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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-03-01

Gus Totty has gone TO Nashville
where he has secured a position.
Miss Pearl Spellings has return
ed from a visit TO homefolka at Nc
Kenzie.
The telephone exchange will be
established at the residenceof Mrs.
Mollie Bowles, we understand.
NJ. A. Fry, of the firm Of Fry &
Corbitt, has sold his interest in the
hardware business to Claude Hud-
son.
An enjoyable entertainment was
given at the hospitable home of
Hon. and Mrs j. A. Clement last
Saturday evening, at which the
beaux and bellies Of Camden and a
number Of visitors were present.
d. A. Gossett has issued a call
for all the ex-Confederate Veterans
of Benton County to meet at Nc
Illwaiu on Thursday, March IA,
1901, for the purpose Of making
arrangements to attend the annual
reunion this year, which will be
held at Memphis.
Marriage licenses have been is.
sued by County Clerk G. b. Greel
to Lon Yictory and Aimmie Cox
Enos Trout and Bertha Terry, w
G. Melton and Annie Kelley, G
r. Watson and Mary Smothers, j
NJ. Pierce and Martha L. Adair
c. L. Coyington and Tina Pierce
Mail matters have been very ir
regular this week, due to the burn
ing of a span OF the railroad bridg,
across Tennessee River at Johnson
Vile Sunday morning. The sup
position is the fire originated in tn,
top Of the bridge timbers 10y spark
from a freight train, and the pin,
material Of the bridge burned S,
rapidly that one span was destroy
ed before the Gre wss broaght un
der control.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-03-01
Freeh fish every week and first
Monday. Are you hungry?
JACK FULLER.

You can help anyone whom you
find suffering from inAamed throat;
laryngeal trouble, bronchitis, colds,
coughs, etc, by advising the use Of
Ballard's Horehound Syrup the
great remedy for coughs and colds.
Price, 25 and 80 cents. Sold 10y all
druggists.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-03-01

TBE Commoner, issued weekly,
by William J. Bryan, at lincoln,
Neb., and The Chronicle will be
sent to all new subscribers or re-
newal Of your subscription to The
Chronicle for $l75 per year, pay
able in advance. The Commoner
is new paper just established at
Lincoln, Neb., 10y Mr.. Bryan, and
will be devoted to the discussion
Of all pubFcquestions. MIR. Bryan
does not employ travelling canvass
ers for the Commoner.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-03-01
FROM AoLLADAY

Special lcorrspoudencel
Miss Addie Woods Of Shiloh yis-
ited here Sunday.
Mrs Martin has been very sick,
but is convalescing.
Rod Merrick Of McIllwain was
seen here yesterday.
George Stokes visited relatives
at Camden yesterday.
G. NJ. Wood and George Mccall
of Huntingdon were here Friday.
J. NJ. Whitfield and family Of
Payatt visited his mother here last
week.
Miss Georgia Bennett OF Hant-
ingdon win be here this week to
take charge Of a class ID music.
w. S. Morgan can be found be-
hind the counter Of the store re-
Gently owned by p. w. Harris.
After an illness of a few days,
old man McGee died here yester-
day. We extend sympathy to the
bereaved relatives.
w. T. Harrison returned home
this week from trip to Missouri.
He was accompanied 10y his moth
er, who has been visiting relatives
in that State.
HOLLADAY, February 26.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-03-01

Do you want to make money!
Would you be satisfied with modest
returns, say ten (l0) per cent. per
month on an Investment Of G2om
$I00 to $500? lie so, write for my
book on Glow Money Makes Mon
.ey." Sent free to any address on
application. A postal card brings
it. Address Ellis i. Beebe, Paris,
Tenn.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-03-01

