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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-01
what Do You Know9

Here are some questions about
things you've seen every day and all
your life. If you are a wonder you
may possibly answer one or two of
the queries offhand Otherwise not.
What are the exact words on a 2
cent stamp, and in which direction is
the face on it turned!
In which direction is the face turn
ed on a cent? On a quarter? On a
dime?
How many toes LAS a cat on each
fore foot On each hind foot?
Which way does the crescent moon
turn? To the right or left?
What color are your employers
eyes? The eyes of the man at the
next desk?
Write down, offhand, the figures on
the face of your watch. The odds are
that you will make at least two mis-
takes in doing this.
Your watch has some words written
or printed on its face. You have seen
these words a thousand times. Write
them out correctly. Few can do this.
Also what is the number in the case
of your watch?
How high lin inches) is a silk hat?
How many teeth have you?
What are the words on a police
mans shield?
How many buttons has the vest or
shirt waist you are wearing?
How many stairs are there in the
first fight at your house?
How many steps lead from the
street to the front door of your house
or fiat?
What is the name, signed in fac
smile, on any 81, 50, SIS or $40 bill you
ever saw? You've read dozens of
those names. Can you remember
Washington Times.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-01
An Up to- Date Parlor Trick.

If anybody should tell you that you
can cut in two without touching it
thread hanging from the cork inside
a sealed up bottle you would be likely
to think that he was making fun Of
you. But it may be easily done, and
in such a way as completely to mysti-
fly the spectators.
Get clear glass bottle-a pickle
bottle will do-and to the under part
OF the cork attach a bent pin To the
pin tie a piece Of thread long enough
to reach three-fourths of the way
down the inside of the bottle, and TO
the lower end of the thread fasten any
small object, say a shoe-button, to
make the thread hang taut.
Insert the cork and seal it with
wax, and say to the company that you
are going to cut the tread in two
without opening the bottle-in fact,
without touching the thread.
To accomplish this, you need
reading glass, or sun glass, and ac-
cess to a window where the sun is
shining clear and bright. The feat
is more mystifying if you perform this
part of it in private.
You go to the window, hold up your
sun glass SO that you can focus the
rays from the glass directly on the
thread through the side of the bottle,
and in short time the heat from the
focused rays win burn the thread in
to two pieces, the end with the button
attached falling to the bottom of the
bottle. Then go back to the company
with the bottle, and they will see that
the cork has not been moved and yet
the thread has been cut
1t would be betted 70 use black
thread for the experiment, for hat
color absorbs heat best and will burn
more readily.-New York Sun.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-01

about IL o'clock each morning the
birds fly TO their respective bath
dishes The birds baths furnish an
impressive objoct.lesson 10 the chs
dren on cleanliness. The children ex.
claim: "Seel Dickie washes his face
flrst?" and make other remarks Of Ike
nature. During story hour ] place the
seed cup on my knee, and the birds
come there 10 eat Soon | shall let
some quiet child hold the cup
For many days the children have
been bringing bits OF cotton. worsted
straw, etc, and placing them In Dick
les box; and the birds have now re-
warded us by beginning their nest
building In earnest.
The interest Of the children over the
nest is intense. and I will leave you
TO imagine their enthusiasm when the
birdllngs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Re.
view
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-01
SPORTING 8REVlTlEs.

The Washington Athletic Association,
of Newark, N. j., has organized a cy-
cling team.
Yale won the varsity boat race; the
freshmen rowed a dead heat. Harvard
won the substitute tours.
Gus" Rubin knocked out TON"
Sharkey in the eleventh round at the
National Sporting Club, London, Eng
land
Automobile racing will be one of the
attractions of the New York State
Fair TO be held at Syracuse beginning
September 8.
The Uncle Sam, owned by Francis
r. Riggs of New York City, won the
iirst of the international special class
races at Kiel.
Victor Rigal covered mile on a mo-
1877, lowering the world rs standing start
record by eight seconds.
Haverford College has again turned
ont the best team of college cricketers.
They defeated both the University OF
Pennsylvania and Harvard.
The Paris-Vienna automobile race
was won by Marcel-Renault. who Gov
cred the distance in fifteen hours and
twenty-five minutes, or at the rate of
tifty-One miles an hour.
Towns, the Australian sculler, who
wrested the worlds championship from
Gaudaur at Rat Portage, viii shortly
return to the AntipOdes via Canada.
He takes with him from England a
bride.
Automobiles in st. Louis are limited
to a speed of not more than eight miles
an hour on the streets and six miles
an hour in the parks The penalty for
violation is fine Of not less than 50
nor more than $500.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-01
Deep Plunge.

