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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-01-31

There is a gentleman who Is beyond
his school days who is interested in
chickens. Recently he learned that
there was an institution Of learning
where a course Of instruction was Civ
en- in chickenology and duckology, or
in those branches designated by seien-
tidc names The fowl fancier thought
the matter over-was he too old? He
decided to consult his friends
uont mind the schoolroom," he
said with a frown, but It is the
Thought of the other class meetings
Just as like as not we will all wear
goose quilts in our hats and have a
college yell something like this:
'Quack, quack quack! Cock-a-doodle-
do Roasters, broilers, 1902! Alba
by Journal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-01-31
A ATother,s Sacrifice.

Martha Russell, aged 40, died last
night from starvation. The woman
was assisted by the township for
more than two years, and six months
ago was threatened with being sep
arated from her four small children
and sent to the poor farm If she called
for assistance again.
She never called and nothing was
heard from her until last night, when
the county doctor was called. She
was removed to the hospital, but was
beyond all medical aid A post-mor-
tenn examination was made this morn
ing and it was revealed that starva-
ton was the cause of her death.
The children are all in good condi-
ton. One of the little ones said that
their mother would work all day and
then spend the money for something
to eat, which she would give to them
and go without herself.-Anderson
(nd). Correspondence, Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-01-31
Al Law Since 1856.

The Melbourne law courts have their
Miss Elite, a character immortalized
by Dickens in "Bleak House" An ell
derby woman may frequently be seen
in the corridors, addressing the empty
in passionate tones,
with outstretched arms, and again in
low, threatening mutterings. During
the progress of an argument in the
county court, before Acting Judge
Johnston, some reference was made
to the absence of evidence on a GER
tain point. Suddenly the court was
startled at hearing a female cry out in
irate tones, q have given plenty of
evidence since '56!" A glance around
showed that the interrupter was the
old lady Of the corridors, who was ad-
vancing with determination toward
the barristers' table.-London Globe.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-01-31

Forest and Stream contains
an article in which one of
party of Missouri sports tells a snake
story, in which he says he saw SO
little cottonmouth snakes run from the
mouth Of an old one he had killed.
Now, take it that this is meant for a
joke, but l can tell a true snake story
in which this kind of thing did actu-
ally occur During my boyhood days
| attended school at the old Crawford
schoolhouse, near my home, on the
west fork of White river, near where
Brentwood now is on the st. Louis &
San Francisco railroad. One day was
going down a hill to the creek, when
some so feet from the waters edge
/ saw lying in the sun on a ledge of
large rocks a snake, and around it
were quite a number of small ones. l
picked up a stone and threw it at the
large snake, when, to my utter aston
ishment, the small snakes began to
run into the mouth of the large one,
and soon were all gone / called some
other boys, and we killed the large
snake and cut it into two pieces, when
the small ones, II in number, rolled
out on the ground and we killed them.
They were about six inches long, of a
dark brown color, the same as the
large one, which was a rusty black or
brown, and between four and five feet
long
MY father once killed a rattlesnake
in log near the same place, and
found it filled with small snakes, which
were as lively as they could be; but
he did not see them enter the snake
But I saw the ones ] killed crawl into
the mouth of the large snake and killed
them all. have told this to a number
of people who looked at me in the
most incredulous manner, and refIsed
to believe my snake story but it is
true in every Correspond
.enee in Forest and Stream.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-01-31
count the TImes a Horse Rol1e.

To see a horse when out at pasture
rolling on the ground and endeavor-
ing to turn over on his back is a COM
mon sight, says the Dundee Courier,
but how many people have noticed that
in doing this horses observe an inva-
riable rule?
The rule is that he rolls over either
at the first or third attempt-never at
the secondhand more than three at
tempts are never made. In other
words, if the horse succeeds in rolling
over at the first try, well and good,
that satisfies him. If the first attempt
is failure the second always is. Then
he either rolls quite over at the third
or gives it up. He never makes q
fourth.
No adequate reason has ever been Of
fered regarding this strange custom
regulating the number of attempts.
Will some of those ingenious people
who tell us why dog turns round be-
fore lying down, and why ducks walk
behind each other in string instead
of abreast, explain why horse never
makes four attempts to roll over and
never succeeds at the second?
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-01-31

