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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-06-06

exceeding In length the tiger, the grlz-
Fly bear and the polar bear There is
a fine specimen of this bear, the only
one in captivity in the United States
National ZOO at Washington, but It is
only a cub. Despite his youth, how
ever, he is almost as large as two full
grown grizzlies who are his present inn
mediate neighbors
Meanwhile the Alaska Commercial
Company, acting on behalf of the Uni
ted States Government, Is attempting
to capture a full-grown animal of this
species According to the New York
Journal there has been standing at
Kadak Island since last June a great
steel cage sixteen feet long and six
feet high, in one end of which is a
heavy raised grating, which is con-
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-06-06
Making d Ping-Pung
Set at Home.


OF AN the indoor games that the wrl.
ter has trled-and me has tackled about
all of them-none has proved such jolly
good fun as table tennis, or as the Eng
lish call H. "png-pong
a hrstclass pingpong outfit with
two rgckets that are perfect little ten
mis- rackets on a small scale will cost
about 81 at the shop. When IL comes
TO very cheap set you can probably
make at home just as good an outfit
and maybe better
First as to the raclets. In England
the kind most favored have centres Of
parchment like a dumhead, from
which the ball rebounds with that hun-
ming ping sound which gives the
game It's name.
The writer prefers the string racket.
Pieces Of rattan soaked a while IN
steaming hot water to make them very
supple make good racket frames. A
wooden handle, followed out at the end
with grooves for the rattan frame to
fit in is simply constructed, as shown
IN the diagram above. In stringing the
string used on a banjo would be about
right Two strings for each racket
should be enough.
These strings should be thoroughly
soaked and then used while still wet.
DO not string too tight, for if you do
when the strings dry and shrink they
VIII pull the frame all out of shape.
String first across and then up and
own exactly as in a regulation racket.
"A making a support for your net n
couple of yards of heavy telegraph wire
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-06-06

will answer. Take each length and |
double and bend into shape shown in
the diagram. This of itself may not be
quite stanch enough to hold the net
taut, but by running a cord from the
top of one wire support down and un
der the table to the top of the other
support, you should be able to obtain
the necessary amount Of rightly. The
net itself should be about six inches
high from the table, and should clear
the table by enough to allow the ball
to pass easily under it. ANY material
will do for the net, though gauze or
netting of some kind bound at the top
with an inch or two of white tape is
best. AS to the table itself, it should
be simply a smooth and fiat surface
about five by ten feet, or, say, four by
eight feet.
The game is played exactly as ten
mis- is played, except that there is but
one court on either side Of the net. If
the ball strikes the very edge of the
table and so bounces off in such a way
that a return is impossible, call it an
ledger" and serve over again.
The method of scoring is the same
as in tennis One rule of the old game
which is barred because Of the narrow
bounds is volleying. A ball can never
be returned except on the bounce.
Pickups, however, are allowable. An
other strict ruling Of ping-pong is that
no overland strokes are allowed; the
hand must never be raised above the
height of the chow Also the serve
must be delivered from a point beyond
the end Of the table.
The tennis experts and all-rOund ath-
letes lave devised new sort Of racket
that makes Of this parlor game a rath-
er strenuous and exciting affair.
The racket is simply a wooden pad
die of about the same outside dimen-
slons as the plng-pong strung racket
that is, about SIX inches in diameter
roughly speaking-the handle being OF
any desired length.
The paddle part is not of one piece
with the handle. as it would break OIL
split TOO easily. The handle is spliceC
on. The paddle-on one side or both
according to how you play, is covered
with emery cloth or paper guled OF
carefully. With thls rough surfacl
you can cut the ball or give the Law
ford" stroke in splendid fashion.
AS to bills, the best are those mad
of celluloid, which can be bought a
any sporting or toy store for a FEY
cents apiece.
This png-porg is really a great gam
and the writer thinks it has come t
stay.-Demoit Free Press.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-06-06
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The FIRST automobile used IN America
was constructed by a Chicago man. In
1884 Edwin i. Brown. then well.
known bicycle rider, evolved the idea
OF a stean-propelled vehicle for use on
ordinary roads. His first machine was
bailt on tie running gear Of an old
style tandem tricycle., with a boiler in
front He managed TO operate It with
some success and was encouraged TO
undertake an Improvements
After a season of experiment he pro-
duced a second vehicle on totally elf
fercat lines, It having four wheels in
stead Of three. and with the weight
hung Below the wheel shafts. This
was operated successfully, but no great
speed could be attained, as the boiler
was still mounted In front and the es-
Gaping smoke and steam blew directly
into the face Of the driver binding his
range Of vision ald making It danger
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-06-06

