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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-07
80 10 Deare.t l.rlend.

81 think" she said, " I should like
to marry an imaginative man
well, what other kind OF man
can you expect to marry-if he has a
chance to see you in daylight?"--
Stray Stories.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-07

In Japan every male citizen between
the ages Of II and 40 owes military
service.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-26

of Agriculture cannot be pushed too wig orously. or the total value. $l.27t, ,e64,- NS. of Southern farm products. includ- Ing livestock. in 1900, the total value of farm crops was $929, ,323, ,405. Of this amount. nearly 50 per cent. represented the value of Southern staples, cotton and cottonseed amounting to $S61, ,9l4.G73, to- bacco $40. 192 69S, sugarcane $20.2 ,321, peanuts $,2l4636 and rice $6324162 Of crops common to different sections of the country, the value of sweet potatoes grown in the South was S7 per cent. of the value of miscellaneous vegetables was but 37 per cent. of the total of corn 2S per cent, of small fruits 21 per cent, of orchard fruits IS per cent of onions F per cent of wheat 12 per cent, of hay and forage Il per cent. of Irish potatoes Il per cent, and of oats per cent. It Is well known that the South has never re- gained its relative position as a livestock grower held by it in 1860. It does not make enough meat to feed itself, When 1t Is remembered that a great portion of its fruits and miscellaneous vegetables are raised for shipment to Northern and Western markets, it becomes apparent in view of the percentages mentioned, that the South is not raising it's due propor- tion of ordinary foodstuffs. It has been demonstrated that the South can raise in addition to its staples. practically every crop grown in other parts of the country. The campaign for Liberalization con- ducted by the Agricultural Department ought to hasten the time when the ability shall be manifested fully.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-26
Venezuela and Its History.

Atlanta Journal
 We have all been talking about and many can tell anything right off ff-hand about the history of that countryH Here are some facts that may enable you to brush up bit in your knowledge of Venezuela:
 In the year 1Ass Columbus discovered the eastern coast of Venezuela. and in 1499 Amerigo Vespucci explored the whole coast. They found an Indian village built on piles over the water as pre- caution against inundations. They nam Venice" which was the name finally fastened to 1t.
 The Spaniards afterwards conquered the. country and Venezuela remained un- der Spanish rule until the early part of the nineteenth century.
 It was violently opposed to Joseph Bo- naparte as Spanish king and in 1911 threw ofr Its allegiance to Spain and declared it. self independent In 1872 the treaty Of Victoria restored it to Spain.
 In 1913 General simon Bolivar led re- volt against Spain and secured the inde- psndence of the country and the republic of Columbia was organized, consisting of New Granada, Venezuela and Ecuador.
 In 1929 Venezuela withdrew from the Columbian republic and became an inde- pendent state.
 In 1880 Ecuador did the same thing, in a peaceful and amicable way.
 After various disturbances in Venezuela, General Blanco set up provisional gov ernment In the year 1889, and the country enjoyed many years of genuine prospert- ty He was a dictator, but he ruled well.
 It Is remarkable and astonishing how many countries Spain once owned. but which are now lost to the Spanish throne. The decadence of Spain as a world power has been rapid and disappointing to every one Venezuela lies in the tropics and contains nearly 400 coo square miles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-26
HERE'S GAIL.