The last figures of the British board
of trade give the output in English
tons of 1900 pounds in 1900:
Great Britain, 225,181 900 tons; Ger
many, 109,225, 900 tons; France, 1881
600 tons; Belgium 23,352,OOO tons;
United States, 245, 422 900 tons The
total output of the world is $50 1000 900
tons, of which the United States pro-.
duced 376 percent; Great Britain, 34.5
percent; Germany 1877 percent; France,
8 percent3 Belgium, S.5 percent. This
price per ton in francs at the mine is:
Great Britain, 26f; Germany, 21f.;
United States, 1305f
The coal exports exceeded the inn
ports in the United States by 1854 600
tons in 1899 and by 5,794, 1000 in 1900.
The number of tons used per inhabi-
tant is in the United States, 8; Great
Britain, 4; Germany, II; France, IL:
Belgium, 2.8; Russia, OIL; Austria
Hungary, GA.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-01-31
After the children Left.

Every one had gone to bed and the
lights were out A few dying Goals,
the remains of the cheerful sitting
room fire still glowed in the crate and
threw dark shadows Of the furniture
into corners. Philips little rocking
chair lay where he had thrown it,
face down, on the rug in front of the
fire. for mamma had a fancy that
philip would pick it up in the morn
ing.
But presently the little rocking chair
rolled over and regained its upright
position.
eHullo, therei" it called to nam
mas sewing chair, which stood by the
table. Don't you think it's shame
for a little fellow to be treated sol"
The rocking chair gave a gentle
little rocking motion and said indul-
gently:
eOh. well, you have good fun with
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-01-31
cAANols m 80 ~ LgNoTA



Result OF The Iuvestigatlon BY Processes
woodward. of Colombia.
Prof r. S. Woodward Of Columbia
university. has just completed an in-
vostlgaton into certain causes Of
changes in the length Of the day. AS
tronomers have long held that tho
time Of the earths rotation % not
inyariable. It's loss Of heat by radia-
ton must eventually tend TO shorten
the day because OF the shrinkage in
the earth8 diameter and on The other
hand the deposit OF meteoric matter
on the earths surface must tend to
lengthen the day. Prof woodward
finds that from the FIRST cause the
days length has not changed by as
much as half O second In 10,0000O
years, nor viii II change by that
amount in an equal period He also
says that these two causes OF change
alone considered, the effect from cool
ing will be felt before that from mere-
ORIG dust will begin to be appreciable.
Prof George H. Darwin. however,
has demonstrated that the factor
which is certain ultimately to lengthen
the day is the tidal friction caused
by the moon. Without giving the steps
by which Prof. Darwin reaches this
result, his conclusion may be stated
as being that both the day and the
month are lengthening- month
here being the lunar month, or time
of the revolution Of the moon about
the earth-buC that the rate Of in
crease. Of the day is much more rapid
than that of the month. This will go
on until both day and month are
equal to So of our present days, when
moon and earth will go round as
though locked together, the moon al
ways face to face with the same part
of the earth's surface, and the two
bodies moving as though they we're
united by a bar. In this seemingly
remarkable state, says Prof. Darwin.
this planet and It's satellite will re-
main. How long It will be before
these conditions come about cannot be
stated but certainly ages on ages
must first elapse.
In like manner Prof Darwin goes
back to a time when there were 20
rotations Of the earth in a lunar
month, instead of q and one-third as
now. This was the maximum number
and comparatively speaking a recent
event Going back still further he
finds the earth revolving on its axis
faster and faster and the moon re-
volving around the planet in shorter
and shorter periods, and closer and
closer to it, until we reach time
when the two were in actual contacI
and revolved as one body in from
three TO five hours This was the
initial but unstable condition of our
little system. When both revolve in
the same time, but in 55 days instead
of few hours, it will be the final and
stable condition. We have, as Prof
Darwin finds it, just passed the middle
stage Of our history.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-01-31
Destruction of Injurious Insects.

