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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-24
Remains Of PiZarrO, Founder Of
Peru and COnQD4r0r Of
the Ancient IlCaS.
By E. c R.st.

\ the famous ancient cathedral of
Lima, Peru, are on exhibition the
remains of Captain-General Don
l. Francisco Pizarro, who founded Ii
ma January Is, 1888. These remains
are contained in white marble coffin,
with a glass front, thus exposing to
view the well preserved remains with
in. The coffin stands in a niche or
more properly a vault, entrance to
which is had through a massive iron
barred door. TO view these remains
one must fall into the good graces of
an attendant in the cathedral, who for
one sol fifty cents opens the iron
doors, lights a candle and by this
light the remains are examined.
1t was my ambition to obtain a pho
tOgraph of these remains, perhaps Of
greater historic interest than all else
in South America. Pizarro was at once
the founder of Lima Gf not of South
America) cOnquerOr of the ancient and
highly civilized Incas, and may be re-
garded as one of the most brutal of all
warriors. 1t required some very strong
influence to procure the desired per-
mission, and it was only after an APP
peal to my good friend Emanuel FL
guerra, twice Secretary to the Peru
Wan Legation in Washington, that the
necessary permission was finally
granted.
OWING to thn moor Ii0ht i'm tho vault
I was obliged to give the plate two and
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-24
THE REMAINS OF FRANCISCO PIzARRo.

garth's Sleeping Congregation" on
the left-hand side of the preacher.
Strange, too, was the custom asso-
ciated with long sermons, its object
being to rouse the congregation from
profound slumber. A long wand, with
an end shaped like hay fork, was car.
ried round the church by a beadle
whose duty it was to jog the sleeping
member in the nape of the neck, and
effeetually break the spell. Indeed
many individuals set aside their say
ings in order to support this custom Of
keeping the congregation awake.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-24
TYING HORSES
TO SAND HOLES
An Effective Device Used by the In
dams Of the Desert.

Tying ones horse to hole in the
ground is a strange proceeding, and to
the uninitiated seems impossible, but
in the great California deserts, with
their vast sand wastes and alkaline
beds, where neither trees nor shrubs
have courage to grow, and where
sticks and even stones refuse to exist,
the demand for some eficacious
method of hitching animals has been
imperative.
The white man, with all his ingen-
uity, has always found the question
of anchoring his horse on the desert
to be an enigma.
Fear and necessity compel the desert
traveller to keep in motion, for the
sun is relentless and treacherous, as
is the vulture that hoyers above with
an anxious CLEAN Of expectation in it's
eyes
Over miles and miles of burning.
painless sands he may be doomed to
wander while the sun pursues with
heated vigilance. His horse is his only
companion, the only living thing be-
sides himself in the great heartless
plain, and he clings to it for safety as
a captain clings to his ship.
If nature rebels against the struggle,
and the traveller must rest, the only
possible way he can think of to fasten
his horse while he lies down to entice
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-24

brief sleep is to tie the halter rope
around his arm, his leg or his body.
An animal requires a proportion of
water equal to that of man, and be-
comes crazed if his thirst is not
Quenched. In such cases he is liable
to plunge and carean wildly away over
the sands like ship in gale, drag
ging his human anchor to destruction
and death.
Such has been the experience of the
white man. but the desert Indians,
who have never been accredited with
superintendent wits, have for many
years employed a method that is clever,
unique and effective-that of fastening
their animals to holes in the ground.
During a recent trip TO the desert a
photographer caught an Indian in the
very act, and for the first time a photo
was taken that illustrates the scheme.
Kneeling on the hot sand, the Indian
began to dig with his hands, which
were as hard and tough and imper-
viOus to pain as n dogs paws. He
worked energetica1ly until he had
made hole about two feet deep. He
then tied an immense knot to the end
of the halter rope, lowered it into
the bottom of the hole, filed the hole
with sand, and then jumped and
stamped upon it till the earth over
the knot was about as solid as the
rock of Gibraltar-Chicago Record
Herald.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-24