The Birmingham Age-Herald evolves this from some portion of it's anatomy:
 The Grover Cleveland contingent in the South is unwilling 10 return to the Demo- cratic Party except in srandstand play.
 It would be curious and interesting experiment in rsycology if one could fol- low the methods of reasoning by which c Democratic newspaper could get of such q paragraph as that What The Age-Herald, with an evident sheer. alludes to as "the Grover Cleveland con- tingent" is the Democracy which will save the Party if fate ordains that 1t shali be saved. It is largely composed of the men who stifilsd their true sentiments and did violence to their better juds- ment in order to swell the Bryan vote in 1900.
 And we must tell The Age-Herald an- this same Grover Cleveland contingent will never return to the Party" if 1t must come on sufferance and ask leave of any one to vote the ticket. The men who compose that contingent" are Democrats who have never been anything else and who do not set their patent of Democracy from Chicago or Kansas City. Neither are they making any apolo- came 50 near to wreckins the Party. The Age-Hsrald will do well to study history and stick to facts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-26
ENGLISH SMART SET.
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 Almost as scathing and quite as sen sational as Henry Watterson attacks on New Yorks Four Hundred are the gossfpy chapters on the English smart set which appear in "An OnloOker's Note Book" wri .en by the anonymous author of "Collections and Recollections." The writer especially deplores the worship of the golden calf, which. he says, Is given precedence in England over birth. breed Ing. rank, accomplishment or eminence in literature. art, or public service.
 Of the complete seculariZation of the Sabbath, he says:
 Smart people in London generally go away from Saturday until Monday, and, in the country houses, where they spend their 'week-ends,' Sunday is completely seculariEed. The keener spirits play bridge in the garden, and In the evening, placed those Ivory letters which were the extreme limit of the gayety permitted by our fathers. For servants, on the other hand. Sunday is day or intending labor.
 "Old-fashioned people used to have cold dinner on Sunday, In order to diminish the pressure on the kitchen; or, If nature revolted against the regime, the hot meal was cut down to its smallest dimensions. Today. whatever of Sunday is not oc- eupled with exercises. is given to meals. The early cup of tea. not without accom- paniments is followed by a breakfast, which, in quantity and quality, resembles a dinner and Is served any time from 10 to F. A good many people breakfast in their own rooms, and do themselves as the phrase is. uncommonly we'll there" |"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-26
Al Shorthand Typewriter.

Attempts to combine stenography and typewriting have not been very success- fal hitherto, but 1t is claimed that the problem has now been solved by a Frenchman, M. Lafaurie, in machine named by him, the stenodactyl" In this machine. there are only ten keys. one for each finger. and the position of the fingers remains tho same throughout the writing, the different sounds baing written by depressing different combina- lions of keys. In this way. 62 sounds can be registered, which are found to be suf- fcient for phonetic writing. The left hand writes the consonants and the right hand the vowels and as the hands are employed simultaneously, each movement of the two writes syllable. The speed Is thus trebled. and an operator who can write 70 words a minute on an ordinary typewriter can do 200 words on the 'tstenodactyl" It Is claimed that this type of instrument Is destined to come in wide use and that it will practically solve the problem of a universal or in- ternationA system of stenography,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-26
EVERYBODY WAS RIGHT.
Remarkable Speech by a Descendant
 of Jchn Adams.

of John Adams.
 Baltimore Sun.
 Mir. Charles Francis Adams of Boston,
 in his address Monday evening in
 Charleston, s. C., at the banquet of the
 New England Society of that city. as-
 serted that the Civil War was a neces-
 sity from the very nature of the Consti-
 has long entertained liberal views on this
 subject. Last June, in a speech in Chi-
 cago, he paid an eloquent tribute to Gen. Robert E. Lee, to whom, he said, the
 decision not to prolong the strife through guerrilla warfare. In his Charleston ad- dress Mir. Adams frankly asserted that his study of the question which led up
 that everybody was right: nobody was
 wrong" So far as l can ascertain"
 said Mir. Adams, "every State of the fed eratton became a member of the Union
 With mental reservations. The one thing our ancestry united in most apprehend- ing was centralized government. From New Hampshire to Georgia such a gov ernment was associated with the idea
 of foreign regime. The people chung to
 the local autonomy--the sovereignty of | the State" The Civil War was. in Mir | Adams opinion, an irrspressible, inevi- table conflict over the question of sov-
 ereignty, and. in his view. when came | to be decided either side could offer | good ground, historical and legal, for l any attitude taken in regard to it." It | is refreshing to find so distinguished a
 representative of Massachusetts opinion | as MT. Adams concedlng that the South
 had ample constitutional warrant for
 making war in defense of State sover- eighty. Mr. Adams makes the interest
 ing suggestion that if the Southern i States had withdrawn from the Union before 1881 they would never have failed l of success" They were conquered, in his
 opinion, not by military skill, or wealth,
 Before 1884," he observed, steam and electricity, neither on land nor water, | had been rendered so subservient to man as to make him equal to the prodigious | the unprecedented task then undertaken ! and finally accomplished" Mir. Adams Charleston address will enhance his rep utation as diligent student of American history and an able and fair-minded ex- pounder of the Constitution,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-26
NOBODY Is EXEnPT.
A New Preparation Which Everyone
 Will Need Sooner or Later.

