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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-04-26
THE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.

The teachers association met at
Oakdale Saturday, April 20, 1901.
Elaborate preparations had been
made by the kind ladies of that vi.
cinity, and despite the windy, disa-
greeable day the teachers and yisi-
tors met with a warm reception,
which was greatly appreciated and
will not be forgotten by those who
attended.
The Seminary boys very kindly
made arrangements for the convey
ance of all the young ladies in town
who wished to attend the associa-
ton. And all had a good way to
go, except few of the boys who
walked, and those who had to push
the hack with the "balky" horse up
the hills.
Those who went from here we're:
Misses Lou and Matte Clement,
Katie johnson, Lucas WHY, Ada
Weldon, Pauline Brooks, Lucy
Lockman, Tenie Shoening, Bette
Boswell, Lena Lindsey, Alma and
CIarice Greer, Eta Dortch, Ethel
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-04-26

Cooper, Allie Alsup, Messrs. L N.
Lawrence, Ebert Florence, Jack
son Allen, Dee Smith, J. NJ. Lock
hart, Wesley Leegan, Tom Cooper,
Cyrus Harrison, Isaac Doty, Lem
Thompson, Rudolph Goodman, w.
ID. Cooper, Joseph Fitzsimmons,
Hugh McGill, Tom Tucker and A.
A. Lindsey.
The house was called to order
about IL o'clock. G. @. Wick gave
the welcome address, which was
followed by a response from o. L.
Utley. Another subject or two
was discussed, and at intervals de-
.lightful music was furnished by
the Harper Band. The noon hour
drew near and the feast began.
Every one Jared sumptuously and
there was enough and to spare.
The ladies of that neighborhood
have thanks Of all for their kind
hospitality.
At l o'clock the house was again
called to order and the regular pro-
gram taken up. Every subject was
thoroughly discussed, and all SEEM
ed to enjoy its rendition, especially
the recitations by Miss Lucas
WHY and the music.
At about 4 p. m. the program
was finished, and the association
adjourned to meet at Chalk Level
May Is, 1901.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-04-26

couple happier than by discharg-
ing all the bad language you can
think of. The wealth of curses is
believed to bring a wealth of bless
ings. Sometimes when the crops
are looking bad, the villagers will
throw filth at the most serpent
toothed old shrew in the place, and
then listen, entranced and full Of
good hope, while she emits cata-
racts of abuse. Among these sim
! pie folks, swearing is a distinct
business operation. They don't
swear for the pleasure of it, but for
the profit which they expect from
it. They swear for dividends. The
mob of imperfectly civilized per-
sons who swear with ease defile the
ear without any hope of remunera-
ton. Swearing should be rejected
as surplusage if for no other rea-
son.
The modern stage is rich in
"damns." Perhaps these should
be regarded as conventional and
harmless. Perhaps play-wrights
regard a play without a "damn" as
a play lost, and that expletive as a
sort of talisman. Miss Julia Mar
lowe is said to have extruded the
word from a play that was written
scissored for her. She must have
broken the authors heart, for the
present generation of writer's for
the stage seems to be as profoundly
convinced of the saving grace of
"damn" as some of the earlier writ
ers were of the indispensability of
the unities. For our part we must
say that we don't pine for swearing,
on the stage or off. For one thing,
it is too easy.
Still, if a man must swear, let
him swear and be done with it.
The substitutes whsrewith a timo-
rous conscience salves itself, smack
! of cowardice. "Gosh darn" and
81 swan" and 81 swow" and "Jim.
my crickets" and "tarnation" and
"darn it." and "dog gone it, anc
! the whole brood of sneaks-away
with them! If your communication
can not be yea, yea and nay, nay, il
you must swear, do it as though
you meant it.
: There are innocent swearers sucl
as children and foreigners, who
naturally pick up the common
words first. Then there were,
: couple of generations ago, certain
of the New England traAscendent
: alists and reformers, who held tina
l swearing was matter of indiffer
t ence morally and the command
ment against taking the name o
9 the Lord in vain a mere obiter die
t tum. 1t is said that some Of thes
philosophers, men habitually clear
: of speech, felt called upon to swea
n in public for the purpose of rebuk
u ing the error which held that swear
!, ing was wrong; and that they use,
j to sit in front of their houses of
t Sunday morning and tranquil
: belch forth appalling oaths to tn
amazement and horror of thei
g orthodox townsmen. But perhap
a this is a fable of superstition.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-04-26
PSYCHOLOGY or SWEARING.

