the ring, as all brides
are supposed to do, while her happi-
ness and pride over the enthusiasm of
her people were plainly deeper than
mere matter of form.
The scene as the royal couple stood
with clasped hands before the chap
lain in a circle of brilliantly arrayed
personages including their relatives
and people composing the highest
families of Holland and the neighbor-
ing German municipalities was won
derfully gorgeous, the masses of va
riegated coloring rendering more eff
fective the blue, gold and white
banked up against the walls of the
church. The building itself is a
cathedral in size, but is as plain as a
| Quaker meeting house in its furnish
ings.
Last night the populace was like q
multitude of happy children. Thou
sands were swarming through the
principal streets, which were nearly
impossible, blowing horns, singing
the national hymn, following the
bands and smashing hats and Ian
terms. Aged housewives with their
| husbands from the provinces
joined hands with stylish city folk
and danced to the music of street or
| CANS. There was considerable mild
hi1arity inspired by wine, but nc
| offensive drunkenness.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-02-14
OPENING OF RESERVATIONS.
Irrespective Settlers May Not Be Given Mo-
tice When the Kiowa, Comanche and
Apache Country Is for Homestead.

Washington, Feb. "a discovery
has been made at the interior depa1 t.
ment with relation to the laws pro-
viding for the opening up of the XII
owa, Comanche and Apache and Wich-
tia countries. The law providing for
the opening of the Kiowa, Comancae
and Apache country leaves it dis
cretionary with the president as to
whether he shall give the prospective
settlers any notice whatever, the
proclamation taking effect as soon as
the president signs the document.
1t is not improbable that this course
may be resorted to in order to pre-
vent the great rush among the set
tiers now on the borders of the res
ervation for homesteads and the end
less contests and legal disputes which
the department is anxious to avoid.
The law providing for the opening
of the Wichita country, however, con-
tains a different provision. Under
that act the president must issue his
proclamation 20 days before the coun-
try can be opened, in order that
everyone may have an opportunity to
compete for homesteads
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-02-14
SEA BILLIoN-DoLLAR SESSION. I"
Senators Indulge In an Interesting Dis
cussion of Appropriat lions Made by
This and Other Congresses.

Washington, Feb. s.-There was
discussion in the senate Thursday
concerning the amount of the appro-
priation of the session and in reply
to a question by Mr.. Morgan, Mr.. Al
Eson, chairman of the senate com
mittee on appropriations, said he
thought they would amount to $780,,
100000 with obligations for $60,O00,-
600 more for future sessions. Mr..
Hale thought the amount would be
nearer 8O0,0OO,OO0 for the session.
He said the tide of expenditures was
steadily rising. A few years ago the
country was shocked at ''biilion
dollar congress" Soon. We would
have 'billion dollar session" Mr..
Teller said the last sessions appro-
priations were $76o,oOO,OO0, and a
member of the appropriation COM
mittee of the house had said it should
have been $500, 100000 more as some
future session would be called upon
to make up that amount.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-02-14
THE ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION.
A Majority Report in Favor of Congress
ApprOpriating 100000 for Project
Minority Report Against It.

Washington, Feb. 9.-Congressmap
Tawney, of Minnesota, chairman of
the special committee on the ST.
Louis exposition, yesterday fled his
report on the bill appropriating S.
100000 in the aid of the exposition.
He says: ''The people of ST. Louis
having complied with the conditions
imposed by congress, upon the per-
Torrance of which conditions con-
gress has promised to aid in carrying
forward said exposition to the extent
of $5,O0O,00O, there is now no opp"r-
tunity for anyone who believes in the
government fulfilling it's promises to
question the appropriation of the
money promised by the sundry civil
act.''
Congressman Williams, of Missis-
sippi, and Atey, of Virginia, filed a
minority report against the bill. Tt
says that it is not fundamentally
right, nor is it expedient for the
United States to go into the exposf-
ton business.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-02-14
UNIQUE MARRIAGE CONTRACT
Queen WiIheImina Obligated Herself t.
Yield Obedience to Her Husband as
Wife But Not as Queen.

The Hague, Feb. 9.-The marriage
contract signed by Queen Wilhelmina
and Duke Henry provides that the
queen shall allow her husband the
interest in 5O.OOo,ooo guilders ($2O, oOO.-
OOO). He will receive no income from
the state except in case of the death
of the queen. It is further provided
in the contract that the queen shall
yield obedience to her husband as
wife, but not as queen. Queen VIII
helmina and Duke Henry bound them
selves to recognize the husband as the
head of the matrimonial union end
to provide for and educate the chill
dren of the union. The husband as
stunned the responsibility to represent
his wife in all civil actions. He re-
nounced any right to sell or mortgage
her landed property.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-02-14
BEvERIDGE IS GRATEFUL.
Indiana Senator Replies to Tennessee Re-
pubicans' Endorsement for President
and Throws in a Political Prophecy.

Nashville, Tenn, Feb. 9.-The repub-
1ican members of the general assem-
bly, recently adopted resolutions in
dorsing Senator Beveridge, of Indiana,
for president and the senator has 1e-
piled to the resolutions in a very
spirited letter, in which he says: cit
is especially gratifying to me that
this formal utterance of representa-
tive republican should come from a
southern state. In the next few years
it is inevitable that the south will
cease to be solid on party lines and
the south will not much longer remain
the slave of a reactionary party
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-02-14
..NATIoN FEVER" SPREADS.
Woman at Garrett, Ind, Whose Husband
Is q Drunkard, Demolished Saloon
with Ratchet and Beer Bottle.