fire alarm whistle used by the Pioneer
Fire Company of that city. This whls-
tie is blown by natural gas furnished
by a local gas company. 1t is said to
be the only one of its kind, and can be
heard several miles. One of the gas
wells flows 13,OOOOO0 cubic feet a day,
and is now considered the strongest
well in the Kansas gas field. Natural
gas is also used for fuel for lighting
the city, and is also the only fuel used
by zinc smelters employing 800 hands
and by two vitrifed brick plants
Scientific American.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-24

had dropped into the neither globe. The
story runs that on one occasion, when
rumor reached the preachers ears that
his flock considered his sermons scan
dalously abridged, the worthy divine
reversed the glass no fewer than four
times, the congregation meanwhile
marking the expiration of each allotted
time by hopefully reaching for their
hats. 1t may be noticed that one of
these monitory horologes figures in HO-
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-24

length Of pulpit discourses for many
decade
BY the aid Of the hour glass the men,
bers Of a congregation could satisfy
themselves as to whether their worthy
pastor was giving them either long or
short measure in the way of sermons,
and, in truth, it was deemed little less
than a scandal if the preacher ceased
his hOmily before the last grain of sand
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-24

one-half hours exposure, with the re-
suit herewith shown. Several rolls Of
parchment manuscript visible near the
foot of the body are also contained
within the marble coffin, which was
placed where it now stands in 1891.
Plzarro was killed in the palace at
Lima June % 1911. and his remains
were previously buried in subterra-
mean vault Of the old cathedral.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-24

Hello" said Ascum to Littleton.
whom he meets in the market. AT
ter something nice?"
"Eh?" stammered Littleton, blush,
ing guilty.
q just saw you looking at those
peaches"
Say. they were peaches. weren't
they? Did you notice the one with the
big brown eyes? "-PhiladeIphia Press,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-24
TO MEASURE The SERMON.

Hour-GIass-s stin Found In Some Old
English Churches
Very few hour glasses now linger in
country churches, for they ceased to be
in anything like general use after the
Restoration, says the Golden Penny
IAN English publication. One Of the
best-preseryed glasses is still to be
seen in the Church Of St. Mary at
Beckley. Oxon. where it controlled the
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-24

An immense coal field, 400 square
miles in extent, lies $50 miles north
west Of Bulawayo, South Africa It is
said that the coal bed is only forty feet
below the surface in many places.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-24
Travellng Four Years 10 Buy snuff.

The East Greenlanders journey
around to West Greenland to get snuff.
and will consume four years in a single
excursion there and back, often. ac-
cording to hansen, remaining no longer
than an hour at the trading station be-
fore taking up their homeward march.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-24

There are seventeen thousand stat
utes in British statute law. Thirty
volumes are yearly added to the Law
Reports.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-24

to the Presidency-Iohn Adams, and
his son, John Quincy Adams. The
vaults are invisible. but there are mem,
orial tablets in the church.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-24

Under the pOrtico of the First Church
at Quincy, Mass, rest the two illus
trious men whom the Bay State gave
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-24

More deaths from snake-bites occur
in India in houses than in the fields
or "a the jungle
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-24

a tire alarm hhlstie Blown Dy Jas
One Of our correspondents Mr.. j. II.
Richie, Of Ch2rryyale, Kan, has sent
us an interesting photograph of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-14
Registration Less Complete.

The Age-Herald prints this morning
returns of the registration from every
county in the state. The total num-
Der of registered voters stands at
1870. AS Governor Sanford re-
ceived but lis, 187 votes and Mr.. Bryan
but 97,131 in 1900, 1t is plain that the
assertion of the Johnston Waller fac
ton as to the DISTINGUISHING effects
of the new constitution is refuted and
even reversed. The registration is
very large, and a vote exceeding that
cast for the lamented Governor Sam
ford becomes possible and even prob
able.
None Of the predictions of the John
ston faction as to the operation of the
new constitution have been verified
AS events occur they are In fact dis
proved, and shown to be wholly fanci-
full or ground1ess. The size of the
registered vote upsets the stories Of
Acknowledgement. The poll tax stands
at the same old dollar-and-a-half fig
ure that an entire generation In this
state had become accustomed to, and
any white man who had paid that
tax promptly can vote in the primary
of this month and in the November
election. Such a condition disfran-
chises no one, and the size of the reg
istration goes to show that the vote in
the primary will be unusually large.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-14
WAGON MAKERS MEET.
Conference Held for Purpose of Act
ing Closer Together.

