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

Farm labor is reported scarce in all
parts Of Delaware.
Ten glass factories at Massillon,
Ohio, have shut down.
Missouri and Kansas coal miners
have failed to agree with the operators
on a wage schedule.
The American Cattle Growers Asso-
citation has been formed at Denver,
Col, to secure fair shipping rates.
The street laborers' strike at Roca-
ester, N. Y, has apparently failed
Some of the strikers hAye returned
to work
The strike against the American
Sheet Steel Company involves 10000
men, and may extend to the entire
Steel Trust
The Northern Pacific Railroad man
agement has voluntarily increased the
pay of its frst-class mechanics from
ten to fifteen per cent.
Nine hundred women operatives in
the George c. Batcheler q Company
factory at Bridgeport, Conn, left their
work owing to a new check system.
The members Of the local unions Of
bricklayers in New York City, about
5000 in number, now receive sixty
cents an hour, an advance of five
cents.
Reports of a building boom in Chi
cago have caused hundreds of me-
chanics to flock to that city in search
of work, only to find that there is not
even employment enough for the local
workmen.
The executive council Of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor has author
lied an assessment on affiliated organi-
cations for the purpose of aiding the
striking machinists in their contest for
nine-hOur day.
A strike for the mustaehe is threat
ened in Paris. One automobile con-
Germ has ordered clean shaves for it's
chauffeurs, and the men. in union as
sembled, have resolved to quit the ma
chimes sooner than the hirsute adorn,
ments of tn, If upper lips.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-08-16

Dciyng the mlghliosl Government az
the world, the Roman Government. vet
rubbing llia land just below the forehead
Of the blind until The optic nerve of him
who was born sightleas ig created and
The sunlight has two new paths 10 tread
Best illustration the world ever saw of
anger without sin, anger against the abom-
nations which have mauled and blasted
the earth from its deepest cavern 10 ita
highest cliff but so much pity for the Gin.
ming and suffering nations that lie allowed
them 10 transliX Him upon two pieces of
wood nailed across each other on a dav
that was dark "a night. the windows of
heaven shut because the immortals could
not bear 30 look down upon the assassin
alton of the ioveliest being that ever
walked the shore Of the lakes or without
pillow or blanket slept on the cold mount
aims.
like Him, let as hate iniquity with COM
plete hatred, but like Him may we helm
those who are overthrown and be willing
10 suffer for their restoration. Then. az
though at the opening Of this discourse
our text may have seemed to command us
to do an impossible thing, we will at the
close OF this sermon, with a prayer to
God for help, be more rigid and deter
mined than ever before against that which
Is wrong, while at the same time we shall
feel so kindly toward all the errinr and
work so hard for their rescue that we will
realize that we have scaled the Alpine, the
Himalayan height of my text, which en-.
joins, BE ye angry and sin not"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-08-16
JELKs OFFERS REWARD.

Alabama's New Governor Hot After
Members Of EImore County Mob.
Governor Jelks, Of Alabama has bro
ken the record in Offering rewards. He
has offered $40O for evidence to secure
the conviction of each member Of the
mob which lynched Robert White in
Gilmore county recently. No one knows
the size Of the mob and the total re-
ward may figure into the thousands.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-08-16
FIRE SWEEPS WHEAT FIELD.
Flames Eat Up 100000 Bushels at
Great Bend, Kansas.

Fifteen thousand acres of wheat
went up in flames near Great Bend,
Kan, Monday afternoon. The fire was
started by an unknown man throwing
a lighted cigar into a field of wheat
stubble. Everything was as dry as tin
der and soon the destructive fire was
in progress, and It was late in the eve
ming before the fire was under control
Roughly estimated, the loss in wheat
will aggregate 100000 bushels, nearly
all of which was in shock.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-08-16

According to a New York dispatch
General Daniel e. Sickles is seriously
i'll in Pleasantville, N. Y.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-08-16
DR.TALnAdE's sERnoN
The Eminent Dlvlne's Sunday
Discourse.

Subject Control Your Temper-Why One
May Have u Wholesome Indignation
Sins That We should BE Angry With
PITY tho simmer.
The Washington times., 1901-07-05
CONGRESS AND THE EXECUTIVE.

