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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-22
Have You Noticed That

A wise man never takes a penny
foy his thoughts.
1t is an easy matter to be good on
q good income.
The rooster does the growing, but
the hen attends to business.
Success is often a matter of spec.
tacular effect
A disregard of appearances is as
often due to lack Of sense as Of dol.
lars.
A trifing argument may end in a
record-smashing quarrel.
A blue-ribbon friendship is better
than an hOnorable-mention love.
The fellow who gushes over his rela.
tons seldom gives his relations a
chance to gush over him.
Men are moral triangles with bust.
ness side, a club side and a domestic
side.
With some women love is like case
Of malaria-frst chill and then a
fever.
The people who told you so" for
''your own good" and keep a supply of
sense of duty" always on tap need a
shotgun to put them out of business
New York Press.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-22
WITH FOUR TRIGGERS.
New Weapon Which Carries sixteen
Charges.

New Weapon Which Carries sixteen
Charges.
A most successful test has been
given to a repeating revolver which
promises to become one of the most
commonly used weapons of its kind in
any part Of the world, says the New
Orleans Times-Democrat The pistol
fires sixteen shots without reloading,
and is accurate in every particular. 1t
has but three working parts, is light
in weight, cannot possibly get out of
order, and should any Of the cartridges
fail to fire, all that is necessary is to
press the trigger again to bring another
cartridge into position and fire it,
An explanation of the weapons OPP
Grafton is quickly and easily given.
The handle of the pistol is the maya
zine, and contains a chain of sixteen
cartridges. This chain is moved with
each pressure of the trigger, the same
pressure firing one cartridge and push
ing the next into position. The pistol
is so constructed that O trigger is al
ways ready to be pressed, and, there
fore, the weapon can be fred as rap.
idly as the operator can press the trig-
ger. There are four triggers, all of
one piece of metal, and revolving SO
that while one of the triggers is ready
for the pressure of the finger another
is moving the hammer into position
and third is ready to fall into place
within the trigger guard.
The three working parts of the PTS
toll are trigger, the hammer and a spi
raj cone, and they are so arranged thai
to miss fire with this pistol is almost
an impossibility Standard cartridges
are used in the pistol. The weapon
was invented by w. j.. Turnbull.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-22

tlnued the Major "You can get your
hat, j can black my shoes sam can
hitch up the horses. Pearl can have a
d. and S. or something, and then wen
CO."
Father" murmurcd Mrs Burden I'm
important haste, "Nlrs. Atkinson got q
new suit for him. especially for this.
Don't think"
"Well. Butter. / guess I'll have to go
over and get your mother to let you
open the door at the evening reception
That's the way Wen fix It out with
her"
Meanwhile Mrs. Porter had by in
spiratlon OWNED the cause Of her
daughters distress. She came back as
the Major was starting of.
"I think Pearl would better stay
with us. father" she said. 81 really
believe she wished to assist In receiy-
ing. l am going to let her pass around
the crackers"
1t would seem that providence had
arranged for a variety Of tastes in the
world.
For on that afternoon Pearl floated
airily and elegantly among groups Of
gloved ladies; under the bulging, bill
lowing tent, amid the odors Of sawdust
and the cries Of lcmOnade-men, sat
Butter, between Major Porter and
Sam. throwing peanut shells between
the open board benches, his happy
eyes absorbed ia the passing CRATES
and ponies.
Major Porter was not looking at the
ponies and CRATES, but he, too, was
very happy; he was watching Butter
| New York Sun.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-22
Queer Home of a Mouse.

Mice are to be found the world over.
and nearly always infest the haunts
of men. They often take queer no
tons into their heads about where
they shall make their homes, and one
of the oldest of these is here recorded
The mouse built a nest in the tea
kettle, and as the lid was not open
enough to allow ingress and egress by
way of it, even if the mouse could
have reached it, the little animal went
in and out by way Of the spout. This
answered very well until the little fell
low grew too fat to get through, as he
did in time, and one day stuck fast in
the spout and died there
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-22
Rny and Archie.

