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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-20


The feeding Of ground grain IN con
nection with sloop Of some kind has
many advocates. Quite a number OF
feeders think that all kinds Of grain
feed should be moistened just enough
to pour well from the pail to the
trough. A number OF tests to deter
mine whether or not this is profitable
were conducted by Professors Plum
and Van Norman az the Indiana EX-
pertinent Station. These men conelud-
ed that the difference in appearance oil
pigs fed on dry feed and on moistened
feed goes to show that there Is no adj
vantage in moistening the feed. Furth-
err the pigs fed dry grain made Slight
" the best gains. Taking everything
into consideration, it is considered IN
necessary to moisten ground feed foI
pigs except as it may be matter Of
convenience. OF course this is only
ore test, and conclusions must not D'
drawn until further work has beer
done. This kind Of experiment j
highly valuable.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-20
How One Girl Became Original.

"NIiss Y. is a most original GIRL
don't you think soY he remarked
"Why, nor returned his companion,
somewhat astonished at the adjective
81 think she is extremely nice and in
telligent and well informed, but
should hardly call her original Why,
she is just a quiet, everyday sort OF
girl, and does nothing especially to
distinguish herself from any one else"
"That is just why call her orig
inal," answered the other. Every
other girl know does something
one plays golf very well, another rides
beautifully, third knows all about a
boat and sails her own dory; another
drives four-in-hand, a fifth is philan'
thropic and has taken to Summing, g
sixth is intellectual and goes in for the
higher education, or is artistic and ex
hibits in the Salon, etc. So, l repea
that find Miss X. orlglnal-delight
fully sow-New York Tribune.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-20
:RSOVdOIf'
Nv CHAT

At Bates College, Lewiston, Me-
this year, sixteen Of the twenty-five
honors were captured by girl students
Somebody declares that Sarah Bern
hardt eats only two solid meals III
day-the first at p. m. and the second
at the next morning.
Charlotte Cipriani, a graduate Of the
University of Chicago, is the first
woman to receive the degree Of Doctor
of Letters from the University OF
Paris.
OF 4O1S homesteaders registered in
Ell Reno, Oklahoma. the other day,
1913 were women, and a separate reg
istration booth was established for
| them.
Women were first permitted to be-
come employees in Government offices
in 1862, when Secretary Of the Treas
ury Salmon P. Chase appointed six
women clerks
An authority states in a medical
journal that the height Of a very tai
British woman was, fifty years ago
five feet seven inches, while now the
height averages five feet six inches
to five feet ten inches.
In the performance Of her duty Id
[ Hathaway, a nurse at the Hartfor'
Hospital, contracted ophthalmia froT
{ a child patient and became blinC
} Hartford people have raised fun
of $4,000 for her support
: Elizabeth de Belle, an Atlanta CGa
Y young woman, is making a distil
= guished name in law practice in On
s cago. She recently won a case, a
a cording to the Woman's Journal, /
r volving real estate valued at $4,000
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-20
wedding Cnke Boxes.

Wedding cake boxes are in any de-
sign which the bride is pleased to or
der. IL she gives the instructions long
enough In advance. At present how
ever. there is a tasteful preference for
severe shapes, with dependence upon
the best materials for distinction.
Heavy white water color" papers
are the proper sort for the covering OF
boxes. on the tops or sides Of which
the monographs, usually of both bride
and bridegroom, are blended In relief
either in white or in gold and silver
Ribbons for tying the boxes are OF
MORE, taffeta or satin
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-20
20 ctioa1 Potato CuIture.

