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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21
A sepsationalist.

"What were your scnsaticrs:" asked
the reporter OF the chauffeur whose
automobile had struck q tree.
"Weu," answered the cLauGerr. 'I
thought for q minute that Mars and
the earth had come together WIS
going at the rate Of 60,0OOO00 mileapa
second, and that some one on Jupiter
had foolishly tried to avert the collision
by thrusting 5000, 100000 pounds CT
nitro-glycerine between them. "-Ip.
dlanapous Sun.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21
The Real Fret.

do your debts worry you?" asked
the Sympathetic Guy.
What l owe other peoples" said the
Willing Spender "Wcll, 1 should say
not. It's what other people owe me
that othersw-Cincinnau Commercial
Tribune.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21

Gladys-"If che doesn't love him why
does she encourage him?"
Edith-"Wcll, she's hoping her father
will suspect she loves him and send
her on trip to Europe to overcome
her nfatuctionr'-Puck.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21
The Mothers Ruse.

"Here," said Mr. SnaggC, as he laid
a volume on the table, here is q book
that 1 am very DESTROYS Lucy shall
read"
Very we'll" replied Mrs. Snaggs;
"I'll forbid her to touch it. "-Pittsburg
Chronicle Telegraph.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21
Whnt a Man ThinI,e.

"Whcn q man Of twenty considers q
woman, he thinks of her beauty. but
at thirty he thinks of her loquacity"
what does he think at fortyY
"Oh, he thinks only Of himself by
that time."-Indianap News.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21
WHEN LIFE IS DONE.

Whom liio q done ayaiIcth naucht
The pleasures that wc dearly bought,
The wealth We riskcd our souls to gain,
The honors won through toll and pain,
Ihe titles coveted and G0ught
No worldwide fame gyai.cth ought,
No name no margcis science taught.
When earth and earthly objects Wanc.
When life i5 done
The kindly deeds for others wrought
The patient word, the generous thought,
The effort made by hand or brain
'Goinst might for right, though made IN
VAN,
Shall be by God forgotten nos
When lie is done.
-Magdllen Rock.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21

Hannibal had been trying in vain
to draw out Fabius to battle.
us there no way" he exclaimed an
grily, "of making the man lght|
You might try asking him to arbi-
trate," suggested one Of his generals.
Soon after Cannac was fought and
the Roman forces destroyed.-JUdge
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21
Love-

She-'Tm so glad we're engaged
He-"But you knew oil the time that
1 loved you, didn't you"
She-"Yes, dear, / knew 1T, but you
didn't Brooklyn Life.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21
Asas Starter.

Ferdy-"Haye you won her love
yet?
Clarence-"No; but I've made q be-
ginning I've got all her relatives
down on mer'-Puck
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21
~ II -
Tell Women the Truth.
By Helen O1dGe1d.

called woman's
q S told the truth
SzuEA know how she stands
~ a tell her the simple
lie will all soothing things to
her and mslead her with hopes and he will try to make
the his compliments for the lies he is telling
aA laundering making all of
that she might have been saved from if anybody had
had o tell her the truth
observation
world provided
herself
place sconfuly rejected every
Did hear anything unreasonable life cried the
penny actually living charity
ng Finally passion the bured
died absolutely
providing The She
had idea the real affairs and the minute she knew the truth
she the situation with philosophy determination
to make the best of that fairly astonished
the chief
telling them the truth who clerk falls
fault will talk him plainly
him chance to correct it before he dss him. but he will not girl
the chance He tell her the truth faults will
about business being bad and then her of rather than
the truth to her How times that happened big % Girls
Another don't know pathetic tn that the whole
world banded together deceive about the real
there's plenty the industrious ni
gent girl but it's nothing short of make believe that
getrchuck fortune
about picturesque modes getting living
contempt for the authors Of stories
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21
SeIf.AnnrovaI.