Nervous children are almost al
waysthinchildren. The Outdoor
boy" is seldom nervous. White S
Cream Termifuge is the best pre-
ventiveofnervousness. Itstrength-
ems the system and assists to that
sort of flesh, which creates strength
and power of endurence. Price, 25
cents. Sold by all druggists.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-03-01
PERSONAL AND LOCAL NEWS

ond district this week.
Miss Bessie Hudson has return
ed from a visit at Hollow Rock.
r. G.. Hudson and w. L. McEl-
yea visited at Big Sandy Friday.
Claude Hudson and wife Of Hol-
low Rock visited here this week.
A. N. Lindsey Of Big Sandy has
been spending few days here this
week.
Helen, little daughter of P. J. |
OReilly has been quite sick, but is
better
Clerk and Master A. G, McDan-
iel was at Paris last Saturday on
business.
DR.. Z. NJ. McAulev has returned
home from a professional trip to
Big Sandy.
There is something new nearly
, every week in our Miscellaneous
Advertising"
B. +. Brown came down Sunday
! from Sugar Tree and spent the day
with his family.
J j. B. Yickrey, who has been con-
fined to his room with the grip, is
able to be out again.
Mrs. Emma Lawler and children
{ Of Ralston are visiting her sister,
! Mrs VIII S. Corbitt
2 U. A. Potts has force Of men
7 at work putting up the poles for
= the telephone exchange.
= J. G. Robins has been on the list
: of sick, but was able to be on the
: streets again Wednesday.
\ w. i. Morris, L. r. Watson and
\ John f. Naifeh attended the sale
! in the sixth district Tuesday.
. Dispositions are being taken be-
2 fore Clerk and Master A. G. Ne
Daniel in the case Of G. w. Cole
, VS.. }. F. Jorden
L. p. Browning, who has been re-
! siding here since last fall, removed
to his former home in the tenth
district this week.
About twelve couples composed
Of Benton Seminary students went
toJohnsonville Tuesday evening tc
see the burned bridge.
The young people we're given an
= enjoyable entertainment last night
at the Melton House, which is fs.
nous for its hospitality.
The band reorganized Monday
night. Two or three new member;
. will be added, and the boys will be-
y gin regular practice at once.
Correspondents are requested tc
send in their letters on Tuesday, oI
not later than Wednesday morn
ing. Otherwise they may becrowd
y ed out.
Nola Cuff left Wednesday morn
L ing for Memphis, where he has beer
offered position as clerk on
steamboat in the Mississippi Rive.
Ia trade.
Negoie Naifeh viii leave in a few
days for the Soadan in Africa. H,
goes to see the old folks and to re
main few months in has nativ
+, country.
w. L. McElyea is making his ar
rangements to move to Campbell
Mo, where he expects to make hI
- home. Since the above was put il
- type, Mr. McElyea tells Us he ha
We abandoned the idea Of going, as h
of is advised that smallpox has broke
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-03-01
CASTORlA
For Infants and Children.
The KIND You Rave Always Bought
alsaaes5s s1ass sss 81 I%lzzzHzzz

Don't let the baud Of time paint
wrinkleson your face. Keep young
10y keeping the blood pure and the
digestive organs in q healthfulc con
dition. Herbinewilldothis. Health
isyouth, disease and sickness brings
old age. Price, so cents. Soldbv
al druggists.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-03-01

When pain or irritation e1istsr1R
any part Of the body theapplication
of Ballard's Snow Liniment gives
prompt relief. Price, 25c and soc.
Sold by all druggists.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-03-01

Loaf bread a specially. A little
meat, too, delivered free.
JACK FULLER.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-02-08
BROKEN BRIC-A-BRACS