have found potatoes a profitable
croD for a term Of years. / select a
niece of sod land where water does
not stand. or rather where there IS
natural drainage, and plow 1t SIX 70
seven inches deep, using a pillow with 4
q iointer that the edge of the furroW
NAV be well turned under The lAnq -
Is narrowed very thoroughly boCh
WAYS, first with a cutaway harrow
then with a spring tooth, making the
soil very fine to depth OF four lncnes
| or more. Drills are then opened Wltn
n small furrowing pillow four inches
| deem and three feet between the rows.
A bigh grade brand of fertilizer CON
tanning ten per cent. actual potashk1s
distributed in the drills at the rate A0I
ono ton 70 the acre, scattered as even
" and thinly as possible. 1t may De
safer to cover the fertilizer httle'
although I hardly ever 60 to that uou-
Bile.
For seed 1 prefer potatoes Of medium
RI small size and do not believe IN
cutting them too fine. These pieces
are dropped dDOul AOoA 0SNH
apart in the burrows, and covered
with a cultivator with the wings
turned IN and with roller attach
ment. Before the potatoes appear
above ground I 60 over the pieces
with a weeder, and as soon as the
plants are well up start the cultiyator
and run it quite often, gradually get
ting considerable earth around the
: plants. I use the hand hoe if neces-
. sary. as weeds must not be alloWep {
e grow among the plants.
n Some may think that a ton Of fer
6 tilizer to the acre too much to appi!
n all in the drills, but want to hav'
enough right where the roots neee
d most for the potato is rather a ms
t. feeder. The method of cultivation
If to keep the roots from spreading RN'
he the land too much. have found Fro
n experience that we must apply TaOl
b. than the analysis of the plant wogI
d seem to call for-F. ". SargentF
lie, American Agriculturist
ID England's marriage rate in 1879 "
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-20

Uncle Sam is so bound up with red
tape that he sometimes has to take
money out of one pocket and put it
In another. Occasionally he pays 1t
back into the same pocket again, as is
lust now being exemplified in the case
of certain importatiOns of machinery
for the new Philadelphia Mint 1t was
found that In the fine details of some
Of the more delicate bits of mechanism
necessary to the coming Of money the
Germans were ahead Of us, and some
Of the machinery has been imported.
In spite of the fact that this has been
consigned to the United States Gov
ernment, the Treasury Department
has been called upon to pay the usual
rate of duty on It As all the revenues
from the various Custom Houses fnC
their way to the Treasury Department
In this instance 1t isn't even a question
Of exchanging money from one poke
to another. Here Uncle Sam just take
it out and puts 1t back again where
came from.-Phlladelphia Record.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-20
No Telling Whom One May Need Coffin

No Telling Whom One May Need Coffin
"a man entered my salesroom some
time ago." recalled st. Joseph under
taker, that said that he wanted to
select a casket and shroud. l asked
what size casket he wanted and he
answered: We'll, you can measure me
If YOU want; / want the casket for
myself. l was taken by surprise, and
he noticed it, but he appeared to think
that there was nothing unusual IN
this request. 4 am six feet TALL he
said.
without further delay l began to
show him our different caskets. lie
was very particular about it-they all
are-and it took him about an hour
to choose what he wanted. He then
selected shroud and other necessities
and gave an order for four carriages
When we were through he asked the
, price and told him $3.50 He paid
! over the cash and 1 gave him a receipt
for his own funeral. That man was
. apparently strong and robust at TIT
o time Six weeks later 1 received
4 telephone message from one of tn
;. hospitals In this city announcing tina
. nv customer had died and that he ha
!, given instructions to have me calleC
r The funeral was carried out just a
% he had planned it."-Kansas City Jou
nal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-20

Spanish lace, IN the black ana
creamy tluts, IS coming in again Tor
Incrustatlons and houncings, and Is
peculiarly applicable to the silky sur
face Of crystalline. Mixed with coarse
gulpure It Is also effective, the CON
trast serving to display the good
points Of the lace. Maltese lace Is also
being applied to mercerized muslins
and linens, and looks well.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-20
Makes Money by Cleaning Jewelry.

Makes Money by Cleaning Jewelry.
In London there is a woman who
has made herself famous and invalua-
BILE among the wives Of wealthy peo-
pie by taking care Of their jewelry.
Once a week in the height Of the sea-
son she makes a round Of the Jewel
boxes, and carries all her cleaning ap-
plianCes with her. When she gets to
work she fastens about her waist a
big apron of chamois skin, and then
opens half dozen different bottles
and boxes Of cleaning fluids and
pastes.
With a little instrument she first
tests the settings, and then dips the
ring or pin repeatedly In q little eau
de Cologne. While she works she
uses a powerful magnifying glass,
and for a stone that has an accumula-
ton of dust or grease or soap on its
under side, as often happens with
rings, she dips 1t alternately in soap
suds and eau de Cologne, and occa
sionally uses very fine, soft cameP'
hair brush to reach in delicately be
tween the prongs Of the setting. Whel
the stone is thoroughly clean 1t is bur
i~l in a Jar Of fine sawdust to dry.
Emeralds and other green stone
she cleans by soaking wads Of absol
/ bent cotton in pure alcohol and bury
t ing the gems therein until all the alcC
! hol has evaporated.
t Once in every season she resring
S the necklace of pearls under her car
{ and when the owner cannot arrange
wear a fine string Of these gems
least once in a fortnight the clean
lays them in a cup of warm flour
r luxewarm fresh milk just to ke'
h their skins In good condition.-Lond'
% Answers.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-20

