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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-07-04
NEwsY oLEANlNcs.

A light visible thirty miles will be
put on the dreaded Hatteras shoals.
An automobile stage line will shortly
begin operations between Redkey and
Dunkirk, Ind.
Two hundred furniture manufac-
turers have formed a pool at. Chicago
to regulate prices.
Cambridgeshlre England fruit grow
ers are paying children a halfpenny
for every wasp they capture.
Argentina has ordered two lronclads
superior in strength to those recently
ordered by Chile from England.
An official report gives the estimated
additional cost necessary to complete
Siberian railroads as $36,050,00O
The Supreme Court of South Dakota
has been called upon to decide case
growing out of the ownership Of a
cat.
Watch dogs are to be purchased and
trained to accompany the police on
their nightly rounds at Schaerbeck,
near Brussels.
NluSSlOu-Ou-tuE-l udule6s EuSldHu.
has just celebrated the millennial Of
the coronation of King Edward the
Elder, son and successor of Alfred the
Great.
On the summit Of Mount Loi Y, near
Adelaide, South Australia, a white
monolith has been erected and named
"Flinders Column" in honor of the in
trepid navigator who named the peak
a century ago.
The United States Government is
planning to secure the ground and
tomb of William Henry Harrison, at
North Bend, Ohio overlooking the Ohio
River, and transform 3: into a burial
place, BETTING that Of an ex-President
of this country.
Isidore Newman. Of New Orleans,
La, has just contributed "A big sum OF
money for the erection of training
school for The boys and girls Of that
city. AR. Newman will also give an
ample sum for the equipment and per.
lament endowment Of the institution.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-07-04
Gods Gifts and BIesslngs.

Gods gifts and blessings, valuable as
they are, are never set before us to rejoice
in. We may make idols Of them. And
the idoatry which rests in Gods gifts in
stead of God Himself, is the worst and
most prevalent form of idolatry. The
heart suspects the less on account of its
being Gods blessings, whereas it ought to
suspect it the more. Jacob would not
have worshiped the Baal Of the idol ma
tons, but he had worshiped another idol
The affections of his heart had for long
enough fallen down before his Joseph, and
when God removed him, SO little did he
suspect his idolatry he prostated his heart
before the idol of Benjamin. Oh, the de-
ceitfulness of the human heart! Who
would trust it? This is the reason why
"in the Lord is so often set before US;
"only in the Lord" One hairs breadth
below Christ, and there may be idolatry,
worse than the images of Rome or the
Juggernauts of India, because done under
greater light God keep us from this spe-
cious form of idolatry! God keep us from
the danger to whick our hearts are hourly
exposed F. Whitfield.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-07-04
Kinshin i'm Kindness.

Kindness is recognizing another's kim
ship. 1t is first kinned-ness to oar own,
and then kinned-ness to everyone. When
we recognize that Gods relation to us, we
all become relatives, and must be kindred
to each other. even as God in Christ is re-
vealed kinned to us. The kind man does
not say merely what he feels like saying;
that would be adaptation to his own
moods, and only self love. He says what
he thinks another needs to hear Kind
ness relates you not to your own mood,
but to the mood of the other man. TO say
a pleasant thing because you feel pleasant
may be an accidental kindness, for it may
meet another's need, but, though good, it
is not highly virtuous Genuine kindness
oftenest comes from self-repression = a
cheerful message from a sad soul, brave
word from a trembling heart, a generous
gift from slender purse, a helping hand
from a tired man. 1t Is not your mood,
but the other mans need, that determined
kindness.-Walter Davenport Babcock.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-07-04