Mr. Major, the famous cement man, of
New York, explains some very interesting
facts about Majors Cement.
The multitudes who use this standard
article know that it is many hundred per
cent better than other cements for which
similar claims are made, but a great
many do not know why. The simple
reason is that Mr. Major uses the best
materials ever discovered and other manu-
features do not use them, because they
are too expensive and do not allow large
profits. Mr.. Major tells us that one of
the elements of his cement costs 1913 a
pound, and another costs So. 65 a gallon
while alarge share ofthe so-called cements
and liquid glue upon the market are moth
ing more than SiXteen-cent glue, dissolved
in water or citric acid, and in some cases,
altered slightly in color and odor
by the addition of cheap and useless
materials.
Majors cement retails at fifteen cents
and twenty-five cents a bottle, and when
dealer tries to sell a substitute you can
depend upon it that his only object Is to
make larger profit.
The profit on Majors cement is as much
as any dealer ought to make on any &C.
ment. And this is doubly true i'll view of
the fact that each dealer gets his share of
the benefit of Mr.. Majors advertising,
which now amounts to over S., 5000 a
month, throughout the country. Estab-
lshed in 1876
Insist on having Majors. Don't accept
any offhand advice from druggist.
fyou are at all handy land you will
be likely to find that you are a good deal
more so than you iniagine) you can re-
pair your rubber boots and family shoes
and any other rubber and leather articles,
with Majors Rubber Cement and MAJORS
Leather cement.
And you will be surprised at how many
dollars a year you will thus save.
If your druggist can't supply you, it
will be forwarded by mail; either kind.
Free of postage.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-02-08

Where are Shakespeare's manuscripts
Nobody can tell. Could any one discover
them and offer these literary treasures
for sale a million of money would readily
be offered, not only by private collectors,
but by the various national libraries and
museums eager to obtain relics Of such
immense importance. Apart from the
historical value they would possess,
Shakespeare manuscripts would have
another supreme Interestingly would no
doubt assist in settling the disputed au-
thorship of the plays. They could be
compared with the existing specimens Of
the great poets handwriting. Would
they show the same caligraphy as that OF
the signatures on Shakespeare's will, on
the Blackfriars estate deeds and the
copy of Florio's "Montaigne" possessed
by the British museum AS to the latter
being in the actual hand Of the master
some doubt exists, but the authenticity
OF the former specimens has never been
questioned. Shakespeare's manuscripts
have vanished, disappeared as though
they had never existed. - Newcastle
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-02-08
WHATS IN A HAME2
(Bsnson's Plaster Is Palms Master,)

In the days of wild cat money In the
West, the Ames shovels were used as cur
rency. They were as stable as gold; their
price did not vary a cent in twenty years.
The very name of Oliver Ames & Son, was
synonym for honesty. 1t was current all
over the world.
On the same principle Benson's Porous
Plaster is the universal standard external
remedy. To say it is "good" plaster does
not describe it; &c is tho best possible plaster.
For every disease in which an external rem
edy is available, Benson's Plaster il used
almost as matter of course.
Benson's Plaster quickly relieves and
cures where other modes Of treatment are
either exasperatingly slow or have , good
effect whatever. Coughs, colds, lumbago.
kidney trouble, rheumatism, lame back,
ETC., are at once benefited and soon cured.
Capsicum, Strengthening and Bellsdonna
plasters have none Of the curative virtues
of Benson's. More than 5000 physicians
and druggists have commended Benson's
Plaster as a remedy in which the public
may have implicit confidence; while, in q
comparative test with other plasters, Ben
sons has received .ffty.fue highest asa-ds.
Beware of substitutes and cheap limitations.
For sale by all druggists or we will pre-
pay postage on any number ordered in the
United States on receipt of ESQ. each.
sesbury d johnson. Mig. Chemists. MI.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-02-08
Improving the Opportunity,

My small nephew was ready to start
on long promised weeks visit to his
grandfather's in the country. There
was an exasperating delay in the ap-
pearance Of the carriage to take us to
the station. The young man worked
Off his Impotence In various annoying
ways for half an hour. Then suddenly
he was seen to kneel beside chair In
the corner and bury his face in his
hands. After a few minutes his moth
er said:
well. Kenneth, what are you do
ingT
"Just getting my prayers said up for
while I'm going to be out at grandpa's
There's nothing to do here, and 'spect
to be pretty busy while Pm there
Harper's Magazine.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-02-08
TYPHUS FEVER,
A Disease Which Cannot Thrive In
Fresh Air and Sunlight.