Almost everybody's digestion Is disor- dered more or less, and the commonest thing they do for 1t is to take some one of the many so-called blood purifiers, which in many cases are merely strong cathartics. Such things are not needed. If the organs are in clogged condition, they need only a little help and they will right themselves. Cathartics irri- tate the sensitive Things of the stomach and bowels and often do more harm than good.
 Purging Is not what is needed. The thing to do is to put the food in condt- tion to be readily dgested and assim- Hated. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets do this perfectly. They partly digest what Is eaten and give the stomach just the help it needs. They stimulate the secre- ton and excretion of the digestive fluids and relieve the congested condition of the glands and membranes. They put the whole digestive system in condition to do it's work. When that Is done you need take no more tablets, unless you eat what does not agree with you. Then take one or two tablets-Rive them needed help and you will have no trouble.
 It's a common sense medicine and a common sense treatment and it will cure every time Not only cure the disease. but cure the cause. Goes about it in a perfectly sensible and scientific way,
 We have testimonials enough to i'll Q book but we don't publish many of them. However-Mrs. E. Nj. Faith, of Byrd Creek, Wis, says;
 T have taken all the Tablets r got of you and they have dole their work well in my case, for feel like different per son altogether. I don't douht if I had not got them I should have been at rest by tlis time"
 H. E. Willard Onslow, Ia. says: MT. White of Canton. was telling me of your Dyspepsia Tablets curing him of Dys- pepsia from which he suffered for eight years AS I am a sufferer myself wish you to send me a package by return mail"
 Phil Brooks, Detroit. Mich. says; Your Dyspepsia cure has worked wonders in my case. suffered for years from dys- pepsia but am pow entirely cured and en- joy life as l never have before. l gladly recommend them.
 It Will cost soc to find out just how much stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will help you. Try them-thats the best way to decide. ved-frt-sun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-26
A FORM or ENTERTAINMENT. Says The Chattanooga Time.

A Chicago editor complains of the Sun day morning religious service in the churches, and thinks 1t rather strange seeing that mo other form Of entertain ment makes its main effort in the day light Probably never having visitsd about them except of the Sam Jones and the sensational variety, the Chicago man takes the church for a species or circus or play house. Here's business for the go is one of the toughest of our American cities, when it's leading sentiment molaers don't know & church from s variety theater.
 Well, in these latter days there arc people who think churches are or should bs places os entertainment, where the world. minded can go and enjoy them selves in the same way they would en- joy a vaudeville performance. AS these people usually spend their Sundays in some manner more cengenial to their feel ings and Habits than attending church 1t is natural that they should want their "reiigiouA entertainment to take place on Sunday night when ordinary places of amusement are closed.
 In all probability Chicago is not the only place in America where there are people who object to church services on Sunday morning. Such people have a right to remain away, of course, If they prefer. but 1t is certainly an inpertinence, to say the least. for them to raise any objection to others attending places of worship at the regular hours fixed by long custom. When church services get to be nothing better or more sacred than a mere form of entertainment" for the amusement seeker the world will be in a bad way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-26
A SENSIBLE VIEW,