Ray has a boy friend about his own
age named Archie. They are in the
same class at school. The teacher put
them both up into a higher class to-
gether, they did so well. That is. they
were allowed to skip one class. They
play for hours together
Archie is a fine boy, and they botn
like each other very much, but they are
always quarreling. Then Ray will say
81 will never play with that Archie
again" And Archie will say, Il will
never play with that Ray again And
yet the next time you see them they
will be playing away as pleasantly as
ever and viii be just as good friends
as before.
Did you ever see such boys? I some
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-22

shown in figure These arms and legs
we can bend IN all directions, giving
the little man all the possible positions
of a tight rope walker The head we
make Of a round piece of cork, the
nose Of a small chip Of cork, which we
insert into the head; the mouth we cut
with a penknife, and the eyes as well
as eyebrows we burn in with red-hot
piece Of wire.
TO balance our little man on the rope
we cruelty stick two forks in his body
as shown in figure If we make an in.
clsion in one of his legs and give the
thread forming the rope slight slope
to one side, we can make him walk
from one corner of the room to the
other.-New York Tribune.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-22
The Busy Bee.

Great indeed, is the amount of work
which a busy bee win do In a day.
Every head of clover consists OF about
sixty flower tubes each of which con-
tains a very small quantity of sugar.
Bees VIII often visit a hundred differ
ent heads of clover before retiring to
the hive, and in order to obtain the
sugar necessary for a load must, there
fore, thrust their tongues into about
G000 different flowers. A bee viii make
twenty trips a day when the clover
patch is convenient to the hive, and
thus will draw the sugar from 10000
different flowers in the course of o.
single days work
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-22

I'm in the saddest sorrow" said the
pocket-kniie of John,
Because, you see, / feel to blame tof
things that / have done
At school on Monday morning last ! made
my owner late,
While with my point he slowly scratched
his name upon his STATE
On Tuesday afternoon he stopped to pay
awhile with me
BY cutting deep his name again upon a
cherry tree.
On Wednesday what can ! say to
tell how shocked ! am
He used my blade to open wide jar oil
currant jam.
On Thursday / was used TO do the sad
dest deed of all:
I cut lock Of curly hair from Neily's
pretty doll.
On Friday l was digging through the side
Of WHY'S drum,
When suddenly my blade was snapped
and cut my masters thumb.
On Saturday THAT is today my blades
are nicely shut,
And John has got a bandage round the
place that / have cut.
And so, you see, Pm sorry for the mis-
chief / have done;
But tell me, please am to blame as mucl
as Master John"
John Lee, in Casselps Little Folks.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-22

times wonder if they will grow up as
good friends as they now are, if they
will mate and match up as well to-
gether ten years from now.
Sometimes the other boys, knowing
they are really good friends, slike to
urge them on and set them to fighting,
and they are foolish enough to let
those other boys get them to do this,
but perhaps some day they will learn
better.
Do you know Of any other boys who
ought to stop quarreling with their
friends Brooklyn Eagle.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-22
The Onlookers, Comments.

On the half-demolished wall of ar
old Broadway building sat four work.
men the other afternoon, their feet
dangling in air, while the men were
prying bricks from the wall with the
help of steel bars Below, on the Cd
posite side of Broadway, stood gap
ing crowd, stepped, probably, by the
sight Of the rope strung from each
workman's waist to a point on the
fire-escapes of the adjacent building
one or two stories higher up. So oh.
viOus was the purpose Of the ropes
that curious foot passenger expect.
ed comment upon the rarity of the
sight rather than ca the need of the
device. In just thirty seconds. how.
ever, six persons were heard TO ex.
plain: THE ropes are to catch them in
case they fall" and nothing else was
said.-New York Post.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-22
Horse No Bigger Than a Dog.

A French scientific journal an
nounced a few weeks ago that the
smallest horse in the world had just
arrived in New York City. Sixpence,
it said, his name was, and it gave his
height as seventy centimehes. Now,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-22
Aeronaut,s Motto.

The up-to-date aeronaut twists the
old saw about as follows: IF you dent
succeed, fy, fly again. Cincinnati
Commercial.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-22

A photograph shows that Prince
Asia Is only about the size OF an ordl-
nary dog, and much smaller than the
school girl who was holding The dog
New York Herald.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-22
mo Tieht Uopo walker.