The Psychological Review has
been studying the psychology of
profanity Why do people swear?
Psychologist AYERS that "as regards
the subjective effects Of profanity
the most striking is that of a pleas
ant feeling Of relief from a painful
stress" But the persons who
swear with the volume and hearth
ness of Squire Western or the army
IN Flanders, swear habitually, says
the New York Sun. They don't
swear to relieve pain and obtain
pleasure, but from sheer habit.
There are men, and altogether too
many of them, whose oaths the Re-
cording Angel will not drop a tear
on. They swear in public places
loudly, volubly and almost con-
stautly. We must believe that
their vocabulary is limited. There
may be moments of strong excite
ment when profanity may be re-
garded as excusable and almost
necessary. But to swear as George
Washington swore is one thing; to
swear as Whitechapel does is alto
gether another There are rude
frontier geniuses in whose fervent
and reverberate oaths some origi-
nality and even poetry may be de-
tected. The common, tedious, vul-
gar and vulgarizing profanity of
the city streets has nothing in it
but disgust. The common objur-
gator is not merely a nuisance; he
is a bore.
The world is growing cleaner
mouthed as literature will show.
There is much too much of nause-
ating profanity still, but decent
people don't rip out strange oatha
as their ancestors used to. Habit
ual profanity fixes a mans status
The onus lies on him to prove that
aside from this vice he is of sound
instincts. Some boys swear under
the impression that they are show
ing a robust and manly spirit, but
habitual swearing is really mark
of weakness. True, some steady
fellows have been notable cursers
We should hardly care for a pirate
for example, if he didn't wear ear
rings and have full set of the
most horrendous oaths. It is hi
business to make our blood ru1
cold, and we have the right to in
sist that he gives us our money
worth Of curdling. But tame citi
zens in ordinary civil coat an(
trousers are not called upon to rio
in explosives, and the English nav!
still fourishes although it is, W,
believe, no longer the habit o
everybody in it to damn everybod,
else's eyes. If a man ate red pep
ers habitually, they would sool
taste fiat to him. So the common
swearer can have no satisfaction
no feeling Of relief from painful
stress" He gets no enjoyment GU
of his oaths and they offend per
sons of delicate mind.
The world has heard swearing
which was vain indeed, but of
distinct although mistaken econc
mic purpose. AS the Greek sowe
scattered his cummin, he poure
out imprecations, the copiousnes
Of which was supposed to insure a
equal copiousness of crop by fa
miliar process of initiative magic
Profanity and vituperation are re
garded by some peoples as charm
to bring good luck and gener'
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-04-26

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Tenn
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-04-26
TIME TABLE.

Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
Railway.
Trains arrive at Camden daily on the Nashville
Chattanooga and 81. Louis Railway as follows:
EAST BOUND.
No 1-express.. ................. G3S am
No 3-mail. .......... .................. 547 pm
No. 53-eXpreSs. ..........,. 255 am
No. accommodation (miXed) ....... 11.4j am
WEST BOUND.
No. 2-express.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, 1904 pm
No. ANAL. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 9.53 am
NJ -tApItSS'. ..'..'..'', Zoo am
No. accommodation (miXed). ...... *1.4O pm
DAILY, except Sunday
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-04-26
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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-20
DISMISSED THE CASE.

'I met Judge Stevens of North Caro- lima, while I was in Asheville, few weeks ago." a Baltimorean said the other day, "and the judge entertained me by telling some of his experiences. One day, he said, an old cciored wo- man was brought before him, charged with trifiing misdemeanor. The of fense was so small that the judge de- cided that the payment of a small fine would be sufficient punishment. He knew that the old woman would hard ly be likely to have any money, so he questioned her about any other posses sions she might have.
 "'Have you COW, auntieY he be- gan.
 "'Deed, Yeh Honor, I ain't got no cow
 Have you any dueksY
 '''No, Yeh Honor. I ain't got none.'
 "~Any geese or chickensY
 " Before de Lawd, jedge, I ain't got nothin' but jes, dis were rheumatiz.'
 'sThe judge said he dismissed the case.-Baltimore Sun.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-20
A QUEER LITTLE BOG.