Chattanooga, August 13.-The National
Wagon Makers Association held meet
ing at Lookout Inn today, attended by
representative from all parts of the eoun-
try. One of the purposes of the meeting
was to draw the southern wagon makers
into closer relations with the national
organization to make the organization
more compact In this section and to stop
all abuses of the trade In the south. 1t
was found that the cost of the needed
materials in the manufacture of wagons
had increased to a very material extent,
and averaged, they found at least 20 per
cent more now In making each wagon
than had been formerly expended. This
increase in costs of material averages
fully 20 per cent, 1t is claimed, and 1t
was admitted that wagon makers all over
the country would be compelled to make
a corresponding increase in the price of
their manufactured product.
One of the gentlemen admitted that the
meeting was of great Importance to the
makers all over the country and that an
address might be issued in few days
after adjournment calling attention to the
facts discussed at the meeting and the
recommendations for an increase by every
house In the association.
Among the most prominent wagon
makers and representatives present were
the following:
Col. w. c. Nones, president of the Ken
lucky Wagon Company, Louisville, Ky
c. F. Bodley of the Bodley Wagon COM
pany, Staunton. Va.
w. J. Bass of the Chattanooga Wagon
company.
W. H. Russell. president of the Russell
Wagon works. GAINESVILLE, Va.
B. p. Thornhil1 of the Thornhill Wagon
company, Lynchburg Va
II. A. Tyler, Hickman Wagon company,
Hickman, Va
George r. James of the James & Gramm
Wagon company. Memphis.
National Vice President z. d. Suydam
Milburn Wagon company, Toledo, o.
b. M. Blount president of the White
Hickory Wagon company, East Point,
Ga.
T. II. Mitchell, secretary of the Mitchell
& Revis, Racine, VIA
A. d. Bellamy of the Florence Wagon
cop1oanu Ilora1na
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-14
Mr.. BrYan,s Withdrawal.

81 will not be a candidate for Presi-
dent in 1904" said MIR. Bryan last
week at Muscatine. Iowa. This should
be regarded as final. 1t was meant
to be such by this great tribune Of
the people, He is young man still,
and he can afford to wait until 1908,
or even later. No one else in this
country has so large a personal fol-
lowing. No one else so courageously
stands for the masses against the
classes.
He said at Muscatine that he would
continue to advocate with tongue and
pen the reforms which he believes to
be necessary. He even intimated that
he might be a candidate in 1908 or at
some other future time, but he I'M
mistakably took himself out Of the
1904 race.
His words in this respect should be
accepted by all his friends. He is
wholly out of the running by his own
act, and no one who respects the man
can longer advocate his nomination
in 1904. The democratic party must
look elsewhere. This simplifles the
situation to no inconsiderable extent,
for every friend and supporter Of Mr..
Bryan-six millions in numbers set
free by Mr. Bryan's emphatic and I'M
selfish declaration. Hereafter Mr..
Bryan is not to be considered even
presidential possibility-that is to say
until 1904 has come and gone. His
own patriotism and clear sense has
taken him out of the next race, and
time will do the rest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-14
The Old Sonus.

During discussion the other day be-
tween the employees of a large office
concern regarding the relative merits
of the popularity of old songs over new
ones the old employees scored victory
through happy coincidence" said
Philadelphia man at the Florence. Two
of the older men excepted to what the
youngsters had said about ragtime. and
took the ground that the popular songs
of today had no melody in them. and
that the songs of their youth were the
only songs worth while listening to.
1.-The discussion had become warm
when the boom! boom! of a bass drum
was heard. Presently delegation Of
veteran firemen swung by the office, en-
route to one of the railroad ferries. At
their head was one of the big regimental
bands playing Aud Lang Syne as a
march. The discussion ended right there.
One of the lovers of ragtime hummed
the air in time with the band and the
other beat an accompaniment with his
feet The two old clerks shook hands
and beamed on each other. Their VIC
tory was complete"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-14
There's not one wise man among
twenty that will praise himself.
Much Ado About Nothing.
A Small PARTY Wanted