"When was a young man I was too
proud to ask my father for money, "
remarked Mr.. Cumrox.
'Well," answered the youth with the
fancy vest, Il hate to talk about my
self; but if there is anything on which
I pride myself, it's not being proud
Washington Star.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21

7I71117III u " ~
You say you have new idea Cor "a
story?"
Eyes"
Something original in plot?"
"Well l hadn't thought much about
the plot. But I have an advertising(
scheme that will make a fortune for
any book. Washington Star.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21
Sbe Fanny
Tide Of
Life.

The amateur photographer
Your likeness off displays
With an your impcr.cotons plain
To every passing gaze
Perhaps his victim would not run
lu terror from the spot
If he would say Look pleasant please
Before he takes a shot
Washington Star.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21

She-"And this Place they call
Lovers Leap?"
He-"Yep; uh-huh-lcts so home"
New York Journal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21
- 81 -
Mysticism is Increasing
i'm This Practical Age
BY Ralph NJ. Mckenzie.


~ of mystical esoteric character is beyond the belief Of
&c., with the sale books period
q 4 n o public libraries
This includes fortunetelng by
palmsty, astrology, the phenomena Of hypnotsm
suggestive therapeutics sprism, mind reading faith
everything dvnng of
the mystical occult in mind, matter or
religion.
in
that particular
which usually supposed to be interested in
beyond the domain of the five Some Of these magazines
under lock and key and only given
reading known card because the temptation TO
the text to be great for
those 0 than ordinary will
literature of distinct value especially
direct indirect deal
instruction teaching great
it is unsatisfactory to the in
Paraceus the old achemist
elixir life and the philosophers Even the
tabled value Of dvnng the future
the attention to their hands and
o them better and cleanliness
all q
wonderful
deduction that the spirits
something the of moras and be depended in
knowledge
the caoyant the most reliable of this supposed
individuals others
knowledge Of the future Of his present statNew York News
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-10

lie authorities trouble themselves to en-
force"
Women vote in Colorado" observes
the Council Bluffs Nonpareil land yet
they haven't injected enough purity into
politics to do away with the necessity of
having the citizens of Denver form a
vigilance committee 10 rid the city OF
thieves and thugs
Davenport Democrat: a stranger viz
iting Oelwein threw brick at a picture
Of President Roosevelt. This was not
sufficient cause for putting him in the
lookup. But the brick missed its mark
and broke a plate glass window worth
several dollars. And this landed the
visitor in Jail, where he will await the
action of the grand jury. In this case
the fellow ought to be punished for his;
intention as well as for the damage
done.
The Nevada Representative thinks the
indications increase that the most alb.
sorbng subject of legislation during the
coming session will be reapporton-
ment."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-10
IOWA oP lNloNs AND NOTES.

"The young men of the administration
are all right. We refer, of course, to
Roosevelt and Shaw" says the Daven-
port Republican.
Discussing the heavy drafts that Will
be made on Governor Shaws ability,
time and purse to keep up with Wash
ington life, the Washington Qowa)
Press says: 1T is poppycock but he is
in for It, How much more comforta Bile
to remain obscure at ones fireEde,
where one may stick his feet up on the
jamb, smoke a pipe. and read and play
with the grandchildren! There are great
end heavy discounts to public life"
In noticing that the legislature will be
asked to pass a law prescribing impris-
onment for peraons under IS years CT
age who smoke cgarets in public, the
Dubuque Times declares: There is al
ready more anti-cigaret legislation on
the statute books of Iowa than the pub
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-10
Grover Cleveland Writes.