Bunyan, in s'Pilgrim'S Progress, speaking of the Slough of Despond, says: It is not the pleasure of the King that this place should remain so bad. His laborers also have, by the directions or his majesty's surveyors, been TOT above these sixteen hundred years em- ployed about this patch of ground, IT perhaps it might be mended; yea, and to my knowledge, said he, here have been swallowed up at least twenty thousand carloads, yea, millions of wholesome instructions, that have at all seasons been brought from all places of the kings dominions (and they that can tell say that they are the best materials to make good ground of the place, if so 1t might be mended); but it is the Slough of Despond still, and so will be when they have done what they can.
 This passage recurred to us on read ing of the bottomless lake within the limits of this city. 1t lies in the Bronx close to the border line of the Bronx Park. It's exact location is on the line of the new Morris avenue. and one hun dred feet north of ITO street, where it covers an area of six hundred feet. For three years the contractor and his men have been trying to solve the prob lem. In the center is a small sheet of water resembling a pool that might be pumped dry in day Tt nipples as if it were laughing at the puny effects of man to put it out of existence" Yet eighty thousands yards of fiiling-earth rocks and trees-had been dumped into the pool up to month ago, and on May 8 the waters returned, and there is no Tyr r1aHr ~4 4lxx~ tons of material have gone, whether carried by a subterranean current into the Atlantic ocean, or by a rushing stream to the bed of the Hudson river, or whether it has sunk into bottom less pit Three times the place has been filled in to depth of fifty three feet, and that during the night went down out of sight.
 May 30, 1899, the Workmen, believing they had got it filled in, were piling o1 material to raise the grade seventeen feet, which the plan required. The whole gave way, swallowing up a truck and a team of horses. For three days afterwards no trace could be found, but at depth of fifty three feet grappling irons caught the truck and recovered it.
 The spot has been known since 1676. For long time fish were caught in it. But the owners were constantly in trouble: Cows waded into the pond and disappeared, and no carcass was ever recovered. New York city gradually crept up to it, and twelve years ago the city bought the property of Andrew O.. Zabriskie, who, in the regular line, had inherited it. Whether the city will con- tinue to pour in materials or change the route for the avenue remains to be seen. The superintendent says that he will continue dumping in material though it may be couple of years be- fore any solid foundation is secured, and it may all be lost.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-20
ACCIDENTAL POLITICAL CAREER

One of the interesting and forceful figures in the house of representatives has been George l.. Uilley of Water bury. A year ago the name of 1Lilley was unknown in the political flower garden of the state., The manner in which he broke into the political situa-5 tion was as odd as his entrance was unintended and unexpected.
 Last fall before the town election took place in Waterbury MT Lilley got out his open letter apparatus and vigorously assailed the management of the selectmen's office. Against it he preferred charges of all sorts of ad- ministratiye looseness and extrava- gance He blurted right out in print what others had dared only whisper. His interest was that of q large tax payer and not that of a politician, and he argued that as the result of the methods on which the office was run the folks who paid the freight were compelled to pay a lot more than was necessary. He protested against it all, and contended that the whole system should be reorganized on the basis of consolidation of town and city govern ments.
 The taxpayers backed Lilley up and when it came to selecting a candidate for representative they picked him up. From being the man with the cudgel he became the man with a candidacy. He declared that if he were elected he would do what he could to get town and city governments consolidated Many democrats turned in and helped the republicans elect him. His ma- jority was not small although some suburban republicans to whom any suggestion of consolidation was worm wood and gall. not to mention several other things to boot, threw electoral tacks along his bicycle path on cleo tioh day. After breezy fight in Hart ford consolidation was affected, and the whole system of local government in Waterbury was consequently af- feeted. Lilley was at the bottom of it and also at the top of 1t.
 MT Lilley has been an influential and popular member of the legislature, and he's now known all over the state. He has independence, courage and energy and keeps everlastingly at it. His friends predict that something in the line of political preferment is liable to happen to him. His accidental en- trance into politics and his subsequent career aren't matched every year in Connecticut-H Hartford Post.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-20
HIS HONoR'S TROUSERS.
An Illinois Lawyer Who Is Glad to
 See Judges in the East Wear li fng Gowns.