For two or three years past the vine
yards of the Beaujolais have been
deyasted by night-hying lepidaptera.
Experiments have lately been made in
the way of attracting them by lights
and destroying them by petroleum.
An acetylene lamp is set up above a
basin about Is inches in diameter. The
basin is partly filled with water and
over the water is thin layer of pc
troleum or Of some cheaper oil. The
lamp is lighted about p. m. and
burns till daylight. 1t attracts crowds
of insects, some of which are burned
though many more fall on the oil and
are destroyed by its fumes or by alb
sorbing some of it. A single basin has
caught 1853 insects in one night. In
18 nights more than 10000 moths
were destroyed The cost is small.
Four lamps can be maintained at an
expense of about seven cents per night
and they will protect a hectare if they
are burned for 20 nights each year,
say at an expense of $1.40 exclusive
Of the expense Of labor.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-01-31

A dark alley is an essential part Of
q holdup The pedestrian walks past
the mouth OF the alley. and then the
hold.up man gets out Of the shadow
with his request for money, pay
able at sight. Il follows that II pc
destrians do not walk close to the wall
or building line. II they seek tho curb
stone. or, better stlll, the middle Of
the road, they are comparatively
safe.
A black. soft hat OF the sombrero
order is a means Of hold-up prevention
that is often effective. The police pa
troll sergeant, the lieutenant, the cap
tain, and the plain clothes men wear
soft hats when not in uniform. So.
II a citizen who is not on the police
force, can affect the regulation swag-
ger, and can afford a soft hat, not
many hold-up men will venture close
enough to ask for his money without
having to shout for II.
William Buchanan, a colored hold
up man, who, on account OF the dex-
terity with which he used to operate.
is now reposing in a penitentiary cell.
made a favorite stamping ground OF
Washington park. Other lights that
are lesser by many candle power also
affect the parks, because at night
they are provided with so many OBJ
scure paths. The trees and the shrub
berry make good alleys to escape, and
it is never a safe plan to walk too
close to the outlines OF a park.
Confessions of hold-up men show
that they are often as frightened as
the men they are holding up. They
have their revolver under the nose Of
the man from whom they are getting
rich quick, and with the other hand
they are going through the pockets.
Some of them believe in taclIling some
/ pockets, others believe in others. Not
! one Of them has time to go into their
victims shoes for money, and the rib
bon Of hat is another safe hiding
place. Threats to shoot are often idle,
but the question Of the hold-up mans
sincerity is such a delicate one that
it is best to believe that he will
shoot if he says so, and then one is
on the safe side But if there is a
policeman in sight it is always safe
the police say, to resist. No hold-up
man viii kill policeman unless there
is absolutely no other chance of es
cape. Everybody familiar with the
police department knows that when
an outlaw has killed an officer that
outlaw will fall dead just as soon as 9
policeman gets his revolver in hi;
hand and the hold-up man within
range, it is a way the police have Of
proving that they possess that which
in other surroundings would be the
spirit of the corps"
The best authorities agree tha
while the energy and ability Of the
average hold-up man is greatly exag
gerated it is always better before be
ginning dark journey home at nigh
to leave the watch in some safe place
down town and to secrete money il
the shoe or an out of the way pocket
Then if the hold-up man is met al
that can pass between the honest citi
zen and him is a greeting. AS long al
no money changes hands the hold-ul
industry has none of the best Of tn
transaction.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-01-31
An Ahsent nIlnded act.

Hewltt-When l passed your house
last night saw man kissing your
wife
Jewett-Perhaps I was the man;
forget myself once in a while.-New
York Herald.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-01-31

Two little girls In gowns of blue;
Two little boys with blouses news
-Four little spades 90 dig Che sand,
One little pail, for each right hand.
Now II you put an these together.
And add blue skies and sunny weather,
The yellow sand and the ripping sea,
What do they make2 Pray tell to me.
An, you need no, count That's not the way
To Ind out the sum OF a happy day.
e, nj. Norris. in Youth Companion.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-01-31

Miss Hatty-And when he proposed,
did you refuse him?
Miss Antique-No, just didn't have
the heart to. because 1 knew he could
not live without me.-Ohio State Jour
nal
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-01-31

He is a lucky sluggard who has q
rich aunt to go to.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-01-31

Orient pearls are made Of the scales
of the bleak. It takes 1900 fish to
obtain a pound Of the substance.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-23
Aim Straight for Us in Our New Quarters. -
kUSTIN'S LATEST.