However. one feels Ike taking excep-
tons to placing Mr.. Mckinley on a pedes-
tai along with Washington and Lincoln.
but when one goes further than that, as
Secretary Long did yesterday in his speech
before the Massachusetts Club, and de-
clared Mckinley superior TO Washington
and Lincoln in his remarkable ability at
getting along with Congress, it makes the
thoughtful smile
1t is the remarkable ability of Mr.. Nc
Kinley to get along with Congress and of
Congress to get along with Nr. Mckinley
that has cost the country severely It IS
not always best that things be so serene.
The consequence has been that while Mr..
ministration and has many personal
friends throughout the country who re-
joice in his good qualities and good for
tune, there are also many who recognize
that it is not always best that the execu-
tive and legislative branches of govern
ment should be in so complete accord.
With our army trebled In size during his
Administration with a colonial policy de-
yeloped under his fostering ambitions.
with wars on both hemisphereS for which
Congress and the President are largely re-
spOnsible. when hitherto We had been at
peace with the world for generation,
and with an unprecedented eXtTavagance
in the expenditures of public money and
a WocfuI neglect in the prosecution OF Of
tenders against the Government IN posi-
tions of trust and honor, one can hardly
refrain from passing the comment that it
is indeed unfortunate that so complete
between the President and the Congress
Providence Telegram.
The Washington times., 1901-07-05

animals maui each other in character
! istic ways.
The emotions felt by any man who
delights in setting animals or men to
| fight each other are certainly rot of
very high order. There is distinction,
which should be carefully drawn, be-
tween mere boxing and prizefightine
Any man is likely to find a knowledge
of boxing, fencing, or firearms useful
for a good purpose; and when a prac-
ticed boxer steps into the street to
chastise a bully or to avenge a person
al insult. the crowd which watches the
fight is animated by something differ
ent from the spirit of the crowd which
gathers about the prizering. In the
one case it is simply an appeal to force
to prevent wrong; in the other it is de-
light in brute force for it's own sake.
AS for bullfights, the comparison be
tween them and a slaughterhouse as a
means of entertainment is a very good
one. Except in Chicago, nobody re-
CARDS the killing of animals as an
amusing thing to see. There was
time when a hanging was regarded as
a pleasant and instructive spectacle,
and in some benighted regions Of this
country such events are still public.
But it has come to be pretty generally
recognized that the sight of the death
agonies of brute or man does nobody
any good, and that the more private
such things are kept the better it is for
the community. This does not prove
that it is wrong to kill animals for any
purpose. 1t simply means that the pro-
cess IS offensive, and ought to be, to
people of refined tastes. a doctors
offices are necessary, but nobody cares
to have his sickroon constructed with
one side made of glass and open to the
street. There are certain physical facts
that are best passed over in silence and
kept behind screens, and one of them
is violent death.
The Washington times., 1901-07-05

monetary stringency. The effect viii
be stimulation of the export trade
and a reduction of imports. Gold will
stop flowing out and begin to come in
again. This principle is constantly at
work, and it manifests itself with pc
culiar strength whenever. owing to
local or special causes. a country is
forced to part with such a quantity of
specie as to reduce the total stock be-
low its just proportionate share.
We are now selling vastly more than
we buy, but it is simply because the
purchasers of our goods can pay for
them otherwise than in cash. 1t is a
fact worthy of note that with all of our
great trade balances We actually send
more gold out Of the country than we
bring in. which shows conclusively that
other countries gre not sending US their
yellow metal.
Another point of impressive impor-
tance is the circumstance that our very
best customers are the richest, most
prosperous, and most progressive ma
tons of Europe. England stands first
on the list and Germany second. 1t is
as plain as light that We cannot carry
on a profitable trade with an impover-
ished people. The poorer a nation is
the less it can buy and the more it
must sell We might conquer a coun-
try by force of arms and rob it Of its
wealth. but when we do that it will
cease to be a good customer. India
furnishes a striking example of this
truth.
In any event, under the inexorable
laws of trade, nations which cannot
sell cannot buy, and those who are now
painting roseate pictures Of the United
States becoming rich By crushing the
industries OF other countries may live
long enough TO discover that they are
not true artists. We may get rich fas-
ter than any other people. Doubtless
we shall. but it will be through the de-
yelopment OF our unequaled resources,
and not by the commercial destruction
of our rivals.
The Washington times., 1901-07-05
POLITICAL COMMENT.