There is still more or less strenuous comment indulged in by the newspapers Snent Reed Shoot, the prospective Sena- tor from Utah. In a recent issue of The Butte (Mont) Inte, Mountain, we find an interview with Rev. A. H. Henry, pastor of one of the Methodist Churches in that city. who was for five years pastor of a church in Salt Lake City, and has a right to speak with authority. and on the mooted subject of smotts eligibility, he says:s
 It is reported that he is not polygam- list and so his case differs materially from that of MT. Roberts. He doubtless be- lieves in the doctrine. but his beliefs have nothing 10 do with his qualiflca tions, and the fact that he is a Mormon does not af- feet the case anj more than if he were a Methodist. His position as a high church dignitary is the only point that the Sen ate has to consider, and, as far as am able to learn, the matter will have to be decided without much aid from precedent.
 That is the sensible and reasonable view to take of it. though we really see no req son why "a high church dignitary," of whatever religious persuasion he may be. should not make good Senator. It is plain, however, that the Senate can have no right to exclude Shoot merely because he is a believer in the Mormon doctrine. If he were practical polygamist his enc. mics would have some ground for their objection, but 1t appears to be satisfac- torily shown that he is not guilty of that practice and that fact removes any ob- 5ection that could he urged Against ,,tv, on account of his religious views.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-26
HARVESTING THE FALLS.

The project of using Niagara Falls ss electricity producing water power leads The Toronto Globe to foresee the time when that great world wonder, instead of attracting attention and admiration for it's grandeur and beauty, will be chas- ing its tail in turbine wheel like a cagsd squrrei.' That is graphic. even though it may not be entirely accurate. Really. though. to destroy the beauty of the falls in order that the falling water may gener- ate power to furnish light and power to distant cities will be a triumph of the spirit of modern iconociasm which lis really to be regretted. but 1t is only one more evidence of the march of events. No work of nature and no ancient landmark can appeal to the levelling spirit of utility in terms strong enough to avail anything. Niagara Falls would be removed bodily, If some wealthy corporation wanted the use of the site for some other purpose.
 Imperious Caesar. dead and turned to Might stop hole to keep the wind away. and the same may be said of any other object or place which stands in tho way of the onward march of improvement. and, as The Globe further observes. If the destruction of the cataract can make town grow up that grew up somewhere else before or would otherwise have grown up somewhere else. the achieve ment will be hsiied as a success"
 Of course 1t will be a success. but whether of the kind we may rejoice over is another question. The Falls is one of the wonders of the world. and though the putting of its wster to driving tur- bine wheels or any other kind of wheels will not destroy 1t absolutely it will cers tainly deprive 1t of riucn of it's beauty and grandeur. We are inclined to join The Chicago Tribune in the hope that only the American side will be put to chasing its tail"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-26
vorING MAnHINEs

The Advertiser his more than once spoken commendtngly of the use of voting machines, and all that we see written about them adds to our appreciation They are especially noticeable for aceura- cy, fairness and for economy of both time and money. As an evidence of these good points we copy this from The Meri- den CConn.) Record of an election just held in that town:
 The practical test in the two districts proved a perfect success. Not once did the machines become out of order and there being some discussion as to the time required to operate the machine, time was kept, and during a rush four peo- pie entered the enclosure, voted and came out in less than three minutes. Often be located and checked. Besides doing away with the employment of several men. there Is no counting to be done after pools are closed. and In the Fourth Ward the exact vote that each candidate re- ceived was known at precisely one minute and forty-sevsn seconds after o'clock. The result was the same In the First Ward. Many prominent men. Republi- cans and Democrats, were highly pleased stances there was a little confusion, but after brief explanation of the method of working the machine there was no further delay. A number of people who had never seen or used the machine came to the hall prejudiced against 1t. but after operating it were firmly convinced that 1t was the proper thing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-26