Philadelphia, Jan. "a small circle
of the younger democratic lawyers of
this city observed Jackson day by Civ
ing dinner last night at the Hotel
Bellevue. James w. King presided.
Letters from former President Cleve-
land and former Senator David b. Hill
provoked considerable applause from
the diners. Mr.. Cleveland wrote:
II am glad to know there are at least
thirty young democrats in Philadelphia
who are unwilling to allow Jackson day
to pass without recognition. The in
cination to neglect observance of a day
that has SO long and SO strongly related
to genuine democratic sentiments may
reasonably, l think, be counted among
the affective visitations that have late
ly weakened and depressed our party
organization. l hope the spirit of true
Jacksonian democracy may pervade
your celebration, and that it's partici-
pants may derive satisfaction and slim
ulation from their efforts to revive and
strengthen the principles and practices
of our old time, honest. consistent and
aggressive democratic faith
Senator Hill In hts letter sald
II give you this sentiment: strict
construction of the federal constitution.
No entangling alliances with foreign
nations Insistance upon the reserved
rights of states. Public taxation for
public purposes only. Opposition to
monopolies and dangerous combina-
lions of capital. The preservation of
the personal liberty of the citizen No
Capitalization. Home rule for states
and municipalities. These are demo
cratic principles which survive all de-
feats. and must ultimately triumph"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-10
cAsMAN WINS FROM CARLISLE.
Former Secretary of the Treasury De-
feated in Law Suit.

New York, Jan 9.-Former Secretary
of the Treasury John G. Carlisle's first
experience with New York cabman
three years ago, upon his arrival from
Washington to take up his home in this
city. has proved not only troublesome
but expensive. II may continue to cause
him trouble. 1t resulted in lawsuit,
and the cabman, Richard F. Leake, has
in the city court before Judge O'Dwyer
and a jury obtained a verdict for 81 DOC
damages in an action brought on claim
for false arrest and imprisonment. 1t is
said an appeal will be taken, and that
Mr.. Carlisle will carry the case to the
highest court before he will pay the
damages.
Mr.. Carlisle and his wife arrived in
this city on the night of Dec. 15. 1898.
from Washington When they reached
the West Twenty third street ferry Mr..
Carlisle hired cab, and they were driv-
en- to their home. Washington Square
North. Mrs. Carlisle had several pack
ages with her at the time and 1t was
not until the next morning that she
missed her $500 sealskin cape.
Mr.. Carlisle made report Of the case
to police headquarters, giving descrip-
ton of the cabman, and three days later
Leake was arrested. but on trial he was
discharged. A short while afterward he
sued Mr.. Carlisle for $1,000 damages for
false arrest and Imprisonment Leake
told of his arrest and Imprisonment, but
denied that he knew anything about the
sealskin cape. Mr.. Carlisle denied that
he had caused the arrest of the cabman,
hut said it was done by the police.
When he and his wife got into the cab
Mrs. Carlisle wore another wrap, and
as the night was bitterly cold she placed
the sealskin cape on her knees. They did
rot miss 1t until after they reached
home 1t was found some days later in
Il pawnshop. Mr.. Carlisle went to the
ferry the day after the loss. He could
not identify Leake positively. but Mr..
Carlisle said the cabman, he had noticed
had a sorrel horse with
white feet.
Leake testified that while his horse
was sorrel, it did not have white feet.
He denied having driven Mr.. and Mrs.
Carlisle, and said his passenger that
night was a sporting man whom he had
taken to the Waldorf-Astoria.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-10
The Oldest Legislator.

Col. S. A. Moore. representative from
Davis county, will be the oldest mem
Der of either house, VIII have a legisla-
tive career covering more years than
any other. and will represent a strong
democratic county, in which he was
elected as republican. He is so years
old, and fifty years ago was member
OF the house of representatives in IN
diana. Then he was postmaster at Co
lGmbus under President Fillmore, but
resigned and came to Iowa, where en-
gagged in business. He was a member of
The Iowa senate In 1886 He has since
been postmaster and mayor at Bloom
field. His war record is a fine one, as
he enlisted three times as private and
was with the famous Second Iowa at
Fort Donelson when his company sus-
tanned terrible losses. He was elected
major of regiment and commissioned
lieutenant colonel near the close of the
war. His county gave Bryan more than
200 majority, but this last year Gel.
Moore, as republican, received more
than 100 majority.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-10
BURNT CLAY FOR ROADS in THE WEST.