can suffer and be strong II looks Ike
The motherhood Of ten children would
wear q woman out, but they seem 70
thrive on H. and late 90 lie they take
on flesh and round up all the corners.
But they never stop work. My wife
has made over FIVE thousand little gar,
ments and is still making them. for
the little grandchildren keep coming
on. Her reputation for nice needle
work and making buttoGnoles has been
long established. and she Is proud Of
It. She never stops sewing until she
loses her spectacles, and then she Dor
rows mine No. she Is not Cd. james
Russell Lowell said Of Julia Ward
Howe, on her seventeen birthday that
Il was better to be seventy years
younger than forty years old II is
this endurance this cheerfulness IN ad-
yersity that makes the women outllve
the men. There are three times as
many widows In this community as
widowers. There are seventeen IN our
little Presbyterian church and only
four wldowers, and the war was not
the cause Of It. Maternal love Is a pre-
seryatlye Of health. It is a tonic, a
promoter of digestion, a panacea
whereas a man will pursue money I'M
I'll he loses mis- digestion. ST. Pau
said that The love Of money is the
root of all evll,p but he had no thought
Of applying 1t to women, for she has
no love for money. If she gets any she
is not happy until she spends It, The
girls said their mother wanted a new
bonnet so they bought one for her
birthday, and all l had to do was to
pay for it. She always lets me do that.
She is a free trader and will keep me
in decent clothes whether l want them
or not. She always was q free trader.
] was a merchant before we were mar.
ried and she was my best customer.
She never asked the price of anything,
but just bought what she wanted and
trusted me to tote fair and deal justly
Good gracious! What a long time
| ago that was, and how trim and beauti-
full she was to me. she wore No. 2
shoes and stepped like a fawn and
flashed her Pocahontas eyes bewitch.
ingly when she said goodby She can
flash them yet. Seventy years old and
gwine on 71-trying to catch up. May
be she will when / am dead, but not
till then. l remember when | was
twice as old as she was, for l was II
and she was 6, but she keeps gaining
on me. l remember when she was in
her early teens and wore short dresses
/ and pantalets and rode a fast pacing
horse while her long black Indian hail
hung in tresses down her back. She
was a daisy then, and she is a daisy
yet, sometimes. But she can't climE
'simmon trees any more She is TO
the mother Of ten children and twenty
grandchildren, and they are scattered
from New York to the halls of the
| Montezumas. She is troubled now
about her baby boy, who lives under
the dark shadows of Popocatopetl, il
Mexico, which means the smoking
mountain and is smoking now ant
maybe will burst forth in these vol
canic times and destroy the people a!
at Martinique Two weeks from today
will be my birthday and she will giv'
me something, l know not-not a bon
net, but perhaps a summer hat from
Porto Rico. A bird in the air whis
pered that to me.-Bill Arp in Atlanta
Constitution.
The suburban citizen., 1902-01-11
New Story of Lincoln.

Two men were looking over some
steel engravings in an uptown shop
the other day with a view to purchase.
A portrait to Lincoln suggested to one
of them this story Of Honest Abe,
which the narrator says he had from
his father:
Lincoln and his Cabinet were in ses.
sion, but as he had anticipated no dis.
cussions Of Importance, the President
left word that he would receive cards.
AS he supposed, the meeting was
wholly social.
While they were gathered about the
table a servant brought in two cards,
and Lincoln commanded that the call
ers be admitted When they appeared
he found one to be a tall, spare man,
the other one much understood. After
a moments chat they retired,s
There is a remarkable instance Of
the providence Of the Creator" re-
marked Lincoln, impressively, as he
turned again to his Ministers. "lhere
arc two men. God has given one man
extraordinarily long legs and the other
extraordinarily short legs, yet He has
made the legs Of each Of those men so
that they just exactly reach the
groundw-New York Times.
The suburban citizen., 1902-01-11

laurel bushes while Joel played a trick
familiar to him. He mounted the
water butt, climbed the spout to the
top of the kitchen, crept along that
roof and was speedily at his own bed
room window. In a trice he was out
with two pairs Of skates, and. disdain-
ing the pipe, dropped gently to the
ground. But the clang of the steels as
he jumped made loud noise and the
kitchen window opened. Joel hid in
the shadow Of the wall breathless and
still.
"Who's that?" his mother called out.
"It's the kids up to some mischief" ,"
fathers voice spoke from the stove
They're in bed" said Mrs Harris
"Then's it's nothing" said her hus-
band. "Shut the window; it's cold"
But Mrs. Harris peered out anx-
iously.
1T may be themm she said.
who's themY
"The burglars who took Mrs. Van
Schalk's jewels at their dinner hour
from the great house tonight The
The suburban citizen., 1902-01-11
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Vice, after all, is only 'habt gone to
seed"
Malice is most bitter when it does
the kicking gun stunt.
Those VINO are greedy of praise prove
that they are poor in merit
What too many orators want in
del.n they give you in length.
1t never occurs to fools that merit
and good fortune are closely united.
The mind unlearns with difficulty
what has long been impressed upon it.
All men that are ruined are ruined
on the side of their natural propensi-
ties.
What we hope ever to do with ease
we must learn first to do with dill
gence.
To coach your servants to lie to call
ers, then chide them for practic4g on
you is most foolish.
The difference between a mediocre
work and a masterpiece is measured
and marked by trihes.
Never marry a rich fool, for if his
riches take wings he hasn't the wit to
earn your bread and salt
Worrying is one Of the greatest draw
backs to happiness. Most Of it can be
avoided IL we only determine not to let
trifles annoy us, for the largest amount
of worrying is caused by the smallest
trifes
1t is astonishing how feYs Wen theYe
are at the top. 1t is astonishing how
many men there are who cut no ice at
all. They may drop out by the thou
sands and not stir note Of regret be.
yond a small circle Of friends and rela.
tives who have been intimate acquaint.
ances, and who may know of the mans
concealed and private worth.
The suburban citizen., 1902-01-11