The submarine Silure has just been
subjected to some interesting expert.
ments. 1t was sunk to a depth of 1876
feet with the view of testing the effect
of the water pressure, which, at this
depth is 60 pounds to the square inch.
The commander and the engineer were
provided with instruments to meas
ure the compression, which showed
that the hull yielded to the extent Of
one millimeter (03S of an inch), says
the London Express. The crew ex.
perienced no more discomfort at this
depth than at the average submersion.
The lowest depth reached by a diver
is said to be 204 feet, with a pressure
of 88 IL pounds; the lowest depth
attained in a caisson was 10 IL
feet, with a pressure of 81 pounds,
at the sinking of the piers for the st.
Louis bridge over the Mississippi
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-01
Gonius in Retirement.

81 noticed your paragraph yesterday
about the Poet Swineburne living in
great retirement now" said lover
of that singers verse, "and it set me
thinking. I understand the natural
timidity of genius, but l still think
that literary men who have taught
the world to love them should not be
so exclusive. They shouldn't be on
dress parade all the time; but they
might at least give the world a glimpse
of them once in a decade.
They owe the world that much; and
they would gain a worlds gratitude
for a glance. Still, there is no account
ing for genius, and we are glad enough
to get it, even if it sings to us only
from the mountain top"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-01
Raggsdy Dick.

All tattered and torn and very iorlorn.
Aud tired and lame and sick
he came At our call one day In the fall.
And We named him "Raggedy Dick"
When we spoke word he scarcely heard
His end seemed very near,
But we fed him up-poor little pup,
And for him shed a tear.
Do you ask II We cried on the day he died
We SHOULDN'T the pups alive
He's the Iolliest cur that wears his fur,
You should see him swim and dive
New York Tribune.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-01


Bobby was a little Manx kitten. BY
that is meant that he had no tail on
his plump little body. He was very
quaint and playful, but ne could not
frisk quite like other kittens, since
he had no tail to chase, so he used to
amuse himself by rolling over and
over, making a pretty gray ball Of
himself.
1t was Monday morning and the
washing was we'll begun. In the tub
where the laundress' stout arms were
swiftly rubbing back and forth the
white foam was piled up in soft,
rounded heaps. Perhaps they looked
like cotton to Bobby, who had
climbed to a shelf set near the tubs
and a little above them. AS he
watched eagerly, cooking his head
now this way, now that, one could
seem to see shining in his bright
eyes the thought THAT white stuff
would make lovely bed to roll on"
Sc-he tried it.
The laundress fished him out, a
wretched dripping little object, and
gave him to his mistress.
AS his loving little mistress, after
rubbing him, put him in his warm
basket by the stove, she said, "Oh,
Bobby, | hope you have learned the
meaning of the proverb, Look before
you leap. Boston Herald.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-01

Last May we had given to us a
pretty little yellow, fluffy canary,
which children welcomed with many
a tender greeting, their bright eyes
watching the birds every motion as
they made his acquaintance.
At first ne seemed so wild and
frightened when any one approached
his cage that we feared he would
beat himself to death, but he soon
grew tanner. One day, while we were
giving him fresh water, he made his
escape from his cage, and was only
trapped again by our placing the feed
cup within the cage After a few
days we determined to give him more
liberty. So I tied the door back and
Diclde was given the freedom of our
kindergarten rooms. Although one
window is generally down from the
top a few inches and the screen door
has quite a hole in it, still our birdie
never has shown the least inclination
to leave his pleasant surroundings
He spends most of his time during
the morning above the windows, fit
ting from plant to plant and warbling
AT noondme he comes to share my
luncheon, and often child will ask
permission to stay in at noon to watch
-Dickie enjoy the mOrsels at my feet
Toward autumn one Of the children
brought a little mate for Diclde, and
this has made quite change in our
birds ways and doings. Call notes
are the only ones heard now. and at
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-01
A varne P1easnntrr.