Typhus fever is fortunately very rare
In this country at the present day, al
though we even yet hear occasionally Of
cases in our large cities during the win
ter season. 1t used to prevail extensively
in Ireland, and epidemics were often
started in American seaport towns by
importation Of the disease in emigrant
ships. 1t is said still to exist in Dublin,
Liverpool and London to some extent,
but Mexico is now its chief stronghold.
Many cases occur every winter in the
City of Mexico and elsewhere ON the
great central plateau Of Mexico, and
sometimes tourists from this country
catch it there and bring it home with
them.
The disease usually begins suddenly In
the midst Of apparent health with chill,
prostration, severe pain in the head and
limbs and high fever; the pulse is rapid,
the face flushed, the skin hot and dry,
the mouth parched. An almost constant
symptom is nosebleed, which occurs on
the third or fourth day of the disease,
and another is constipation.
The disease has characteristic erup-
ton which in the beginning resembles
somewhat that of measles. 1t comes out
on the chest and then on the rest Of the
body and the limbs. Later the color
changes to dusky purple.
The nervous symptoms are marked.
They consist at first of headache and dir
illness, but soon the patient falls into
stupor from which he can be aroused only
with difficulty or else he becomes deliri-
Gus, muttering constantly to himself in
dull, confused way or perhaps becoming
violent and having to be restrained by
force from doing himself injury.
The affection is probably a germ dis
ease, although the microbe, if there is
one, has not yet been discovered. 1t is
prominently a disease of human crowd
ing, as the old names of ship fever and
Jail fever testify. 1t cannot thrive in
the open air and is never to be feared by
those whose dwellings are flooded with
fresh air and sunlight. Even those al
ready seized with the fever are not infre-
quently saved if moved out Of the hos
pital ward or bedroom and kept In tents
or actually in the open air with only
shelter supported on poles over the bed.
There is no specific remedy for the dis
ease, which is a very fatal one. Open
-, cleanliness and good nursing are the
0atients only salvation.-Youth's Com
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-02-08
BOARDING WITH AN IDOL.
How Three Famished Sailors, Ship
wrecked In india, Were Sustained.

Captain Murray, a Port Royal bar
pilot who has followed the sea since boy
hood and visited nearly every section Of
the habitable globe, is full Of interesting
"reminiscences of happenings in distant
lands in which he participated. The old
pilot Is fond of relating an incident
which occurred near Calcutta. The ves-
sci which he commanded, a fine clipper
ship, was wrecked In a typhoon in the
bay Of Bengal, and all hands, save HIM
self and two companions who succeeded
In reaching shore in the ships gig, were
lost.
The three exhausted men Immediately
sought food and shelter and while thus
employed came upon an immense wooden
Image which they correctly surmised to
be an Indian idol. Night was upon them,
and the tired men bivouacked near by,
and their attention was soon attracted
by the appearance Of a score Of low
caste Hindoos, each of whom carried In
his hands a savory dish which he placed
before the inanimate god. After each
native had deposited his offering with
profuse signs and words they departed,
and when the hungry sailors were sat.
listed that their strange visitors had re-
treated for the night they greedily de-
voured the bounteous repast intended for
the idol. Murray and his companions
remained In the neighborhood for several
days subsisting nightly on the offerings
brought by the Hindoos as tribute to
their god and remaining concealed in the
daytime.
One night about ten days after their
shipwreck two natives suddenly surprls-
ed the three men while they were In the
very act of making their usual meal, and
a fight ensued. The natives proved Nc
match for the resolute and well armed
Americans and soon beat an ignomInious
retreat, leaving the latter complete mas
tiers Of the situation. The captain and
his companions, fearing that the natives
would return in force and massacre them,
made their way to Calcutta, where they
secured passage in a homeward bound
vessel
Some IS years subsequently Pilot Muir
ray recognized in Captain Cole Of the
ship Kirkum. which called here for
cargo, one of his old companions In the
exciting encounter In faroff India. The
recognition was mutual and the two
men were delighted to renew their ac
quaintance after half a generation.-Co-
lumbia State.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-02-08
LAUGH AND GET WELL.
The Theory of the Laughter Cur
For Many of Our Ills.