10 have lost al hope. lie mopeo |
obeut tho house or wandered aimless- |
Is over the fields. One day he took
hiG rife and told hls wife he was
going 10 KIN some squirrels.
Two miles up the river where tho
lonely country road passed through
heavy forest George hid In q clump
Of underbrush and waited. For hours
he waited. but no one passed. AT last
there came the sound Of horses feet
George stepped out into the road ana
motloned for the rider to stop.
"Are you the man who bought
Wilson'S placer no inquired In cas-
ual way.
II am" replied the stranger.
Instantly the rife went up ana
polnted directly ut his heart.
swell. you're goin' to die. You want
n minute to say your prayers inf
George spoke coolly, almost careless
". but there was a terrible earnest
ness IN his eye
"Yes," said the stranger, u am the
man that bought your place, and I'm
the man that stole your money five
wears ago-wait, don't shoot until In
done. When met you that day a
Springfield was broke. When yor
told me your business knew 1t would
be easy to fool you. beat you out O
vour money. 1 took 1t and went Yves
as far rs I could. For FIVE years w
worked IN the mines. Worked like
dog. / saved up fifteen hundred dol
lars and came back here to buy
farm. A real estate agent had bough
G yours from the Government 1t bein
u vacant, you thinking you had home
Z steaded It. When I came out to loo
7 at 1t two weeks ago l discovered
: was your place and 1 recognized vol
u I went back to town and bought It
i maid every cent 1 had" George ha
T lowered his rifle and stood leanir
le upon the barrel. "And there is Il
u deed" said the stranger, throwing
u paper at Georges feet.
George stopped and picked up Il
paper It was a deed to his land al
h made over to him.
IL "Pm done; now you may shoot
~ continued the other.
lg George threw down the gun a
p started toward him, but the strang
as turned his horse and rode quick
ne away. George passed his hand or
his face time or two, stopped a
picked up the gun.
"Well, I'll be blamed?' he mutter
~ to himself, "if that amt the honest
eh thief ever seenP
od, He did not stop at the barn to do
OF chores that evening before he w
IN. to the house to tell Mollie.-Waver
Tue Magazine.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-20
a Cnmnnrison h Women.

The women Of to-day, in the opinion
Of Susan, Countess Of Malmesbury'
are not radically different from those
Of past generations In a recent art-
Gle which the Countess contributes 70
IN English periodical she seeks to nd
the mind Of the fallacy that outdoor
exercise Is a special attribute o. fhe
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-20

toward the south. Here was protee'
ton for the fowls and cool quarters
for the summer. A wire fence met
the two sides Of the board fence, max
ing house and yard all in one nclosure
Extra summer colonies can thus easi-
~ and cheaply be kept.-New England
Homestead.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-20
70ooo0I4IJt''Fs't'aI4's'''7'-''
!. FARM TOPICS
Oooo0CO0OOoO0OoDUUVvI''
A Summer Zen House.

The open shed for fowls here shown
was recently seen In operation and
answering its purposes admirably. a
"shed roof" was placed upon corner
Of a board fence, the open sides being
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-20

England's marriage rate in 1879 NUai
higher than in any year since 1870
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-09
VIEWS OF NIkOLA TESLA.
He Does Not Think the Rays Will BE
Useful i'm wireless TeIegrapby.