The President has signed the commits
sion of William II. Taft, of Ohio, to be
Civi! Governor Of the Philippine Islands.
The commission Of Joseph 7. Davidson
to be quartermaster, u. s. A, with rank
of captain, has also been signed. Now
for some very civil civil government
Boston Globe.
And now all the big soft coal COM
panies are to form one giant coalition.
with J. Pierpont Morgan at the head of
it. The Iron King" will then pose. also,
as old King Coal. Herald.
People sometimes talk lightly about
amending the Constitution of the United
States. but it would be a most difficult
matter. as three-fourths. or thirty-four.
of the States must assent to such amend
ment while twelve States could defeat
it.-Minneapolis Tribune
If the unterrified British journalists
continue I'm their present course. King I'd
ward will be compelled to call on Emperor
william for advice as to the best treat
ment of lese majeste.-Boston Journal.
Why does Governor Taft figure in this
spectacular exhibition as a creature of
the War Department? Because that is
supposed to be necessary under the Porto
Rican decisions in order to save the sepa-
rate tariff made by the executive for the
Philippines.-Chicago Chronicle.
Philadelphia's $ mayor is one of the at
fractions on the Buffalo midway this
week. He should be given permanent
gagement.-Atlanta Constitution.
Maj. Cen w. R. shafter went on the
retired list yesterday. Why General
Shafter, of all the officers in the United
States Army, was chosen to command the
army that invaded Cuba in June. 1898, is
still a mystery. He was physically in
The Washington times., 1901-07-05
TROUBLE IN GUAM.

There comes tale of woe from distant
Guam. This is the remote island in the
Pacific, where for some time Captain
Leary, of the navy, was a benevolent des-
pot, forcing lazy Guamites TO work and
unmarried ones TO wed. He appealed to
the department for a brass band to aid In
the civiliZing of the inhabitants. but was
unable TO get it. 1t is not a lack OF
music. however. which causes unhappi-
ness in Guam. 1t is scarcity of whisky.
The last barrel of 'commissary has been
stolen and drunk up by bad marines on
duty in the island
II the Governor Of Guam must be
naval officer, is it not possible for the
Navy Department to select one who Is
good disciplinarian, has some discretion.
and win not make u laughing stock OF
hitnsCIf?- Chicago Tribune.
The Washington times., 1901-07-05
Circulation statement.
civil Rule in the philippines.

No one can speak with certainty as
to the results of the civil governments
that have been estabIishedSSn various
parts of the Philippines; no more is
anyone justified in allowing his doubts
and fears TO be greatly increased by
anything that Representative Hull may
say upon the subject. Naturally
enough the President of the Philippine
Lumber Company desires a continua-
ton of the military regime under the
auspices of which his company was
formed. 1t is quite possible that Mr.
Hull sees in the general establishment
of civil government fewer opportuni-
ties for the securing of special priyi-
leges on behalf of his company, and the
expectation of which, according to pop
ular belief, had much TO do with the
organization of the company that he
so earnestly def ended upon the floor ef
Congress.
Many civilians in Luzon probably feel
distrustful of the experiment-some
perhaps from the same motive as the
one which inspires Mr.. Hull, but the
most OF them, it is fair TO suppose,
through the feeling of tinidity that is
characteristic of capital everywhere.
Whatever may be the foundation for
these misgivings, it is certain that a
start had to be made. 1t is impossible
to know what the result VIII be without
a trial, and the feeling was well-nigh
universal throughout the United states
that the time had come.
OF course, there may be local failures
here and there. The General Govern
ment itself may not be entirely success
full Il IS a large sized task 10 MAKE
such a change as is contemplated IN
the Philippines, and there are many
difficulties in the way. Still, there is
no apparent reason why the attempt
should not be reasonably successful
IL would not be safe at once TO with
draw the army The civil government
needs the support of the military. and
that support viii be given. II military
government pure ana simple can sue
ceed, surely civil government, which is
less irritating, should not fail when the
strong arm of the military power is
ready To support it in any emergency.
But while the presence Of the army is.
as yet. Indispensable, il should be kept
in the background as much as possible.
and the people made TO see that they
have, in fact, a civil government.
Every possible cause for unnecessary
irritation and humiliation should be re-
moved If the people could be treated
as citizens Of the country whose SOW
ereignty they are bound to respect and
whose authority they must recognize.
it would speedily create a sentiment
that would amount to a strong guar
antee Ct the success of civil government
among them.
The Washington times., 1901-07-05
Trade Mast Have Two sides.