seasons of the year when country drives
are most enjoyable.
The process of burning clay Is quite
simple. Along the roadside, cordwcod
is piled to form low pyramid or ridge
eight to ten feet wide. On this is thrown
three to four inches of coal slack, and
twelve to twenty inches of gumbo mud.
which is cut from the roadway, or pit,
as the case may be. On firing the wood,
enough air enters the pile to enable
slow combustion to be carried on with
out the geenration of too much heat,
which would yitrify the clay.
When pit" is made, as often is nec-
essary when burnt gumbo has to be
hauled some distance, or, as is the usual
way with the railroads. new additions
OF slack and mud are added each day on
one side of the pyramid, while on the
other side the burnt gumbo is allowed to
cool and is then carried away. In this
way the pit advances sideways few
feet day until 1t has become several
hundreds of yards across.
The gumbo clays have many notable
qualities, besides being excessively
sticky in wet weather, enabiing them to
be readily distinguished They usually
lOIIl Will tiiS ldlliSl CdItS tOlQ, SUIT
soils. These soils can not be titled to
advantage. The land occupied by them
is almost worthless, except, perhaps, for
scant pasturage at certain seasons Of
the year. The clays absorb and are ca
pabae of retaining an immense amount
of water, often SO much as twenty
gallons to cubic yard.
Permission to locate railroad ballast
pit on some farmers gumbo land Is usu-
ally readily obstained. He not only gives
his consent and the use of the land free,
but he is secretly delighted at the idea
of having the railroad excavate without
cost to him big pond for his stock
The best clays for making burnt bal-
last are distinguished by certain phyei-
cal properties. They are very plastic.
quite impure, very fine-grained and te-
nacious. Their tensile strength is enor-
nous. often as high as 400 pounds to the
square inch. The shrinkage lie very
great-10 to IL per cent In the drying
and burning process. These are the
technical tests for recognizing theso
clays. A ready, practical test is to hnd
the very worst stretch Of muddy coun.
try highway.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-10
NEARLY UNANIMOUS.

The surprising unanimity of the vote
In favor of the Hepburn Nicaragua ca
nal bill Indicates that the lower house is
rot inclined to temporize with the
French promoters of the Panama route.
Only two votes were recorded against It,,
thus shown to be a national and not a
party measure. This is the most hope
full feature of this nearly unanimous eX-
preston. 1t indicates that party lines
are not respected when a great meas
ure for the promotion of commerce APP
peals to the public spirit of our repre-
bars all criticism save that based on
economic and prudential considerations
OF the measure as to desirability of the
canal and merits of the route. Many df
the members of the house doubtless felt
that the French owners of the incom-
plete canal at Panama had sinned away
wise not to give encouragement to a
movement for Its purchase that might
involve our nation in confusing compli-
cations. Whether this view is based on
sound reasons remains to be deter
mined
The bill will now go to the senate.
where it is likely to lodge for awhile and
where It may meet greater opposition.
Statements from Washington indicate
that the senate will go into an invests
cation of the respective merits of the
routes thoroughly and reduce the matter
10 plain, simple business proposition:
and that it will summon all who have
any knowledge of these routes and make
an exhaustive inquiry. This is to be the
result of the new French offer, when it
1. is placed before congress by the presi-
dent, and 1t is based to some extent on
statements of the isthmian canal COM
mission that
There are certain physical advan-
tages, such as shorter canal line, a
more complete knowledge of the country
which 1t passes and lower cost of main
tenance and operation in favor of the
Panama route, but the price fixed by the
Panama Canal Company for the sale of
its property and franchises is so unreal
sonable that its acceptance can not be
recommended by the commission
The new French offer places the valu
alton upon the Panama route that this
isthmian canal commission fixed upon
as reasonable, and the one that might
have made it acceptable when the report
was submitted. This indicates to some
extent that the commission regarded it
as the superior route.
However if the senate is guided by the
voice OF the house, it may after all adopt
the Nicaragua bill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-10
VALUE OF FARMING LANDS.