The biggest wolf story of the sea.
son comes from Billings county ~ d.,
where g. w. Myers was the lucky cap.
tor. Lupus In this case Is reported 10
have been seven feet and ten riches
from his nose 10 the tip OF bis tail.
and 70 have weighed 1868 pounds dead
He had been a longtime offender and
Mr.. Myers had for years made a
standing offer Of $50 for his capture.
II is estimated that he has killed
$1,000 worth OF stock Within the
last few months he has killed a NUM-
Der Of fullgrown cattle on Mr.. Myers
ranch The hide was tanned and will
be retained as souyenlr-St. Paul
Dispatch
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-06-06

since that part of the eye which struck
the edge of the water was not used,
and could not be used while the fish
was swimming thus. This band has,
therefore, by slow degrees, become
more and more permanent, until now it
is firmly fixed, and destroys the
sight of that portion of the eye over
which 1t extends While very young
the band is not on the fishs eye. This
fact helps to prove that the band was
not always on the eye Of these fish,
but it has been formed by their habit
of swimming at the surface.
Some scientists do NOT call this fish
four-eyed, for they say there are no
four-eyed fish. They say this eye is
exactly like any other eye except for
the band across 1t, and that the human
eye would represent a like condition
were one to fasten a narrow band
across it. Other scientists claim that
each Of these two parts Of the eye On
be contracted or expanded lndepend-
antly Of the other.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-06-06
A Saddle Tor Drivers.

TO drive a spirited pair of horses
from the box seat of an ordinary car
riage is not an easy task, especially if
the driver is of medium or low size
and for the reason that the position
which he occupies is not one which al
lows him to exercise full control over
the animals.
This is one reason why a box seat
saddle has been invented, says the
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-06-06

GUS to run faster than six or eight miles
an hour unless he was certain the road
was clear.
The idea of placing the boiler at the
rear of the vehicle did not occur to Mr..
Brown until 1889, when he made a rad
ical change in the body of the carriage,
mounted it on pneumatic-tired wheels,
and for short distances operated it at
a speed of twenty miles an hour. All
these machines were constructed en-
tirely Of bicycle parts.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-06-06
Think "Hellon is Vulgar.

The women of Appleton, Wis, place
of about a dozen thousand inhabitants,
have thought it all over and are con-
WINGED that "hellO" as a conversation
opener on the telephone is exceedingly
vulgar. They have pledged themselves
to stand by a crusade to stop the use of
the Objectionable wOrd.-Syracuse
Post-Standard.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-06-06

New York Herald. Another reason is
because the inventor thought that the
average driver would sooner have two
companions than one, and there will
be room for two wherever this saddle
is used. since the driver will be ele-
waited above the two large cushioned
seats, and, except by an occasional
movement Of his arms, viii not in the
least incOmmOde those sitting beside
but little below him. This new sad
die can be raised to any necessary
height
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-06-06