Referring to a recent statement by
Secretary Wilson, that we shall soon be
raising for ourselves all the agricultural
products which we now buy from for
eign countries, the New York World
very pertinently asks, how foreign ma
tions are going TO bay from US if we
buy nothing from them
There is no subject upon which many
alleged statesmen are so blind as that
of international trade. They assume
that we can so adjust our policy as 10
buy nothing at all from other countries
and ar the same time continue selling
to such countries vast quantities of cur
own products. The idea is so absurd
that ii seems TO be a waste OF time TO
combat it, But the point is constantly
being made by men in high official sta
ton that it is accepted IN implicit con-
fdence by millions, and hence il must
be frequently noticed and its faIlacy
exposed.
II certain country produced nothing
but gold we might sell to that country
largely. while buying nothing from it in
the way Of merchandise. In such
case We would buy gold with our prod
Dcts. But if a country produce largely
of merchandise, and no gold, clearly We
carnot long continue 10 sell goods in
that country without taking goods in
ret-rn, unless such country can sell its
own goods somewhere else. To Illus
trate this: We sell annually to Great
Britain hundreds of millions more in
goods than we buy in that country. If
England had no business relations ex-
cept with ourselves she would very soon
have 10 stop buying, because her meuey
would give out But, in fact, she sells
great quantities OF merchandise in
other countries, besides which she has
an enormous income from her foreign
investments. Therefore she is able TO
buy much more than she sells and get
richer all the time. But IL we could
also take England's other markets
away from her, and then refuse 10 buy
her goods, she would have nothing to
pay with. except the income which she
draws from her outside investments. A
country having no such income could
buy nothing abroad without running
into debt for II.
Aside from the fact that a country
which cannot sell cannot buy. there is
a great economic principle which gov
erns in such cases and which Is gener-
ally overlooked The economic law by
which money is distributed over the
world prscludes the possibility of any
ecountry, not a gold producer, buying
continuously more than il sells, and
paying the balance in cash. Every
country is bound to get and keep just
its distributiye share OF the worlds
total stock Of money, and this result is
attained through the rise and fair OF
prices Prices depend upon the quanti-
ty Of money and substitutes for money
in actual circulation.
As soon as country's stock Of
money runs below its just share, prices
In that country VIII fail as q result of
The Washington times., 1901-07-05
THE AMERICAN SOLDIER.

Old Emperor William once justified HIM
self for his wrath at finding a soldier with
one button of his coat unbuttoned by say
ing that the one loose button might mean
the loss Of campaign As a matter Of
fact history read impartiaily would show
more cases where campaigns have been
lost by being too tightly buttoned and
belted than where they have been lost for
the lack of that quality. The Austrian
armies of more than a century ago We're
the most rnart:net-ridden IN the world, but
NapOleon's ragged and barefooted raw
levies drove them out Of Italy. Frederick
the Great was bred in the martinez school,
but he confided the fact TO one or ms
generals that his gross teufels could
tight harder than the spick-and- d-span
troops To come down to modern times
there never were fighters with less idea
of appearance and discipline than the
Beers; but five times their number OF
British troops have not yet succeeded IN
completely conquering them
So we need not feel uneasy about the
free-and-easy aspect of our American
troops Discipline in the carrying out OF
orders is, of course, an essential, but II
has not been asserted that they are in
ferior in that respect.-Pittsburg Dispatch
The Washington times., 1901-07-05
DESERVED PRAISE.

Secretary Long invoked great part
of the glory of the Spanish War for his
CHIEFS of bureau whose duty 1t was to
sit in Washington and make and keep our
battleships and cruisers the perfect war
machines they always were when the
hour for action had come. Admirals
Hichborn, Of Construction and Repair;
Melville, of Steam Engineering: O'Neil,
of Ordnance; Bradford. of Equipment;
Van Reypen, OF Medicine and Surgery,
these are the trained officers of lifelong
experience whom Secretary Long com
mended to the gratitude of his fellow
countrymen. Nor was the unknown clerk
who wrote the vivid text of the order to
Dewey to crush Spain's Philippine fleet
forgott ten.-BOstoa Journal.
The Washington times., 1901-07-05
\ BuIInght at omnha.