NEW YORK, March S.-Discussing the
discovery in Berlin of the Becquerel ray,
reported to the State Department at WASH
ington by the United States consul at Ber-
lin, Professor Nikola Tesla says: Il am
aware of the Becquerel results, and also
of the discoveries of Currie with respect
to the properties of uranium and polonium.
These discoveries, in presenting their re-
suits at that time conjectured that some
other element might be responsible for the
phenomenon observed. / do not believe
this discovery will be useful in wireless
telegraphy. As a matter of fact, L think
telegraphy with rays in general is of little
practical value. The Hertzian %telegraphy
have shown it to be limited to short dis
tances, and that, for other reasons, it is
incapable of any valuable application for
practical commercial use.
I'm my papers on the Lennard and
Roentgen rays, which were published in the
vanced a theory which is now beginning to
be appreciated by scientific men. / con-
tended that all sources of radiant energy,
including the sun and bodies at an APP
probably high temperature, throw off
minute particles of matter. L explained
that this matter-as was evident from my
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of some primal form, be-
ing split up In particles much smaller than
ordinary atoms. i have since made inter-
esting discoveries in regard TO this pro-
jected matter which / hope to bring be-
fore the scientific world when completed.
AS to the value of the new ray as a test
for diamonds, there are a number of ways
to tell good diamonds from bad, but the
most reliable method is that which is prac-
ticed by expert jewelers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-09
NEW RAYS DISCOVERED
BACQUEREL MAY ATTAIN AS GREAT
FAME AS ROENTGEN.
at Berlin That Promise
to Add Much to Scientific knOwl-
edgc-NikOla TesIa's Views.

WASHINGTON, March s.-Experiments
with a new process, somewhat similar to
the celebrated Roentgen or X-rays, are be-
ing conducted in great secrecy at a Berlin
institute. according to a communication re-
ceived at the State Department from Con-
sui General Guenther at Frankfort, Ger
many. The new species of ray. are called
~"BacGuerel' rays, after their d~iscoverer, a
French chemist. who first put his discovery
before the public in 1895. In the furore
which the Roentgen rays created in the
medical world these Bacquerel rays were
lest sight Of. The experiments are said to
have disclosed the fact that an entirely
new element is responsible for the Bac-
querel rays, and that they render almost
every transparent substance luminous in
the darkness. Consul General Guenther
says the new rays make it possible to tell
genuine diamonds from artificial ones in
the dark, which fact would prove of great
practical Importance in testing. The ex-
periments, it is stated, also nave demon
strated that rays emanating from a larger
quantity of the new element make the air
such a conductor of electricity as to prom
Use that the property can be utilized in
wireless telegraphy. The results of the ex-
periments, ii is stated, will be laid before
Emperor William, which" says the con-
sui general. seems TO indicate that the
discovery is regarded as one of great i'm
p~Ortance."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-09

ing February. In the household of j. w.
Wyeth thirteen persons are afflicted.
The Christian Church of Vincennes has
burg, Neb.. to its pastOrate, and the Rev.
Henry Mehl has been called TO the German
Evangelical Church. Both have entered
upon their duties.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Mckinley, of Sulli-
van, celebrated the forty-sixth anniversary
of their marriage at their home in SULLIVAN
on Thursday. They were married in Sulli-
van when but six people lived within the
present corporate limits.
Eleven young men students in the Rich
mond High School have been suspended by
Principal Ellebarger. Some days ago two
were suspended, and the nine followed to-
DAY for wearing crepe for their missing
fellows.
Joseph Larimer and several other Peru
vians, among them being James +. Suites
man, will take up the project again IN a
short time of an electric railway from Peru
to Converse. The line will have no com
petition from any other public carrier.
The Richmond School Board has ordered
the High School TO. withdraw from MEM
bership i'm the State High School Oratorical
Association after this year, and has also
cut off local oratorical contests. The board
believes the contests interfere with the
work of the school.
On Monday next Mr.. and Mrs. Silas T.
months trip 10 the Klondike. Mr.. BLIZZARD
Is superintendent of the Michigan division
of the Big Four and one of the incorpo-
rators of the Wabash Klondike Company,
which is working two mining claims near
Dawso
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-09
GEORGE RAY in THE CITY
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY DEPUTY
SHERIFF. LUTHER.
Refused to Talk to a Reporter and
Grew PrOfane -
People Wrought Up.