We need two corks and four matches.
The matches we insert into one Of the
corks In such a way that they form
the arms aud legs Of the little man, as
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-22
Not Hi.Line-

The milkman doesn't know much
about the cream Of society. Pl.la-
delnhla Record
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-22

however, the same journal says with
some glee that Sixpence has been de-
taroned since a smaller horse has just
been discovered in a French circus.
This horse is four years old and only
sixty-five centimetres in height. His
name is Prince Asha. ana be is the son
Of two small Iceland horses or ponies.
Why his stature is SO remarkably small
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-22

a Danger llCn.
When q woman begins TO latter ycu
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
ONLY ADVICE FOR DOER GENERALS
CHAMBERLAIN SURPRISED.
Refused by the Colonial Secretary.
Civil War Lessons.

parliamentary paper issued In
England gives a full report OF the con
ference between the Colonial secre.
tary. Joseph Chamberlain, and the
Boer generals, Botha, DeWet and De.
larey. The Beers asked for complete
amnesty to the rebels; a yearly grant
to all Boer widows and orphans and
manned burghers; equal rights for the
English and Dutch languages in the
schools and courts; that the i'm.
mediate release of all prisoners OF
war; the reinstatement of officials OF
the late South African republics or
compensation for their loss of office
compensation for all loss occasioned
by the British troops to private prop.
erty; the reinstatement of the burgh.
ers to the ownership of their farms
conhscated or hold under the proclama.
ton OF August z, 1901; compensation
for the use of properties Of burghers
taken by the British authorities; pay.
ment of the lawful obligations Of the
late South African republics. includ.
ing those incurred during the war;
the rescission OF the decision to add
n portion of the Transvaal to Natal /;
an extension OF time for the payment
of all debts due by the burghers to
the late governments of the South
African republics. Mr.. Chamberlain
expressed great surprise at the mum.
ber and character of the proposals
pointing out that the conditions agreed
on at Vereeniging were duly accepted
by the burghers and the British gov.
ernment, and that they could not be
reopened, or could proposals rejected
at that time be again discussed. On
the subject of martial law Mr.. Cham.
berlain said II would not be continued
much longer. The Colonial secretary
refused to recognize as burghers for.
eigners who had been naturalized
during or just before the war. Mr..
Chamberlain said we have undertaken
already more obligations than have
ever before been undertaken under
similar circumstances. recollect
very well the great civil war In Amer
lea. In that case the Northern side
that Is, the victorious side-made no
provision whatever, either by way of
grant. pension of allowance, to the
side that had been conquered. They
gave them their lives and their lib
critics, and after period of 10 years
gave them votes, but did not give
them any money compensation. But
we have gone step beyond that, be-
cause we have contributed in addition
to all our own enormous expenses a
very large sum to relieve those who
are really destitute in our new colo.
MES. We have done more than think
was expected, and we have done all
that we can afford to do, and | think
il would be undesirable for the gen
erals to press us any further In this
matter. either now or In writing Mr..
Chamberlain made no further conces.
sions.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
WARRANTS FOR soopLERs.
Murrell Reveals Plot to Extort None,
for Legislation.

Warrants have been issued at st.
Louis, Mo-, for the arrest of tS mem
bers and former members of the
House of Delegates on the confession
of Delegate J. X. Murrell who fed
to Mexico after being indicted for
bribery In connection with the alleged
boodling operations of the municipal
assembly in granting street railroad
franchises. and who unexpectedly re-
turned to the city and surrendered.
Following are the names of members
for whom bench warrants we're Is.
sued: Il. +. Murrell, John H. Schnet.
tier, Charles f. Kelly. T. E. Albright.
George +. Robertson. Louis Decker
John Helms. Charles r. Gutke, Adolph
MADEIRA, II. A. Faulkner, Julius Leh.
mann, Edmund Bersch. Otto Schu.
macher, John A. Sheridan. Charles J.
Denny. William Tamblyn. j. j. Han.
nigan and Emile Hartman Warrants
rants were served on T.. f.. Murrell,
Schnettler, Albright Robertson.
Helms. Gutke, Faulkner. Schumacher
and Hannigan. Albright and Faulk.
ner were released in bonds of $4,000
each.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
HooDoo THIRTEEN STAMP.
Latest Stamp Escaped Issue on Thir
teenth Day Of Month.