 s"I am glad etolsee,'s said tie Chicago lawyer '.tt that the judges ofathe higher courts of New York wear gowns. They are distinct, aid to lawyers ar- guing cases.
 The justices of the Illinois supreme court do not wear gowns. Icame near losing the last case argued before that bench because of the eloquent trousers worn by one of the judges.
 They were wonderful to behold and so wide were the stripes and so strik- ing the pattern of the cloth that to save me could not keep from wonder ing how man holding high office and coming in contact constantly with men of good taste could have the hardihood to wear such fashy gar- ments while sitting in court ofsjus- tice..
 Naturally such mental speculation did not add any strength to my argu- ment, and if hadn't pulled my wits together and turned my eyes to the other end of the bench, am certain that my case would have failed utter ly:'','
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-20
COMEDY OF ERRORS.
Plot Rests on Mystery in Like-
 ness of Two Modern Dromios.
Mr. sniveIy and Mir. Harlan Lock Like Twin Brothers, and Perhaps They Are, But Nobody Knows
 to q Certainty.

Fiction frequently masquerades as truth, but the following story, which, all except the names of the persons, is vouchsafed for as a fact by the Chicago Post, shows that truth may seem occasionally to borrow the robe of her imitator.
 One day when riding i'll a Chicago street car MT. Snively, of Buffalo, raised his eyes from his newspaper and met the glance of d lady who was sitting beside him. She smiled and offered gloved hand, saying:
 How do you do, MT. Harlan? You have returned toeChicago sooner than you had intended, have you not?"
 Excuse me, madam" he returned, feeling that in the circumstances it would not be right to take her hand, ''you have mistaken me for some one else. My name is not Harlan"
 She made no further remark, but turned her back upon him, changing her seat at the first opportunity for one at the end of the ear.
 q wonder if this is some kind of a confidence game unused Mir. Snively. ..If so, the next move will be, I sup pose, for some fellow to address me by my own name. I only wish he would, that's all"
 But nothing of the kind occurred, and he was convinced that the lady had been really sincere.
 A few weeks after this Mir. Snively entered a hotel in Boston. The clerk nodded familiarly, and while the guest was writing his name in the register said: Your old room is va cant, MT. Harlan"
 ..I must bear a close resemblance to that man, said MT. Snively, mak- ing a final flourish with his pen. gThis is the second time have been
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-20
THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1901.
Few of the larger shipyards in the

"Few of the larger shipyards in the United Kingdom,'' says a magazine writer, "are arranged in the best or most efficient manner for handling ma terial This is largely due to the fact that from time to time additions have been made to the equipment while the general manufacturing operations were in progress, and these additions have necessarily been more or less of makeshift order. The yard has be-. come a patchwork of equipment in- stead of a complete and homogeneous design. The important point to be borne in mind in the arrangement of the ship yard is, that the material, from it's entrance to the yard until it's arrival at the building berth, should be subjected to the minimum amount of handling, and that the machines or ap- paratus for carrying out the various stages of it's preparation should be placed in the natural order of the me- chanical operations thereby involved, so that when the piece is finished it should be in such a position as to be transferred to it's proper place in the vessel with the minimum amount of labor. Recently, in America, new ship building companies have been formed, which, unhampered by many old tradi- tions, but nevertheless availing them selves of the benefit of accumulated years of experience from many coun- tries, will bave exceptional opportuni- ties for adopting the latest and most efficient appliances for handling and working materials, and in the course of a few years will, without doubt, form powerful rivals to the old coun- try"
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-20
sPINsTERs TAKING TO BIRDS
Parrots Not fin Favor Any More, Perhups, Owing to the Comic
 Papers.