Alfred Austin's ode is not diSappoint-
ing. 1t is fully as bad as could have
been expected.-Chicago Record-Her,
aid.
The chances are that if King Edward
can survive Alfred Austin's latest ode
he will somehow manage to get WE'LL
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Why not speak a good word for Al
fred Austin? His coronation ode con-
tains nothing that could bring the
faintest blush to the cheek Of modesty.
washington Star
Aging Rapidly.
A conductor on one Of the Reading
locals was handed ticket from Wayne
Junction by a lady who boarded his
train the other day in the company OF
a bright looking little girl. He looked
at the child and then asked for an
other ticket.
1--WE never. had to pay for her be-
fore" was the mothers reply.
"How old is sheT asked the con-
ductor.
Give years"
"Why, mamma, I'm six" protested
the child.
"She'sshe's nearly six" hurriedly
explained the mother. "That is. she's
list going on six"
The conductor looked at the mother
for a second and then as he turned
away said:
well, madam, if were you I'd buy
a ticket for her on the return trip.
She's likely to be all Of six by then"
A Bit Of John RriSht's sarcaSm.
A noble lord once said on the Occa.
sion of Mr.. Bright's illness that Provi-
dence was furnishing him for misuse
Of talents by inficting a disease of the
brain. The following was Mr.. Brights
sarcastic rejoinder when he resumed
his seat: st may be so, but in any ease
it will be some consolation to the
friends and family Of the noble lord to
know that the disease is one which
even Providence could not infict upon
him."
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-23
His Calyfnized Hat.

"a generation or two ago." said 8
Boston clergyman, "old DR.. Ellis waf
a well known figure in Boston, being
enc Of our famous Unitarian ministers
O friend Of many Of the transcen
dentalsts. He used always to wear
white panama hat in summer. The
same hat did him season after season
yet it never seemed to lose any Of its
fresh Wilderness.
Zone day minister of the old per
suasion and very pronounced in his
orthodoxy asked DR.. Ellis how he kept
his hat SO white.
"~rhat Is easy said the doctor, fol
it las been Calvinized.'
"'What? said the other minister
Tlow do you galvanize hatT
az said Calvinised.' replied the Uht
tartan.
"'But what do you mean by that?
"'Dipped in brimStone,' said DR.. El
lis."-New York Tribune.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-23
SLANG CANDY.
What Has Happened to Old Sentt-
mental Inscriptions.

ut takes q vigiiant and determined
person to steer clear Of slang these
days" remarked a. man who likes to
study the signs of the time. I'VE have
slang novels, slang plays and slang art
of various kinds.
"The latest slang manifestation, how
ever, is slang candy. Haven't you
seen it? 1t is on sale at many candy
stands. Do you remember the old
fashioned, fat. scali0ped. diamond or
heart shaped candy lozenge, orna
mented with sentimental words, such
as Sweetheart My Own True Love,
Faithful to Thee Ever Thine and
so on? We used to pass these compli-
mentary lozeng, around at little gath
erings when l was young, and much
harmless but deeply fervent lovemak-
ing was carried on by means Of such
simple tokens.
"The pink and white candy lozen~H
Of the present day, however, is a d.
generate 1t is much smaller In size,
although still scalloped. and tie
phrases stamped on it's surface ere be-
low the dignity of genteel members Of
the lozenge family. The words yeu
read now on the candy lozenge are as
follows: That's What My Best Girl,
'Rubberneck.' Move On Sure Bat
Them Out MY Size,' DO You Bike?
Gee Whizr My Baby Lou Guess
Not Just So Come Again. That
Facev and so on"
"How curiousw commented the man
who was listening. eve live in a slang
age, don't WEI"
"Surew answered the man who was
down on slang, and then with sud
denly Redeemed face he began to talk
about seventeen year locusts.-Detroit
Free Press.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-23
Mackerel or Bonita ?

mot one person in ten who order
Spanish nackerel at the average res
taupant ever gets it" said Washing
ton market fish dealer. spanish mack
erel are a good deal like Mocha cohee
or canvasback duck, because it's very
difficult to get the genuine article an0
so easy TO fool customers.
Some Of the fashionable restaurant
are not above serving bonita new ant
then when an order comes for Spanlst
mackerel. and know that in the
cheaper restaurants striped bass, bonn
tas. weaktish and sometimes even the
common muckerel are served for this
delicious diSh."-New York Herald
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-23
new CATTLE pUNCHER
How an Electric Device Drives
Steers to Slaughter.
SAVES BRUIsING OF THE BEEF