One Of the features of the Fourth of
July celebration at South Omaha was
a bullhght. Some Of the humane peo-
pie of the city objected, and the case
was carried into the district court.
where the toreadors exhibited their
weapons and explained the method on
slaughter. II was argued that this
way of killing the bull was no more
cruel than that which obtains in an
ordinary slaughterhouse, and that,
therefore, no objection could rightly be
raised. The court refused to grant the
injunction asked for.
The question al issue, however, is not
the sufferings of the buIl-that is, not
altogether. Animals fight when they
are left TO themselves, and infict
wounds upon one another quite as cruel
as those inflicted in bullfight, a cock
ing main, or a rat pit The horses used
in a builfght usually suffer more or
less, but even this is not. perhaps, suf-
fcient reason for refusing permission
to hold such a festivity. The main OBJ
lection 10 it is that it fosters a spirit Of
cruelty in the spectators.
When animals fight among them
selves they follow out their natural in
stincts. They fight for a cause. The
other animals do not stop all their bust
ness to watch the combatants, and sit
in a ring and applaud. They go on do
ing whatever they have to do. The re-
finement of slaughter into an amuse-
ment for idle hours is a development
only TO be found in mankind. 1t is an
abuse OF the term brutality to apply It
TO the quality which draws people TO
the arena or the ring. to see men and
The Washington times., 1901-07-05
Hot weather Consultations.

1t may possibly be eonsoling to those
who are suffering from the recent hot
wave to know that physicians consider
the experience good for the health. OF
course, il is bad for anyone whose vi
tality is lowered for any reason, or who
lives amid unsanitary conditions, or is
obliged 10 overwork during the period
Of greatest heat. but the normal human
being. seems to need changes of tenn
perature from time to time. 1t is said
that people who chase equable temper
atures from North to South and back
again are seldom in perfect health for
ali their pains.
There is a good common sense reason
for this. The heat which induces per-
spiration and consequent drinking Of
large quantities of liquid may be said
TO flush, as it were, all the organs Of
the body, especially the pores of the
skin, and, in fact. performs somewhat
the service of a Turkish bath. II is
noteworthy that in countries like Lap
land, where the temperature never
rises very high in summer, the inhabi-
tants have devised a sort of Turkish
bath to keep themselves in proper con-
dition. The average human being in
this country is constructed SO as to live
comfortably in a certain climate, ana
if he win persist IN running from Dan
10 Beersheba In the effort to escape
what is personally disagreeabIe TO him
in that climate, he has to take the con
sequences.
1t may often be observed that after
the first heat wave the community
seems TO suffer comparatively little.
In common parlanee. we get used to
it" Bat there is physiological reason
for this The body has adapted Itself
to the changed conditions, all the or
gans are working freely, and heat no
longer Interferes with the natural pro-
cesses of circulation, digestion, and
thought. Consequently the nerves are
not en- a strain trying to do work not
expected of them. 1t viii generally be
noticed. also. that the desire for inor-
dinate quantities OF cold liquids has
disappeared This result win probably
be effected more quickly if, when the
hot wave first rolls in, hot drinks in
Sieau OF cOtd ones are uSSu 10 dI4dy
thirst
It follows, therefore, that hot
weather is really a medicinal thing,
and should be philosophically regarded,
like vaccination or any other necessary
evil. There is no use in fretting or
worrying over it. or trying to dodge it.
The climate in which there is a great
variety Of temperatures during the
year is the one which, as rule, pro-
duces the strongest and most enter
prising men. They can go into the
tropics or the arctic regions if their
blood has proved its ability to endure
extremes Of heat and cold in their own
land.
When the vitality is low, SO that
every adverse influence produces an
undue evil effect, Of course the situa-
ton is changed. In that case the per-
son who suffers from the heat should
seek some cooler place until the bal
ance Of strength is restored. But ordi-
narily healthy people viii, as a rule,
find themselves quite as well off
through the year if they do not make a
point Of running away from their
homes at the first approach of hot
weather, and seeking wholly differ
ent set Of surroundings.