The recent census Of Ireland shows
marked decrease in population, which has
been attributed 10 their recent famine, caus-
ing thousands Of people TO emigrate II we
are to live and enjoy life we must have plenty
to eat, but after all 1t Is not the amount eaten
that gives strength but the way It IS digest
cd II anything is wrong with your diges-
ton try Hostetters Stomach Blttem. It
positively cures indigestion, belching, head
ache and constitution
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-06-06

rience. Hundreds Of dollars went to the
doctor and the druggist. l was simply
a walking medicine chest and phys
ical wreck. My sister residing in Ohio
wrote me that she had been cured of
womb trouble by using Lydia II.
PinlIham's Vegetable Com
pound, and advised me to try it. l
then discontinued all other med icines
and gave your Vegetable Compound a
thorough trial. Within four weeks
nearly all pain had left me rarely
had headaches, and my nerves were in
a much better condition, and l was
cured in three months, and this avoided
a terrible surgical operation. - Mrs.
ECKIs STEVENSON, $50 So. State St.,
Salt Lake City, Utah.-S5oOO forfeit h
above testimonial Is not genuine
Remember every woman is
cordially invited to write to Mrs.
Pinkham if there is anything
about her symptoms she does not
understand. Mrs. Pinkham's
address is LYNN. Mass.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-06-06
The SURGEUN'S KNIFE
Mrs. Eckis Stevenson Of Salt
Lake City Tells How Opera
tiOns For Ovarian Troubles
May BE Avoided.

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I suffered
with inflammation Of the ovaries and
womb for over six years, enduring aches
and pains which none can dream of but
those who have had the same expe-
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-06-06
THE kodak BEAR

Attempts 20 Catch The Largest Carrivors
in Existence.
On the extreme northwest coast OF
Alaska is Kadiak Island, the home Of
a distinct species Of bear, believed 10
De the largest carnlyore In existence
a very large Kadlak bear measures
fifteen feet In length from the end OF
his nose to the end Of his backbone,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-06-06

found. The more fantastic the shape
of the krywul, the more highly is it
valued. Many are made by training
young shoots into queer forms.
The lrywul is carried by the Magis.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-06-06

apparently has to do the work Of two
eyes. 1t has a broad, dark, horizontal
band nearly as wide as the pupil
right across its centre. This band en-
ables the fish when feeding and swim
ming at the surface. en- the lookout
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-06-06

Don't burn your bridges behind you.
under the impression thar on are set
ting tie world on &c
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-06-06

When a woman stops having her picture
taken about every year or so, she begins
to feel her age.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-06-06

In the quantity of annual rainfall
the continents rank as follows: South
America, Africa North America, Eu-
rope, Asia, Australia.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-06-06
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: A DIVIDED EYE. !;
~ A Fish which Sees Above and Bo- n
= low the Surface. q
E$STSSSSS8B$SSS$S8SS S9SS.

IN the shore waters and rivers Of
Central America there are thou
sands Of little fish with very GU
rlous eyes. They are called four
eyed fish, ana the eye Is very much
like a double eye; and then, too, It
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-06-06

Does The detective nave 10 get a pointer
ia order to dog a criminals footstepsg
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-06-06

Most women seem to think there
are no secrets worth keeping
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-23

ing up a grand total for sthe fleet of 300
whales in single season. still the
lucky men were not satisfied. and one
OF them complained; II don't knew but
Id have been better off 10 have cap
tured half dozen. for the catch Is so
blamed big that the price OF bone VIII
drop to nothing, and a whale That Is OF
dinarily worth $4,000 won't pay enough
10 M out the slop chest. One thlng Is
certain. and that is, with so many
steamers out the sailing vessels misH'
as well tie up 10 the wharfs ana save
the money II costs 90 fit OUT
One OF the steamers i'm 1898 took TWEEN
ty-six whales in twenty days, and an
other took four the day operations
commenced in the month OF July Inc
most disgusted captain OF the Meet Was
the master of "a steamer that took on'y
one whale. and that a "stinker as the
sailors call II, or one that had been shot
by some other whaler and had sunk,
rising again when decomposition had
set free the gases within He might
have made more money, he said, stay
ing al home and bobbing for smelts Oft
pierhead The great catch Of 1898.
however. did not ruin the lmarket ut
terly. for at last accounts whalebone
was quoted at $3.50 per pound and like
ly 10 rise. the Shrewd ones say, TO at
least 81. The ones who make the mon
ey. after all are those who can buy tho
bone az bottom, prices and hang on Tor
n rise in values. There is such q COM
paratively small quantity I'm the mar
kets that ia docs not need much capital
or acunlen 20 corner all the visible sup
ply. OIL. OF course. does not count for
so much as N did before petroleum was
discovered and various substitutes for
lubricatiug purposes were invented
Nature seldom deprives the world OF
one supply without providing another
or AZ least a substitute, and u wsssso
With the substitution of petroleum FOR
whale oil The bone Is not 20 EASY 10
replace. although there are several SUBJ
stitutes Just as good which DO not
always M tho bin however So the
whalers go forth 10 do business on the
vasty deep and equip themselves an.
nua,iy 10 hunt the levisthan in his va
tive lair.
ffinlos Aave changed 81 fce tho cpni :
parativeiy easy days of the primitive Co...
lustry when the whale could be fuunI
in temperate and tropical waters. even
though the voyages were hong and tt-7
rewards not aivnys rcrv STcat MANY
can renlemDer when Nantucket and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-23