Collector-Can't you give me any
encouragement at all about this old
account?"
Mr.. GO-Easy-Why, yes. of course;
viii pay you as soon as pay any
body. Detroit Free Press.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-01
His Explanation.

What makes you employ such q
bad band?"
Because I understand my bust
ness" answered the advertiser
promptly. 81 don't want to get the
music-so good that the people will-be-
come entranced aid forget to read my
advertisement" Washington Star.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-01

Some Of King George Tvs hair was
sold in London recently Tor 29s.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-01

The largest flower in the world is
the Rafflesia Aroldi, of Sumatra It's
size is fully three feet in diameter
about the size of a carriage wheel.
The five petals of this immense flow
er are oval and creamy white, grow
ing round a center filled with count
less long, violet-hued stamens. The
flower weighs about Is pounds and is
capable of containing nearly two gal
Ions of water. The buds are like gi-
gantic brown cabbage heads.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-01

The bridal veil Of a Japanese young
ody Is subsequently used as Der
shroud. Directly after the marriage
i Is carefully put away and reserved
until death makes It's use again neces.
sary.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-01

The intestlnes OF the OK are 1877
'eet-small ones. $50 feet large, 81
feet. Sheep, 1O7 feet; small ones.
s. feet; large, % feet. Those Of the
aog measure n feet; small, 60 feet;
large, II feet.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-01

Granite is the lowest rock In the
sarth's crust, It is the bed rock OF
The world, and shows no evidence OF
animal or vegetable life, It is the
parent rock from which all the rocks
have been either directly or indirect.
ly derived.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-01
QUAINT AND CURIOUS

The FIRST profile taken was that Of
ARtigonus, In $50 b. g.. who. having
)ut one eye. his likeness was 80 taken
g conceal deformity.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-01
Another curious fact. Accord

Another curious TACT. According
to Captain Maury the gulf stream runs
up hill. After leaving the Gulf Of
Mexico. this current of warm water
broadens out toward the north and
becomes more shallow. It's depth of
the Island OF Bemini is about 200
fathoms, of Cape Hattecas, about 100
fstnoms. He calculated 'cae ascent at
10 inches to the mile,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-01

The greatest cavern IN the world
Is Mammoth Cave, So miles south
west of Louisville, Ky. 1t is about
10 miles long, though to explore it's
multitude Of avenues, chambers, grot-
tees, galleries, domes, rivers and cat
aracts entails $50 miles of travel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-12
CONES DOWN TO LATER TINES
When the Raiser's People Were Charged
with sympathy for Spain.

therefore" said White. when some
of my fellow citizens endeavored TO re-
proach Germany with anti-Amertcan
feeling in the more recent military
struggle in which my country was en-
gagged with another power l reminded
them that this more recent eStrange-
ment was infinitely outweiShed by the
fact that In tie struggle for our very
existence. one nation-Ciermany-
by us through evil and good report"
White said that while the United
States. on superb, al view, appeared
to be the most materialistic of ma
tions the people of the United States
were among those most powerfully
swayed by beliefs and ideals of senti-
ment.
Referring TO the love of peace of the
United States the eN-ambaSSadOr said !:
The case which has just been arbi-
trated between the United States and
Mexico shows abundantly that the
United States, had it been anxious to
fight or desirous of plunder, might
easily have wrought the question OF
the Pious fund into a casuS belli, but
on the contrary the matter was quiet
ly referred to The Hague tribunal. and
there is was quietly settled"
Referring again to the Indebtedness
of the United States to Germany
White said it was curious fact that
while down to the middle of the last
century the ideas controlling United
States institutions of learning had been
derived almost entirely from Great
Britain. during the entire latter part
of the century the ideas and methods
which permeGted and gave substance
to United States instruction in every
field-whether literature, science, theo-
lOgy. medicine or mechanical processes;
in the entire range of higher instruc-
ton. save in law-had come and are
still coming from Germany.
White made sympathetic reference to
Emperor William and Prince Henry,
and in conclusion said: Il offer you as
Il toast. with my renewed thanks and
farewell. this my heartfelt wish: The
good will between Germany and the
United States. may it ever continue
and may it ever increase"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-12
Young Men Refuse Military Service.
BANQUET BROKEN UP
Sophomores at Beloit College Come .
Stratgem Over the Freshmen and
Bombard Them.
gether.