rOE HAhy Oh Our Ills.
Laugh and grow fat" is a srying that
contains deal of truth and is worthy of
attention by many sufferers in body as
well as in mind. We instinctively asso-
ciate jollity with rotundity and a sour
disposition with a spare form. The rule
is, of course, not without exception, for
We often see people with little propensity
to take on fat who are full Of fun and
sunshine. Such persons are not bolster
Gus, however. They are possessed, it may
be, of a quiet humor, are happy and
make others happy, and they smile easily
and perhaps laugh softly, but they do not
laugh loud.
The convulsive movements that we call
laughter exert a very real effect upon
the physical organism They cause the
arteries to dilate, SO that they carry more
blood to the tissues of the body and the
heart to beat more rapidly, so that the
flow of the blood through the vessels is
fastened. In other words, laughter pro-
notes the very best conditions for an in
crease of the vital processes-the tissues
take up more nutritive material and the
waste products are more promptly re-
moved.
Not only is laughter an accompaniment
and an expression of joy, but it even
creates joy. Often a good laugh, excited
in spite of oneself will change the cur
rent of thought and impart general rosy
tint to what was before of the deepest
blue
This happy effect is due in part to the
increased flow of blood to the brain and
the consequent better working Of the in
strument of thought and partly to the
fact that when a mental state and
physical act are associated THE physical
state being usually induced by the mental
act) the performance of the physical act,
even if at first perfunctory, will in time
induce the mental state corresponding to
It.
The doctors have hardly yet learned
what a valuable curative power there is
In laughter. 1t is a precious and health
giving tonic, often more efiicacious than
bitters or iron and far pleasanter to
take.
Let the dyspeptic, the bilious, the mel
ancholy and those who seem to be vast
ing away without discoverable cause take
a course of funny stories and humorous
books. let them retire to their closets or
to the woods and laugh out loud for a
few minutes two or three times q day,
and when they nave done tnlS month or
two let them tell their friends the secret
of their improved health.-Youth's Com
wnere N ended.
1.-THE man who wrote Home. Sweet
Home was a bachelor, ! believe" she
said.
"Yes," he replied. "What a beautiful
thing would have been lost to the world
II he had married before he wrote it."
Then they came out from behind the
palms.-Chicago Times Herald.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-02-08
A Question of Descent.

Alexandra Dumas pere. the author Of
"Monte-Christo," was an octoroon; hence
the point to the following story Of the ia
nous Frenchman's encounter with an in
terviewer:
you are an octoroon, are you not, Mr.
Dumas?
Certainly"
sand your fatherT
"He was quadroon."
sand his fathsrP
"a mulatto, sir, a mulatto!"
sand his fatherP'
"a negro, sir, negro"
"Might presume so far as to ask what
his father wasp
"An ape. sir; mon Dieu, an ape! My
pedigree ends where yours commences"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-02-08
According to Business DDS.

Davy Burgess, one of the oldest and
best known negroes of Westmoreland
county and noted for his strict integrity
and love for all the formalities Of bust
ness life, once bought COW from Cap
tain Jordan of Mount Pleasant. He
hadn't the money in hand to pay the
price, but Captain Jordan knew that he
would pay. He told him to take the
COW. That was an entirely too informal
way Of doing business for Burgess. He
knew that notes and other papers Of
that sort passed between white men.
and he insisted on note in this trans
action Captain Jordan told him to draw
up one to suit himself. When he pre-
scented 1t, it read:
/. Davy Burgess, do hereby promise to pay
Captain Jordan sS5 for the spotted cow when
has the money to spare. DAvY BURGESS.
"Now," he said, "I'll jes keep dis en-
take de cow"
He put the note In his pocket and
drove the COW away. When he was ready
to pay the $35, he went to Captain Jor-
dan with it.
'Heah's your money" he said, count
ing it out.
IAN now, sah," he remarked, with
considerable satisfaction, dat transac-
ton may be considered closed."-Pitts-
burg News.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-02-08

Norah, fresh from old Ireland, stared
at the baby's toy balloon, which waver
ed at place two or three feet higher
than her head and was anchored to the
back of a chair.
"'Tis quare and wonderful entirely
she said, raising her hands, ''to see II
up and balancin its own self and II
shtandin on a string!'-Youth's Compan
ION