| The question whether farm values
have reached point too high to per-
NIT of renumerative farming is one
I that interests all agriculturists. Coco
farms are selling at prices yeryins
from $50 to S100 and over. according
to locality and improvements. Joe
Trisg. a prominent agricultural writer
of the state. says 500 per acre is
not too high for good farms where
they are properly cultivated and crops
fed to stock to get the best returns
Geo. H. Van Houton, who is promi-
nent because he has been holding the
position of secretary of the state agri-
cural department. declares the present
price of real estate will not justify
poor farming, which is equivalent to
saying they are too high under certain
conditions. 1t is true that the poorest
kind of farming will yield good re-
suits with present prices. but these
will not continue indefinitely. There
fore better farming must be the rule
hereafter In recent article MIR. Van
Houton discusses this subject which
is one of vital interest to ALL He says
in part:
Land values have established new
high marks, and the present demand is
SO great that still higher prices may
be expected. 1t is a pity that more at
tention has not been given to increas-
ing the yield of products, for our sys-
tenn of farming in Iowa has not pro-
duced the results that our fertile soil
would bring with the best manage
ment.
Better seed, better cared for after
proper selection, with better prepare
ton of the soil. and better culture
would greatly increase the crops with
out any increase in acreage.
The present price of Iowa real es-
tate will not justify poor farming. The
sooner those engaged in the business
become conscious of that fact the bet
ter. believe 1t easily possible to near
ly or quite double the corn crop of
Iowa without any additional acreage.
Otner crops, 100, cOu!u De greatly IN
creased by better selection of seed and
better management and rotation.
The agricultural press, the differ
ent stock breeders associations, the
farmers institutes are all contributing
to bringing about this result and a
change for the better, but there is
plenty of room for agitation along this
line. 1t should be the special work OF
this department to assist in this good
work, and our Year Book will give
many practical suggestions. 1t will
aid those seeking to make Iowa great
er and better and at the same time
help those who read it,
Il believe at least, that when all the
acreage is taken. If not before. the
question of better crops will engage
the attention of the farmers"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-10
DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED IOWA GEN.

General Francis Jay Heron, whose
death has just been announced from
New York city, where he was engaged
in the practice of law, was a patriot and
soldier who honored Iowa by distin-
guished service in the civil war. He be-
came resident of Dubuque in 1856.
where he engaged in mercantile pur-
suits. having removed to that point
from Pennsylvania, his native state.
When the war broke out in 1861 he or
ganized and commanded the Governor
Grays, with which he served as captain
in the First Iowa regiment and was en-
gagged in the battles of Dug Springs,
Ozark and Wilson's Creek. He was
promoted to lieutenant colonel of the
Ninth Iowa regiment in September, 1861.
commanding it thru the campaigns in
Missouri, Arkansas and the Indian ter
ritory. He was wounded and captured
in the battle of Pea Ridge during the
second days engagement, but was soon
der general of volunteers in July, 1862,
and had command of the Army of the
Frontier during the battle of Prairie
Grove, Ark, for which service he was
made major general of volunteers Nov.
90, 1862. Subsequently he captured Van
Buren,. Ark. After commanding the left
wing of the investing forces at Nicks-
burg. and of the army and navy expe-
dition that captured Yazoo city, he was
in charge of the Thirteenth army corps
on the Texas coast till he was assigned
to command of the northern division of
Louisiana during Gen. Banks opera
tons. In May, 1865. he negotiated, and
in June received, the formal surrender
of the trans Mississippi army and all
confederate forces west of the Missis-
sippi, and in July, 1855, he was appoint
ed one Of the commissioners to negotiate
treaties with the Indian tribes He re-
eral and also that Of Indian commits
sioner in August 1865. He then prac-
ticed law in New Orleans, was U. S.
marshal of Louisiana district from 1867
to 1859 secretary of state of Louisiana
in 1923, and later removed to New
York to practice law.
Thus it will be seen that he took
leading part in the west in the move
ments of the civil war that wrought go
much in preserving the union