Bcloit, Wis, Nov. PA banquet of
the Beloit college freshmen was sue
cessfully broken up Monday by the
sophomOres. The freshmen tried to
keep the time and place of their event
Il secret, but failed to do so. and while
they were enjoying their spread the
sophomores climbed up on surround
ing buildings, broke In some windows,
and showered the banquet hall with
eggs, foul smelling chemicals and
liquid glue.
The freshmen resisted vigorously,
and clothing was torn on both sides.
While the battle was on some sopho-
mores fell through the ceiling into the
banquet hall. This led to a call for
the police, who rounded up the sopho-
mores, securing their names. After seiz-
ing the viands the sophomores ran
through the town, eating them and yell
ing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-12
STILL THEY DOUBT HIM
Negro Whose Hypnotic Story Agrees with
What He Told in His Normal
state.

Savannah, Ga, Nov. 12:-Hynoptism
has been applied as Il test to a former
convict named Miller. Il negro, who
confessedto the murder of Gugie Bour-
quin and his colOred body servant.
KILLER said he was hired by white
man TO kill BOurquin- His confession
has been generally regarded as pure
fabrication. and he was put under
hypnotic influence in order to prove or
disapprove his strange story.
Miller i'll his trance was put into Il
buggy with two officers and made to
so through with what he alleges to
haveD been his connection with the trag-
edy. Still in trance he drove into
the country and pointed out the exact
locality where he said the shooting oc-
Cured. He described minutely four
men who according to his story muir
dered Bourquin. His story is not be-
lieved be true in spite of its apparent
hypnotic confirmation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-12
did Folks ReIented.

Kenosha. Wis. Nov. 12.-Miss Vera
Thompson. aged Il. eloped with Will
lam ii. I.ambach to Milwaukee last
Saturday and was married to him.
After the folks ut home had been no
tified and the couple were ON the way
to Memphis Thompson. f=ther of the
bride, started TO join them. Overtaking
them at Joliet he fOrgave them, but
urged TO them toreturn TO Kenosha for Il
second ceremony. This was performed
10y Rev. w. w. Stevens. of Park Ave-
nue. Methodist Episcopal church, with
the pastors consent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-12

cities. The means or e1ucauon pro-
yided by the state through its system
of free schools and compulsory at
tendance are not fully utilized because
of the failure of the local school boards
TO enforce compulsory attendance, but
the wages paid are ample to insure a
good common school education for all
children in the coal regions desiring to
attend school No boys are employed
in and about the mines and breakers
in violation of the statutes fixing the
ages of employment.
This company AYERS that there is
not anywhere else in the world a min
ing region where the wOrkmen have so
many comforts, facilities for education
general advantages and such profitable
employment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-12
is FREE AGAIN
AFTER FOUR YEARS
How the Announcement of the Ac-
quittaI of MoIineux Was
Attended.

New York. Nov. 12.-Roland B. Mo-
lineuX was set at liberty yesterday aft
er spending nearly four years in pris-
on, and begin once condemned to death
and twice placed on trial for his life,
for the murder of Mrs. katherine j.
Adams. But thirteen minutes sufficed
for the jury TO reach verdict of ac-
quittal at the close of the second trial.
The verdict, which was confidently an
ticipated. WAS greeted with an instant
ly suppressed outbreak of applause.
MolineuX was apparently as uncon-
cerned as he had been throughout the
trial His aged father, General Mo-
hnenX, was deeply affected, and could
with difficulty respond to the greet
ings of friends who pressed forware
to offer their congratulations. When
the freed prisoner appeared in tbs
street he was cheered by q great
crowd
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-12
QUESTION OF COAL wEIG HING
Reading Does Not Mine by the Ton-Blast
at the L. VI. w.