Several thousand clerks i'm the post.
office and executive departments ex-
perienced a decided feeling of relief
when they learned that Postmaster
General Payne would not return to
Washington during the business hours
Saturday. Ii he had the United States
would have committed the hoodoo act
OF issuing the 13-cent stamp on the
18th day of an unlucky month. There
would have been no antidote for the
poison OF such combination. The
plates for the i3-cent stamp are all
ready for printing. but before the
presses start the the Postmaster Cen
eral must see the proof OF the plates
and approve the issue. This will be
done as soon as he returns. The new
stamp will be the first of that de-
nomination ever issued by this gov.
crnment. II is intended to cover the
cost OF a registered letter to points
outside of the United States, Canada
and Mexico. Persons who send money
to foreign countries usually take the
whole envelope for the address. leay.
ing no room for the stamp. There
iore, one stamp to cover both postage
ana registration has been devised.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
REGION SWEPT BY FOREST FIRES.
FIFTY LIVES LOST.
Lewis River Country in Washington
State Suffers Heavily --charred
Bodies Found.

A courier from Lewis river, Wash.
ington, states that not less than 80
persons have perished in the forest
fires which have been ravaging that
district. ID. l.. Wallace. his wife and
two children were burned to death.
They were camping in the woods when
caught by the fire. The wagon was
found burned up, the charred bodies
lying near. A 12-year-old boy of Mr..
Manley's also is dead. Mrs. John
Polly. her baby, and a brother name
unknown. and Mr.. Newhouse and Mrs.
Graves are dead Fifteen survivors
were found without clothing. except
gunnysacks. Five logging camps are
burned out completely. The fire
spread from Lewis river north TO the
kalama river and SO sections of the
finest timber on the coast have been
destroyed. 1t Is impossible to give
any estimate OF the amount of the
damage done to property. Oak Point
20 miles below Kalama on the Colum.
bia river, has been destroyed. There
are no reports of lives lost. but loss
to property is estimated at about $780,
900. A great fire was also raging on
the Coweman. in the northern part of
the county. Everything combustible
In It's path has been consumed The
air is thick with smoke and falling
ashes. Three lumber camps are re.
ported destroyed or badly damaged.
Two men from Barrs camp are report.
ed missing; people are panic-stricken
and crazed over the loss of property.
Cowlitz county thought IL was going
to escape, but reports come thick and
fast. each worse than the last. Five
people are dead and two missing, with
only partial reports from the burned
district About 800 people are left
homeless In Multnomah and Clack.
amas counties, as result of the for.
est fires. The fires have burned over
wide stretch of country, but the
greatest damage in the state appears
TO have been in these two counties.
In the fire that destroyed the town of
Palmer, near Bridal Veil. two boys
named Hamilton were burned to death.
The timber losses in Clackamas coun.
~ have been immense, and the whole
length of the Clackamas river pre-.
sents nothing but vistas of ruined set.
Elements.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
FEEDING THE STRIKERS.
Miners Union Now Supporting Forty
Thousand Families Of Idle Men,
bers-Straw Vote Taken.

Forty thousand families are now be.
ing fed by the funds which roll in
upon the union. That means about
100000 people-quite an army for. the
United Mine Workers commissary de-
partment to look after. Each family
Is given store order of 81 or $3.50 q
week, but no cash The orders are
presented to the local tradesmen, and
weekly the tradesmen render their
bills to the officers of the union. They
are required to state not only the
sums. but the articles sold. Thus the
officers know exactly what every lam
lily Is buying. There is no law against
a miner buying whatever he wishes
with his SO or $3.50, but the rash man
who ventures into the luxury of ham
or delicacies or fancy groceries is
likely to be called down pretty quick
ly. Purchase of Il pound of steak is
sure to bring visit from the union
inspector in hot haste. Little trouble
OF that sort is expected The miners
rarely buy anything but the plainest
flood-flour, meal. salt or timed meats,
q little sugar and coffee. And It is
surprising how far $3.50 for a family
Of four or five will go when carefully
used. A straw vote. II Is said, has
been taken among the striking miners
of District No. 3 at Mt. Carmel for
the purpose of ascertaining whether
or not they favor returning to work.
The report has 1t that while the ma
jority was favorable to a continuation
of the strike, yet in some sections Of
the district the men voted In favor
of accepting any proposition which
would enable them to return to work.
This, it is said. is especially true of
the Mt. Carmel miners. District Vice
President Pulaski denies the rumor.
There are many indications through
out the anthracite region that the
strike will soon end. The empty cars
which four months ago were sent west
by the railroads are being rapidly re-
turned. All along the Lehigh Valley.
Pennsylvania and Reading railroads
the sidings are filed with many coal
cars, even on the loading switches
and under breakers. At many col.
lieries the mules which have been
away in pasture since the commence.
ment of the strike are being brought
back preparatory to going to work.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
OIL FLEET ASSEMBLING.
Twenty-Five Steamers to Transport
Texas Product