Auburn, Ind, Feb. 9.-The Mrs.
Nation saloon-smashing crusade has
reached Indiana. Mrs. Tom Creal,
whose husband is foreman in the Bal
timore & Ohio shops at Garrett, COM
pletely demolished the handsome new
plate glass out of Peter Behler's sa-
loon. A Ratchet was used to do the
work and after breaking in the front,
Mrs. Creal entered and secured a beer
bottle, which was the last weapon
used. She had repeatedly warned Mr..
Behler not to sell to her husband,
who was in Jail at the time.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-02-14
IT INCREASES PENSIONS.
HouEe Committee FavOrabIy Reports an
Amendment to the Act of 1880, Intro
duced by Congressman CaIderhead.

Washington, Feb. Congressman
Calderhead, of Kansas, introduced a
bill which has been unanimously re-
ported by the committee on invalid
pensions. The bill reads:
All persons who are eligible for pensions
at the rate of $12 per month under sec
ton of the act of June q, 1880, relating
to pensioners, VINO are now may here
after become disabled by total blindness
or paralysis, or any total disability for
vicious habits which disables them in
such degree as to require the constant
or frequent and periodical attendance OF
another person, or who are who may
be without an actual net income not to
exceed 500 per year exclusive of any pen
sion, shall be entitled to a pension at
the rate of $50 a month from the date
of application therefor after the passage
of this act
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-02-14
TORTURED TO DEATH.
Awful Fate That Overlook Capt. Watts
Jones and Companions Who Fell
into Chinese Hands.

Victoria, 3. c., Feb. 9.-Advices from
PeAin by the steamship Empress OF
China tell of the awful death of Capt.
Watts-Jones, the well-known British
officer, who disappeared while on an
important mission to central China.
He was captured by Chinese at Kwei-
Hua-Cheng, near the borders of Mon
golia, about $50 miles from Pel5in,
and cruelty tortured to death. Tbs
natives who captured Capt. Watts
Jones and his companions tortured
their victims for three or four days.
They mutilated the victims bodies
and burned piece after piece before
death finally released the sufferers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-02-14
Simpson Sees civil Strife.

Congressman Simpson in an inter
view at Wichita said: 'The agitation
started by Mrs. Nation will cause one
of the biggest civil strifes this state
has ever known. The officials ought
to be more determined in their action
than they are. The two chief politi-
cal parties of the state fear to take
sides, lest they injure their cause,
but this affair will be carried so far
that it must become a campaign issue,
and then look OUT
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-02-14
EIGHTY-sEVEN KILLED.
Explosion of Dynamite in Mexican Mine
Causes the Death of Men, Women
and Children.

Chihuahua, Mex, Feb. 9.-Word has
just reached here of one of the most
terrible mining disasters that ever oc-
Cured in Mexico. An explosion in
the San Andres mine, situated in
remote locality of the Sierra Madres,
in the western part of the state of
Durango, caused the death of 81 men,
women and children and injured many
others. The catastrophe was due to
the explosion of several hundred cases
of dynamite which had been stored in
an underground chamber of the mine.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-02-14
THREE OBJECTED TO.
A Fight in the Senate Over the Nomina-
tiOns of Wood, Grant and Bell to Be
BrIgadier Generals.

Washington, Feb. 9.-The senate
committee on military affairs agreed
to report favorably the nomination of
Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles to be
lieutenant general and also the three
nominations to the Office of major
general under the army reorganization
bill. All the nominations to be briga-
diers also were favorably acted upon
except those of Gen. Leonard Wood,
Gen. Fred D. Grant and Gen. j. Frank
lin Bell. These three were held up in
order to permit further investiga-
ton.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-02-14
KANSAS NEWS OF RECENT DATE.
win Open a New Industry.

The old sorghum sugar factory in
Fort Scott, which was established by
the government several years ago as
an experiment station for the manu-
facture of sugar from sorghum, will
be operated this year on an i'm
mense scale as a sirup factory for
the manufacture of sirups for mixing
purposes. Sorghum cane grows quite
zas well as kaffir corn, or perhaps bet
ter, in dry climate. The sirup is used
in the mixing of glucose and it can
be produced at a cost that is sure to
make it factor in the glucose and
sirup-making trade.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-02-14
TO PUSH SUBSIDY BILL.
Republican Senators Say Minority VIII Be
Held Responsible for Forcing an
Extra Session Of Congress.

Washington, Feb. 9.-The night ses-
sions of the senate have been aban-
doned by the republican majority for
this week. 1t is stated that they may
again be held next week. The re-
pubicans say that if the republican
majority is willing and determined
to go ahead with this Shipping bill the
minority must take the responsibility
of forcing an extra session for the APP
preparation bill.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-02-14
Big Suit Against Ben TeIeptone Company.

Big Suit Against Bel Telephone Company.
Chicago, Feb. 9.-The Atlantic &
Western Telephone company demands
$4,000, COO from the Bell Telephone
company in a suit filed in the United
States circuit court yesterday. The
Atlantic & Western company was in
corporated in 1892, but never put in
any instruments or did any business.
It did, however, acquire certain pat
ent rights, claimed by Henry c..
Strong, a Chicago electrician, and
these patents are asserted to cover
the basic principles On which the
Bell telephone operateA
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-02-14
a Rumored RAILROAD ConsoIidation.

Chicago, Feb. 9.-The Tribune says:
A scheme is under consideration
whereby the Missouri Pacific, the
two Rio GraDde roads, the Colorado
Southern, the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas and the st. Louis e. San Fran
cisco are to be grouped into one sys-
tenn