Work Is Done In One-haff the Time
and With Half the Excrtion by a
Novel Invention OF a Kansas City
Man Approved Of by an Armour
Official.
The employees Of packing company
in Kansas City now employ electricity
to drive the cattle into the beef beds
instead Of shouts, clubs, whips and
prods, says the New York Herald.
The application Of electricity is made
by two insulated wires connected with
the hight wires over the catching pen
and the knocking pens. The current
passes through a stick and connects
with two brass points on the end.
"Punchers" Is the name given the
sticks. There are two punchers, each
six feet long, in the catch pen and five
four feet hong in the knocking pens.
The insulated wires are about twenty
feet long, thus covering distance in
the pens of about thirty feet each.
One hundred and twenty-five volts OF
electricity are turned on. 1t Is enough
to make a sharp, singing sensation
without leaving a mark or bruise ON
the beef. 1t is said ffty volts would be
as effective.
The work is done in one-half the time
and with half the exertion. The effect
on the steer of the magic touch is
amusing to see. A steer touched on
the left hip Immediately throws his
hind quarters as far as he can to the
right. He cocks one ear straight ahead
and one straight back, switches his
tail and starts straight ahead, not car
ing for a second shock.
There is a look Of surprise In his
eyes, and he seems to know that all
the trouble lies in the end Of that stick.
He doesn't step to get mad or howl
He has urgent business at the other
end Of the pen. That is exactly where
the drivers and knockers want him.
1t completely does away with all
back rushes and dragging in with
chains, for just as long as the puncher
is behind the steer is just as far as he
can get in front. The saving Of time
and of bruised meat is also an item to
be considered.
This novel instrument is the inven-
ton of L. E. Unroe, the machinist in
the beef beds. who has made several
other useful improvements in the ma
chinery.
The Schwarzschild & Sulzberger
company has been using these punch
ers about month. An Armour official
has also viewed the puncher in use
and speaks highly Of the improved
method.
Superintendent j. L. Sterrett says:
THE cattle puneher is great money
saver as well as an instrument for
saving breath, muscle and morals.
Many actual dollars are saved be-
cause bruised beef is kept at the low.
est minimum ever reached"
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-23
Neff Bros,
The up.to.date Grocers.
No. 7os Wells St. Phone 1o.

New and Second Hand Drilling Tools
for Sale.
NEW TOOLS. :,
One set 10 inch bits $50 lbs. Of
steel each.
Two set 81 inch bits $50 lbs. OF
steel each.
Oae set 5 inch bits IS lbs. of
steel each.
One ooly 10 inch bit all steel 4
inch SO. -
One set AZ inch jars, one 6H
Inch collar socket.
One s inch horn socket, one o.,
6H Inch casing spear.
One rope spear, one 8 inch casing
spear.
Four subs to tubing 334 inch 7
pins.
Four subs to tubing 8 inch pins.
6ssinch. 6A inch, S inch casing
clamps.
inch tubing clamps, Two Bab'
cock rope sockets, 81.
A few boxes and pins, two 42S
inch rope sockets.
SECOND HAND TOOLS.
One set 70 inch bits.
One set 6A inch bits. .
One large set of 8 inch jars AZ
inch box and pin.
O1e inch spud. One 6A wall
Hook.
One 8 inch wall hook.
One 6H harpoon spear.
One 3 prong grab for 8 inch hole.
One 20 foot V rope knife.
One 81 inch tongue socket with
extra OK inch bowl.
One 6H inch horn socket.
One mouse trap.
One string of tools complete,
everything complete with this string
of tools from tool box to casing
lines. Now Is your time to get a
bargain.
West Virginia Tool Co.,
25tf Sistersvifle, W. Va.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-23
The Thoughtless Poet.

He was reading beautiful poem to
her about two fond lovers who dwelt
ia a vine covered cottage. Presently
he heard her sigh.
"Ah, Miss NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
he said, what a beautiful picture 1t
is! How happy / could be to live in
such a bower with-with"-
"Br-r-r-r," she shivered. 81 was Feel,
ing SO sorry for them. Think Of the
germs that must have chung to those
vines. Think of the awful things that
might have been bred under the dead
leaves there"
He put the book down and looked
out across the roofs at the smoky
chimneys and wondered why the poet
hadn't thought Of that.-Chicaso Rec
ord Herald