5: !: :: :.: :: +: !:
would inquire what 10
do with his boy, too big to go to school
and not old enough TO go into business
for himself And whats the matter
with whalng?" the old barnacle backs
arc asking now, but in different way
Something is the matter with H. that's
certain. for II seems TO have gone 10
the dogs" so far as remunerative re-
turns go. The profits have been dwin-
ding year by year until they are now
hardly worth considering, the whalers
ruefully admit.
--Gempare the last seasons catch as re-
ported from New Bedford via San Fran
cisco with the catches OF some OF the
lucky seasons that have preceded It,
and we shall find some cause for tote-
bod'ngs BY the last accounts the total
catch IN the arctics amounts 10 less
than thirtysnine whales. the best vessel
getting only twelve. while feweyears
aeo the higher number was not.consid-
cred large for one ship. And this catch
includes not only the season Just
closed. but what were left over from
last autumn. IL rs called the smallest
catch for years and was obtained by
the greatest outlay Of ma terial,
Any way they fix IL. The wialers al
ways seem TO he playing i'm hard
luck" for II they get a small catch, of
course their rewards are small; If they
make a large one. the prices of OF and
Nhalebone run down TO almost nothing
fn consequence Take, for instance the
phenomenal year OF 1898. when the
banner catch OF the decade was made.
There We're nearly twenty vessels OF The
arctic fleet that landed none az ali and
Vet the others more than made up for
their loss by their enormous hauls. lt
seemed as though nearly all the whales
In the Arctic ocean rose up right along
side and permitted themselves 10 be
harpooned on bombed 90 death. Gener-
ally the whales make off for the pack
ice and hide themselves securely put OF
sight as soon as they hear the whir OF
the propellers. To encourage the un.
fortunats Wheiers who have made n6N'
20 nothing This year n may bei recalled
that one steamer Of the 1890 nsst
brought To port the large number ~
sixty .four whales. another eighteen. an.
Other seventeen, another foriy-sevcn
still another nineteen, and So on. roll
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-23
WHERE sNAILs RACE.

Some FlOrcntian experts I'm snailoloey,
1nding time hanging heavy on their
hands conceived the idea Of accurately
calculating the travelling speed of
snails. and with this end IN view II was
decided 20 make n series OF more or less
ella borato experiments. Half a dozen OF
the molusks were permitted TO crawl
between two points ten feet apart. I,x-
act time was kept from the start 20 tho
finish. and thus the average pace
was ascertaincd. The eNperimenters
reduced their figures into tables OF feet
and thus found that II would take n
snail exactly fourteen days to travel a
r4fIr
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-23

terly the whale has retired farther and
farther within his arctic Businesses,
diving under the pack ice at the ap-
proach of his enemies and keeping pur'
suers always in uncomfortable situa-
tions II was only few years ago
that the United States government had
TO go TO the rescue OF tho unlucky
whslers imprisoned by ice and threat
ened with starvation at Point Barrow
i'm the Arctic. And, by the irony OF fate.
some OF the vessels that left their bones
10 bleach there were among those that
had made the enormous catches OF 1893.
so IL has been turn about and turn
about" with the whalers for many
years. The men who have made for
tunes have generally been those who
stayed at home and "whaled' the whal.
ers. and so probabl IL will always be.
until finally the huge cetaceans return
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-23