The delivery of Texas oil in New
York has been greatly hampered by
the difficulties encountered in equip
ping vessels for carrying 1t in bulk.
Within the course of few months
there will be engaged in the trans.
portation trade between New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Texas
about 25 steamers. with a capacity of
nearly 100000 barrels. This is exclu.
siye of barges. of which the Standard
Oil Company is using a number with
a capacity equal to that Of several of
the steamers. All the steamers which
have been chartered for this class of
freight have not, only to be equipped
to carry oil in bulk. but their boilers
and furnaces must be fitted with ap.
paratus for burning oil. which is more
economical than coal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
BUSINESS CONDITIONS.
Domestic Requirements Necessitate
Large Importations Greater Ae.
tivity In Factories and Mills.

X. G. Dun G. Co.'S Weekly Review
Of Trade says: Industrial activity is
greater than at any recent date. Many
new factories and mills have been
added to the productive capacity, IA
cillties are being increased at old
plants, and the shops resumed through
the settlement of labor controversies.
A coke blockade still exists, the rail.
ways being unable to handle the out
put, which is above all records and
in urgent request. Despite the rapid
development of transportation facili-
ties, the nations needs have grown
still faster. and the situation Is dis
tressing for shippers and consumers.
Large crops are being harvested. AMI
the greater abundance of foodstuffs
caused a decline in prices of com
modities during August of 3.5 per cent,
as measured by Dun's index number.
Retail trade is large, with bright
outlook for the future in iobbing and
wholesale business. There are few
OF the cancellations, so numerous at
this time last year. while collections
are improving. An advance of 22.9
per cent in bank exchanges at New
York over the same week last year
cannot be explained by speculation.
as dealings in stocks were also heavy
in 1901. Railway earnings in August
exceeded last years by AZ per cent,
and those of 1900 by 1871 per cent.
Although the weekly capacity of pig
iron furnaces in blast on September
l was reported as 335, ,1S9 tons by the
Iron Age, it has since been apprecia-
bly, curtailed by the inadequate sup
ply OF fuel, on which account numer'
GUS furnaces were blown out or at
least banked. AS consumptive re-
Quirements are increasing it is neces-
sary to place orders abroad more ex-
tensively, and in some cases the en-
tire output of foreign plants has been
secured. Not only raw material, but
billets and even rails are sought in
other markets. German mills offer
ing the best terms in most cases.
Heavy importations have prevented
further advance In quotations, but
domestic producers have a ready mar
ket for their product, contracts still
running far into the future. Rail
ways are in great need of new locomo-
tiyes and other equipment. Failures
for the week numbered 205 in the
United States against 1913 last year.
and % in Canada against IS year
ago.
Bradstreet's says: Wheat. including
-four. exports for the week ending
September IL aggregate 5.444, ,142
bushels. against 6.276,299 last week.
6,64S,609 in this week last year, and
4,6G5,9S2 in 1900. Wheat exports since
July / aggregate 50.101,742 bushels.
against 6S,341,27 last season, and
3i.9S3,S33 in 1900 Corn exports ag-
gregate 91,512 bushels, against 21 ,196
last week, 777.s31 last year, and g..
4O2,7S6 in 1900. For the fiscal year
exports are 9Sl,35l bushels. against
11,52l,676 last season, and S7.657.036
In 1900.