If all of Vermont is like the town of East Shrewsbury, the name of the State might be changed to skunkton .or some- thing of similar import. The odoriferous little animals became so numerous in the town mentioned that hunt was organ ized to try to get rid of them. The ac- count we have seen doesn't state how msny were killed, but does say that two men killed eighty-seven, which we take to be a pretty good days work. The figures indicate a great number of what Is usu- ally considered very undesirable popuia- ton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-26

dress them in neat clothing and let them rcmp in the wildwood, or amid sunshine and flowers. That is all very pretty, but 1t is all moonshine. The little fellows haven't got the money to dress, and very few can spare the time, for their daily bread depends upon the mite they earn.
 We have seen and read quite a number of alleged arguments CD against child labor legislation, but this Is really the weakest effort we have seen. and is not creditabie to sensible Journal like The siftings. If 1t has an idea that 1t can laugh the advocates of this measpre out of court by such objections 1t is very badly mistaken.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-26
GEN. WAGER swAYNE.

Surely there are many men in Montgomery and in other districts of Alabama who per- sonally remember General Wager Swayne. whose death has filled large a space in tho newspapers this wek and in whose honor the negro normal college at Montgomery was orig inally named "Swayne College"
 Tn "ths dark, damned days of reconstruc- ton, General Swayne was the commissioner of the now forgotten Freedman's Bureau, in Alabama, and Is said to have originated the movement for free negro public schools in that State. He dwelt in Montgomery and in part at any rate founded the Swayne College, which now exists a State institution. mainly for the training of negro school teachers. He was then probably under the ban of carpet-bagser- ism and the white people knew him not.
 Yet General swayne seems to have been a man of great ability; certainly he a successful man. He served under Sherman in the infamous march from Atlanta to the sea- and lost a leg for his gallantry, gaining at the same time a brisadier- generaiship. and subsequently 8 major generalship in the rsgu- of his connection with Sherman's n1urderous march to. cast even the slightest reflection upon General Swayne, for lasting as a Southerner's indignation may be regarding the inhuman outrages of "shermsn's march," one scouid have no disposition to blame nn individual soldier for obeying orders.
 = General Swayne was buried at Arlington with military honors. Eastern newspapers with one accord unite in paying the highest tribute to his personal character. Indeed no man has died of late to whom the press has given higher praise.
 General swayne was accounted one of the greatest lawyers of the East he having prac- ticed in New York since 1880, though at the time of his stay in Montgomery he was a citi- zen of Ohio. Several eminent lawyers of Ala bama, one of whom is on the Federal bench, have practiced in various courts with General Swayne and have been glad on occa- sons to pay him full need of generous praise for both his legal ability and his personal charm of character.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-26
FRIDAY, DECEMBER se, 1909.
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses esr. tain signs to denote the relative standing ana merit of the whole hsld Of newspaperaum which comes under it's notice. and ens sf these signs Is the mystic symbol IGl denotinE golden. whi.h stands for high quality and b thus explained:
 ''Advsrtisess valus this paper morS sor tns class and quality of its circulation than for the mere number of copies printed
 Such papers arc credited with c single sy@- Dol; but there Is . higher grade. according to this standard authority. which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY. and require the DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL GSssl to describe adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this double golden symbol 0@I and is the only paper So distins nsuishee this sectieA of the RoUth
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-26
AGED APOSTLE.

In effect. Senator Hoar flung out that now somewhat 1aughabie old platitude that,our Gov ernu1ent "is the best Government the world ever saw" but that sort of rhetorical rubbish may well be excused in old son of the Puritans on the holy day of puritanical biso- try. It really makes no difference. But the aged apostle of the now innocuous New Eng landism. which was powerful enough in its earlier stages to. burn innocent women at the stake because of their religious convictions and later Co destroy the South because it adhered to the constitution of the Fathers of the Re- public, did rise in his Philadelphia speech to a proud height of statesmanship-not to use the tirescme term patriotism-in warning the Republic against the manifest dangers which 90 plainly confront 1t at this time.
 A great many good Americans do not believe that Senator Hoar is q patriot because he- was one of thoss most noble New Englanders who reckoned Aguinaldo Eastern George Washington, but the old of fame who used to 50 love to hate the South is probably a good enough patriot for everyday purposes. Patriotism is the commonest quality amongst men, for everybody 10 a patriot.