The clerk would have ton They took
passed for the twin care 10 apprise
brother OF Dr. Leyds. his employers Of
his antecedonts and did not hesitate at
lying details 10 give things worse COLI
or. Through their Vaccinations he lost
situation after situation. until by means
of patiently elaborated disguise he
changed his appearance utterly and un-
der cover OF this escaped from his per-
secutors and began life again.
There was in a London city Office
clerk who so far as facial lineaments
were concerned. would have passed for
the twin brother OF DR.. Leyds. In his
personal character he was as PATRIOTS
a Britisher as ever breathed. but his
resemblance TO the Boer agent was the
bane OF his existence. His fellow clerks
made his life a misery To him, custom
crs stared and even the head of the iirrs
smiled covertly. The victim made ~
his mind TO act. asked for few days
holiday and returned 10 the Office no
more in his old shape. He had become
a new man, and, as If to suggest a wish
on Dame Fortunes part to atone for
the trick she had played MIN, his ap-
pearance was now so alert and youthful
looking that he was promoted to high
gT position wtTtCn t1ts suUvrtUTs mad pre-
viously decided not to give him.
There was once a commercial traveller
who was we'll known in the midlands OF
England He was clever, hardworking
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-23
WHALING PAST AND PRESENT

New Bedford were in the heyday of
their glory. reeking with oil and amass-
ing more capital than they knew what
TO do with. But now "A change has
come. First there was a substitution
OF Portuguese sailors for the native
material, and then the sailing vessels
dropped out one by one. their places
being taken by steamers armed with all
the latest scientific appliances, such as
harpoon guns. bombs. etc. which re-
duced the dangers and discomforts OF
whaling 10 the minimum.
The beautiful West Indian islands
we've once the haunts of the -whalers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-23

I Y W " III Y iN DNosh hau fc'NosSs 'sSs
striking resem- secret.
piance TO particularly callous and
cold olooded felon who had paid the
penalty OF the gallows and whose por-
tralt had been sown broadcast about
the country
The effects were disastrous. Even old
friends grew shy of being seen with
Barnes, and strangers Stunned him.
His business fell away. notwithstand-
ing his frantic efforts to retain Il, and
black ruin stared him i'm the face. He
vanished for a time and reappeared
with nothing OF his old personality be-
yond his eyes and voice.
Until a little while ago there lived in
a quiet Wessex (England) village a
sweet faced, white haired widow who
spoke in a soft voice with foreign ac-
cent and whose charities were known
20 the poor for miles around. She died.
and uhaH-risiteEs- were admitted ~ see
her for the last time they beheld lying
in the coffin not the old lady they
thought they knew, but a beautiful. sad
faced woman with raven hair. She had
guarded her secret whilo she lived. but
death had revealed IL. she had been
the wife of a French sharper of illus
trious name but wrecked reputation. to
whom ghe had been forced by her fa-
ther TO ally herself. After suffering
unbearablc brutality and outrage she
He'd from him and sought refuge in dis
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-23
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-23
INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO
LIVE IN DISGUISE.

For the best part OF his life we'll
known Glasgow merchant lived and
worked under a disguise go perfect
that his own relatives could have pass
Pea him Ia the public streets without
recoenlfion, and be took infinite pains
20 maintain this Disguise solely that his
relations should noycr know him n they
met him by chance. Learning this
much casually ninety-uine people Qua
of "A hundred would not urnaturally.
decide that 5aundersons motive was a
bad II not an absolutely illegal ono. but
II was as good and legitimate as possi-
Bile.
The facts were simply that Saunder.
son wa born in one of the worst parts
Of Houndsditch and belonged through
no choice of his own. 20 family or ha-
bitual criminals. Fatherless. ne fell
into evil hands and among tempors