On the ton question Baer says that
''when coal is mined by the ton it is
customary and necessary to make al
lowances for slate and impurities. But
this company does not mine by the
ton. 1t denies that there is anything
unreasonable or unfair in the method
it has practiced in arriving at the
measurement of the coal from its
mines"
Then Baer attacks the Z. NJ. W.,
declaring it bituminous coal organ
ization, its product being a rival in
the market of anthracite, and that since
its dhe L. NJ. W. advent into the
anthracite fields the business condi-
tions hav ebeen intOlerable on account
of strikes. lack of discipline, etc. He
continues: ''At the ShamOkin cOnveI,-
ton ii was resolved: That
the United Mine Workers at any col
liery. when the employees refused to be-
come members of the organization or
wear the button, the local governing
such colliery, after using all persuasive
measures to get such employees to join,
and failing in such, shall have full
power to suspend full operation at
such colliery until such employees be-
come members of the organization
Baer then tells of the strike ordered
May -; of the order of May 81 to the
employees who kept the water out of
the mines; declares that by threats
and violence they tried to prevent 9TH
er men from taking the places of the
firemen, pumpmen and engineers
knowing well the great damage that
would ensue from Il stopping of the
pumps, and that ''all manner of force
and yiolencewas used to prevent pump
ing of the mines to save them from
destruction, and to prevent non-union
men from working"
The reply then calls attention to the
charter of TIE commission-the con-
ditions name,l in the proposition of
the coal company presidents-and says
the commission is limited to those con-
ditions and must confine its investiga-
tions to matters affecting the anthra-
cite employees, excluding the U. NJ. w.
from any part or recognition in the
proceedings o. decision.
Paer says he is willing to make
trade agreements with an organiZa-
tin Limited to workers in anthracite
mines, which shall obey the laws of
the land, respect the right of every
man to work, whether he belongs to
union or not, and shall honestly CO.
OPERATE with the employers i2 securing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-12
HANCOCK COUNTY SEAT
WAR WON BY CARTHAGE

Warsaw, ILL.,. Nov 12.-The county
seat contest in Hancock county came
to Il close yesterday after an exciting
and bitter contest. Warsaw hung up
$4,000 as purse for the county seat
and Carthage, the present county
seat. is charged with using her cash
in buying up the press and for cleo
pioneering purposes. Nearly 1000
more votes were polled than at the
general election Il week ago. The
vote resulted in 4.1S1 for Warsaw and
3.G02 for Carthage, but Warsaw fell
short of the requisite three-fifths o.
the total vote and lost the prize.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-12
AGAINST THE E1GHT-HoUR DEMAND
Certified Men Do Not a General Thing
Work Eight Hours a Day Now.

work Eight Hours Day NOW.
In reply to the demand for an eight
hour day Baer says it is neither just
nor equitable. He says: THE certi-
fled miners, under present conditions,
seldom work eight hours Il day. The
greater cost IL the production and
preparation of anthracite coal for mar
ket is not the cutting of the coal. Many
employees are paid by the month, the
pumping continues day and night, the
machinery is expensive, and the cost
of coal is largely conditioned on the
collieries running full time. The out
put is entirely dependent on the guam
tity of coal certified miner is willing
to cut daily, and because of this it is
seldom practicable to work the full
breaker time.
''In general, we deny, in so far
as they relate to anthracite mining,
that the ten-hour day is detrimental
to the health. life, safety and well be-
inG of the mine workers; that 'shOrtex
hours improve the physical, mental and
moral conditions of the workers. that
shorter hours increase the intensity
and efficiency of labor In
some exceptionally eXhausting work u
day of ten hours is too long, but there
is no eXhausIing labor which justities
a reduction OF hours of work in the an
thracite coal operations.
'sAny increase in wages will neees-
sarily increase the price of coal to the
public, restrict its use and seriously af-
feet the ability of the industries u.s.
ing it as fuel to compete with the in
dustrieS using bituminous coal; it will
bear heavily ON the wOrkmen and nee
essariIv oppress the general public and
injure the general business of the coun-
=
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-12
SMOKE FROM THE CABIN
Gives Hope TO Those Searching for Super
intendent ESan That He Is Yet Alive
in the Mountains.

Spokane, Wash, Nov PA few
parties are still searching in the noun
tains near Bolton. Mont, for traces
of superintendent Egan, of the Great
Northern, who was lost a week ago
while on a hunting trip. The main
hope now centerS in the theory that
he may have found refuge in a cabin
near Lake Five, it being rumOred that
smoke was seen issuing from it.
\ searching party started to 90 to
the cabin Monday. but as it is about
twelve miles from the foot of the
mountains no news from the searcherS
is expected until today.