The arrest of a woman shoplifter theft was revealed because the bird sang whsn sks opened her bag, re- minded ths bird store man the other day that spinsters and bachelor wom- en were taking to canaries more than they used to, says New York ex- change.
 ''It's queer thing said the bird store mar, "but canaries are driving the parrots out of business as conn panions for lonely women. don't un- derstand 1t any more than you do, unless it's because the comic papers have made the possession of parrot by a woman peculiarly characteristic of an old maid. But it is a fact that the old maids aren't buying parrots any more and are buying canaries.
 A canary's the pleasantest kind of bird to have around the house, anyway, but it's hard on the parrot to be de- serted in this way. There's one good quality about parrot. It takes few ikings, but it is usually loyal to the few it does take to, even if it is dis agreeable to outsiders.''
 Department stores are selling as many canaries as the bird stores, ac- cording to the bird store man, and the bird trade isn't what it used to be in New York. If the big stores keep on selling birds, he told the reporter, there won't be any bird stores left soon, which he thought would be a pity.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-20
WHOLE TOWN FOR SALE.
Russian Town Sold at Auction for
 Debt Was Recent Bargain.


 There was recently offered for auc- ton at Melksham, near Trowbridge, a completelyafitted health resort, com prising 51a acres of land, cha1ybeate springs, baths and ballroom. It is said that over $5o,Ooo was spent on the shaft which brought the mineral wa ter to the surface, yet the reserve set upon the property was only 7,5OO. Even this sum was not reached, so eventually the property was bought in for the owners, says Stray Stories.
 Quite recently there Wassa Scotch village on the market. It is called Burnmouth, and lies just on the bor- der, a few miles from Berwick. t
 The Russian d town of Berdichev seven, years ago was bought by a man named Roukayis shnikov. l4 He paid $60O,- 900 for it. Last year he sold it again. The new purchaser was Count iIgna- tiey, who paid no less than $1, ,oOO, ,00O for the property.
 The town of Verditschew, a place of some 4,0oo inhabitants, was recent ly sold by auction to the highest bid- der. It owed the Russian government and other creditors, and was sold be- cause 1t was unable to pay.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-20
Frontier Justice.

A young Arizona lawyer who re- gently visited Detroit gave the follow ing as an example of the style of jus tice that prevails in some remote sec tions of the frontier:
 A certain justice of the peace whose knowledge of the law was never gained from books or actual practice before the bar was hearing an assault and battery case. The lawyer for the de- fense was shouting his arguments when the court said:
 s.That will do. Sit down"
 He then adjusted his spectacles and sagely observed:
 Prisoner, shtand upl Accordin' tah tn law an tn eyydince- an there is no evydince-Oi foind yez guilty, scr, an foine ye $50. If yez air guilty, faith, it's very loight sintince; an if ye air not guilty it'll be a mighty good lesson for ye.''-Detroit Free Press.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-20

American traders" says q cor respondent, fare having merry time in London. The English, however, are evidently divided in their feeling about them. As Americans they are vel come beacuse it is good policy just now to draw closer every possible tie be tween the two countries. But as tradt CTS they are in quite another light. The scepter of commerce is departing from the British empire. When Ten nyson wrote II iNfs
 From growing commerce lost her
 latest chain,
 And let the fair white-winged peace
 maker fly
 To every land beneath the sky
 he was uttering the persuasions with which the dominant school of English politicians were trying to induce the earth to lay aside every law which gave home industry an advantage, in the confident belief that this would mean the prevalence of British trade everywhere. England had the mar kets, the shipping, the manufactures of the world almost in her own hand. All she wanted was the rest of man. kind should accept her workshop of the world, by giving full scope to the power of industry and capital she. had acquired under centuries of the protec- tionist policy. If such delegation of our merchants had visited London in those days they would have been wei comed with triumphant logic as to the advantages of free trade But to-day the subject is hardly broaehed. Eng land feels that the day has passed for that as a means to her industrial pre- dominance. Thanks to their rejecting her arguments and her sentiment, the other countries have got the manufac- lures she hoped to keep them from ac- quiring; and it is from them, and espe- cially from us, that she expects the de cline of her prosperity"