The resolution of the republican
state executive committee is attract
ing wide attention. We give the final
resolution, which is short but not
sweet to the outsiders:
Resolved. that only those shall be recog-
nized or permitted to participate in the
state and county conventions and be at
meetings who are duly qualified voters I'M
der the new constitution of Alabama.
Against this resolution it is said an
appeal will be taken to the national
republican committee, but the chances
are that no such appeal will ever be
made. The game of republican poll
tics in the south has long been under
stood. The negro is not wanted ex-
cept as a basis of representation in
national conventions. He is not wanted
when offices are to be filed or dele
gates selected.
The Alabama republican party is
AuCdl- II AON OOuo1oto OhlChJ VI OlHSO
holders. This ideal has never before
been reached. The reduction of party
to the number of federal offices to be
filed is automatically correct and
eminently satisfactory to the patriots
in office. The only difference between
the Alabama position and the Georgia
position is that the one has reduced
the party to the office limit, whereas
the other is carrying on paper a large
number who can never climb into
Office. The Alabama plan is the palmer
and the more sincere of the two. The
Alabama republicans openly declare
that the party should fit the Offices,
as long as the offices cannot be made
to fit the party. The Georgia repub-
leans on the other hand are holding
out expectations that can never be
met. The Georgia negro thinks he
will reach the official sheepfold; the
Alabama negro knows he will not.
That Is the difference, and the hon.
ester policy of the two is that of the
Alabama republicans.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-14
ENORMOUS SPEED.
One Hundred and Sixty Miles an Hour
Are Expected.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
With cars geared to run 100 miles an
hour, worlds records for railways and
street railways will probably be broken
by the General Electric company and
the Aurora, Elgin and Chicago Electric,
at test run some time this fall. This
speed trial will be held on a sixteen
mile stretch from Wheaton northwest
to Elgin.
six new cars which have just been
received for the opening of our road
are built to run eighty-five miles an hour,
but for the speed tests the General
Electric will supply us with gearing which
will make the cars run 100 miles per
hour" said Ernest Gonzenbach, electric
engineer for the Aurora, Elgin and Chi
cago Railway company.
I'VE will have these tests as soon as
our track between Wheaton and Elgin
is equipped. At present we have three
rail double track completed from the
end of the Garfield Pack Metropolitan
line, at Fifty-second avenue, to Wheaton,
and single three rail track fourteen
miles southwest to Aurora, with seven
mile switch to Butavia, where the central
power plant is located.
I'VE are going to do what Germany
tried to do But the Germans failed.
although they made 100 miles an hour
The reason was that their rails were
too light. Ours are heavy. heavier than
ordinary steel rails--eighty pounds to the
yard.
The essentially new things about the
equipment of the cars to be used in
the test is the high gear. But just as
1t takes great deal of animal power to
run a high-geared bicycle so 1t will take
an enormous supply of electrical power
to run these high-geared surface cars.
For this purpose the Aurora company
has built a power house at Batavia, con-
tanning four engines of rs. 900 horse power
each, and IN addition along its line has
erected FIVE substations, where the power
is transformed and taken to the third
rail.
The first continuous run trials-not for
time--of the cars, just received from the
Niles shops. at Niles, o.. will be made on
Monday. when the power will be turned
on to supply the third rail between Chi
cago and Aurora for the first time. Some
minor tests were made. and it was proved
that If ever 1t is desired the Aurora cars
can go around the elevated loop in the
heart of the city.
The new service between Fifty-second
avenue, through Austin, Oak Park. May
wood and Glen Ellyn to Wheaton and
then to Aurora, will be inaugurated about
the 18th of the month. The average run
ming time of the thirty-four mile trip
from Aurora to Fifty-second avenue, in
Guiding stops. will be forty-hve minutes
while 1t takes a Northwestern suburban
train an hour and quarter. Eventually
the trip will be made in thirty minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-14
WATTERsoN NOT A CANDIDATE
States EmphaticaIIy That He VIII Not
Run for Governor.