George NJ. Ray, convicted at Shelbyville
and sentenced to Imprisonment, came to
Indianapolis last evening. in company with
Deputy Sheriff Luther and several friends.
They went at once to the Grand Hotel,
where the night was spent. and. although
there was a purpose OF evident secrecy, it
is believed that the party will go to Green
field, where the writ of habeas corpus
County Circuit Court. will be argued to-
day.
Most of the time in the early evening
was spent in the lobby of the hotel, his
friends and curious people crowding about
Ray and the officer. A number of Shelby
vile people, some of whom refused to give
their names, were in the crowd, and a
number of local lawyers. During the early
evening little was said of the intended
movements, and all such conversations
were in an undertone, with the evident pur-
pose of secrecy. Deputy Sheriff Luther,
when asked by a Journal reporter for the
favor of an interview, said: Haven't time
now; you'll have to come back later" The
party, the center of which consisted of
Ray, Luther. Thomas Campbell and George
ii. Femold, of Shelbyville, stayed about
the lobby until about 1890 o'clock, frequent
trips TO the barroom being made, when
adjournment was taken TO June's restau-
rant, where a sumptuous lunch was served.
On returning to the hotel the party went
at once TO the barroom and then TO one
OF the little rooms in the rear, where nu-
merous rounds of drinks were served. Re-
porters were excluded from the room. Good
humor prevailed throughout the sitting"
and when the men emerged from the room,
at l:O O'Clock, one man mad his collar loOS-
ened and two had their coats off.
Deputy Luther was again approached,
and he said: I'VE haven't time now.
Wen have TO wait till morning."
The reporter then approached Ray, who
declined to make any statement whatever
and turned TO the others of the party, say
ing: Lets go to bed" The reporter was
persistent and followed the men into the
elevator, where Ray said: "Oh, go way
from me. Go way from me!'
But the Journal" said the reporter,
would like some sort of a personal state
ment from you relative to the conditions
Well" said Ray, you just tell 'em to go
straight to hell for me-"
The elevator rose and the party went
20 its rooms.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-09

The New York Court of Appeals has de-
cided in the case of Ralph j. Treat versus
the Controller of New York city, that the
law requiring the use OF stone dressed In
this State in the performance of public
contracts within the State and prohibiting
the use of stone dressed in other States on
such work is unconstitutional
The differences between the tobacco
workers and the manufacturers of Rich
mond. Va, have been settled, the manu-
facturers employing union labor agreeing
TO a 5 per cent. increase in wages. The
women and girls, who have been receiving
6 cents per hour have had their wages adj
vanced to ~ cents per hour. The advance
will affect 1000 workers.
Frank w. Redding, formerly of Newark,
N. j., who was a member of the Aston
battery during the Spanish war, has, 1t is
said, discovered a gold mine on the island
of Mindanao in the Philippines. A guam
brother, William f. Redding, of Newark.
The latter sent 1t TO the United States
assay office in New York, and he has re-
ceived a report from the government as
saver that the dust proved to be S97 fine,
and that it was worth, in its crude state,
$1S.50 an ounce.
Two big coal mining combinations were
announced at Altoona, Pa, yesterday. The
Patton Coal Company, the Clearfeld and
Indiana Coal Company, James Kerr q
Co, f.. c. Mccormick az Co, the Chest
Creek Lana and Improvement Company,
and the Pardees have disposed of their
collieries TO the Beech Creek Coal and
Coke Company. with headquarters in New
York. These companies shipped about L.
coo, 600 tons of coal last year, and could
have shipped as many more, but for the
shortage of cars.
Illinois coal miners and operators last
night agreed on the hosting engineers
question. Operators are 20 carry out con-
tracts with engineers, and they are nos Ia
become members of the miners union. This
Is taken as a victory for the operators. VINO
were strongly opposed to the engineers be-
coming members of the miners union. The
day scale is to remain the same as last
year, with the exception of the First dis
trict. where hremen are to receive 81. 50, liz
stead of $3.50, for eight hours work. The
clause of the Columbus agreement, that no
$3.50 per day, was adopted.
The New York Herald says: IF the plans
of Albert r. Johnson and a New York
syndicate, which he represents. prove for
tunate, a transi project representing SIS
900. 600 of capital, AID owned by Americans.
will be established within about eighteen
months I'm London. and another one. rep
resenting s.. 500,00 of American capital.
will be nearing completion. One of the
projects. the first named, is that Of the
Baker-street underground road, which Is to
run from the Elephant and Castle. in Lon
don. 10 Paddington station, and be about
six miles long. The other plan is for an
underground road from near the Bank of
England TO St. Georges circus, which is
not far from the Elephant and Castle"