Louisville, KY, August 13.-The
Hon. Henry Watterson, who returned
home today, stated emphatically that
he was not a candidate for governor
OF Kentucky. Notwithstanding the nu-
merous reports to that effect which
had reached him while travelling in
the north and west.
In the course of an editorial in the
Courier-Journal tomorrow Colonel
Watterson will say:
Il think / know the demands of
Kentucky we'll They are a cranky
lot; but | am something of a crank
myself. We have had our UPS and
downs. They will give me credit at
least of padding my own canoe,
Whether in the matter of 1896 they
were right, or l was right, all of us
paid the penalty. They were right:
they whipped me, and as on a certain
occasion old Sam Houston observed,
they whipped me good That ought
to satisfy them. II l was right, and
they whipped me wrongfully, heaven
knows ! forgive them"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-14
SEVEN TIMES ONE.

By Jean Ingelow.
There's no dew left on the daisies and
clover.
There's no rain left in heaven;
I've said my "seven times over and
Seven times one are seven
am old-so old can write letter;
My birthday lessons are done;
The lambs play always-they know no
better;
They are only one times one.
o Moonl In the night have seen you
sailing,
And shining so round and low.
You are bright! ah, bright but your
light is failing;
You are nothing now but bow
You Moon! have you done something
wrong in heaven
That God has hidden your face?
hope. If you have, you will soon be for
given,
And shine again in your place.
o, velvet Beel you're dusty fellow
You've powdered your legs with gold.
o, brave marsh Mary-buds. rich and
yellow,
Give me your money to holdl
o. Columbine. open your folded wrapper,
Where two twin turtle doves DWELL
o, Cuckoo-pintl toll me the purple clap
per
That hangs in your clear green bell!
And show me your nest. with the young
ones in it.
I will not steal them away;
I am old; you may trust me. linnet
linnet-
am seven times one today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-14
u BOY is MISS eoULD's GUEST.
At Her Home In the catskIIs He Is
Having the Time of His Life.

From the New York Tribune.
Up in Roxbury, in the Catslxills. as the
guest of Miss Helen Miller Gould, Benja-
min Meader, as he is known to his young
paymates in Tarrytown, is enjoying the
time of his life. 1t is seldom that boy
in poor circumstances can be the guest
of one of the wealthiest women in the
country, but such is his luck
Benjamin first became acquainted with
Miss Gould while he was attending her
manual training classes. His grand
father has been employed at Lyndhurst
for nearly twenty years, and when Miss
Gould stated that the men might send
any of their children to the classes Mr.
Meader told Benjamin, and the illustrious
little fellow was soon busy with his new
lessons. Miss Gould is much interested
In this branch, and she visits the classes
often, and one day she spoke to Bonnie
and asked him his name and all about
his life and how he liked the work. Ben
ME Is delicate child, with no color, for
he is generally as white as a sheet Miss
Gould noticed this and thought a change
In climate would do him good, So she
invited him to go to Roxbury as her
guest, and he is to spend two months up
In the mountains, where he will have all
the benefits of good living and healthy
outdoor exercise. He is IA years old
and attends the North Tarrytown school,
he also sings in the choir of Christ Epis-
copal church, where he is very popular.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-14
Ping Pong Apparatus.

although the reports from the sea-
shore resorts all state that the ping pong
craze Is dying out and the tables are
deserted the manufacturers keep on add
ing to the improvements of the imple-
ments," said f. Z. Duffy of New York,
registered at the Hillman.
1.-The chief need of the ping pong play
er-some method for picking up. without
STOPPING. the balls that drop from the
table-has at last been FLIED by an ex-
pensive bit of apparatus now to be seen
in store windows. 1t is slender stick,
which may be kept under the table like
the bridge used in billiards. At the
end of the stick is deep cup of soft rub
Der, with a bell-shaped mouth, just a
trifle larger than the celluloid ping pong
ball. 1t Is only necessary to jab' the
ball and it comes up without fail on the
end of the stick"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-14
SI Only DAILY HEWspApEa N AIAsANt
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

It Is reported to this office that
James 7. Allen is travelling through
the state of Alabama and soliciting
subscriptions for The Aae-Herald. This
Is to notify the public that J. T. Allen
has never been connected with The
Age-Heraid and has no authority to
act as agent. The names Of the au-
thorized travelling representatives and
collectors of The Aee-Herald are W. D.
Bankston, M. w. Carlisle and c. H..
Allen, Jr.