Russia keeps closer tab on firearms
than any other nation. The purchaser
of a weapon must first obtain a per-
NIT from the authorities, The pur-
chaser's name and the number of the
weapon are officially recorded. The
authorities must be notified Of any sub
sequent sale or gift Of the weapon,
and a record of the transfer is en-
tered. Thus firearm used for assassi-
nation or any unlawful demonstration
is traceable at once, and the person
last recorded in possession is held re-
sponsible for the crime in which it has
been used. Perhaps no other govern.
ment except that of Russia could en-.
force such a law, but it is nevertheless
a good one.
The suburban citizen., 1902-01-11
AN ADVENTURE
"a n
NTREDNEGuGB'E'

. A roar of laughter came from the
stove.
"Shut the window, old lady" cried
Harris. Burglars who aim for the
Van Schalk diamonds amt likely to
swoop down on your kitchen dresser.
Shut the window; it's cold"
The window was slammed down and
Joel giggled and sped away. In min
ute the boys were slipping through the
woods at the edge OF the town to the
shore. At the beach they put on their
skates, and in a moment they were off
on the ice, the keen cold reddening
their cheeks and the eXhilarating
knowledge that they were off without
leave adding excitement to their wild
trip.
Il looked at the clock through the
window" said Joel, .and it's just 10.
Mother thinks we're asleep. We can
cross the bay, call on the coastguard
so that he can swear we've been there,
and be back long before MANS awake,
Won't the fellows be mad Dad says
it'll thaW tomorrow ana tney won
have a chance and only us two can
say we've skated across the bay.
Hoorayw
1t was distinctly scrumptious-a
word which you VIII not find in the
dictionaries, but which is readily com
prehensible. The ice was q little rough
in parts, and Of a peculiar billowy for
nation, but there were no breaks save
a few cracks-no holes. They forgot
their main object in the delight Of the
solitude and the fairness of the moon
light. They sung and whooped and
felt that they had cast off the shackles
Of their little world and were free
free of school, and chores and all a
boys troubles. They were monarchs
Of that immense silent bay.
The suburban citizen., 1902-01-11

Carelessness in letter-writing is q
fault unfortunately as common as it is
serious. 1t is annoying in any rela.
tion, and in business matters il causes
more trouble than anything else ex.
cept dishonesty. One would think that
the most rattle.brained writer would
at least remember to sign his name
plainly and give his address, but busl'
ness houses are constantly annoyed by
correspondents who do neither. I'VE
have thousands Of calls for cata
logues," says the head Of a firm which
manufactures firearms, yet in many
cases the writer's address is left of
entirely. One such letter came IN this
morning" No doubt the writer of
that letter wonders why his request
was not granted, and blames the firm
A man or boy so careless as he, is
better off without a gun, anyway.
The suburban citizen., 1902-01-11

The average increase in the length Of
railways Throughout the world is about
II, 200 miles per annum, equal to near
ly 21a per cent. of the total lines eX-
listing, which at the beginning of this
century embraced nearly 100000 miles.
OF the increase during the recent years
4100 miles per annum are added to the
European system, $500 miles per an
mum to the American system, while
the addition iii asia is at the rate Of
25O miles, in Africa HOO miles, and in
Australia 100 miles per annum.
The suburban citizen., 1902-01-11

Suddenly Joe swooped in wide cir
Gle from the straight track and sl1ated
slowly back, peering here and there in
the thin snow.
What's upY Frye yelled. following,
81 saw something queer in the snow
-shone out like fash. | want to see
what it was"
They skated slowly about in short
circles, when Frye darted on his knees
and held up something in his hand--a
ring.
WAS It this? 1t flashed"
The boys examined the ring curl
ously.
IT'S gold. 1t must be worth all of
a dollar" said Joel
There's something on it shines when
you hold It right. That's what flashed.
Hold it in the moonlight"
Il can't get it right Say! What's
the matter with the mOonY
They looked up and were awestrick-
ell. The moon was passing out of
sight A great black shadow was
stealing across It.
Il know" cried Frye, Your dad
was talking Of It, but ! forgot. It's
an eclipsew
Just then a stray beam kissed the
ring, and a shaft of light shot from it.
"Oh! Frye" cried Joel. NOW |
know-it's diamond. It's diamonds
that fash like that. Golly! l bet that
rings worth all Of S2"
And then all the light passed away,
and the total ECLIPSE left them in ut
terly complete darkness
Joel and Frye felt quickly afraid.
Lets go home" they said together,
and claped hands and skated as fast
as tbey dared in the blackness for the
shore.
They were far out now, nearer the
ocean side Of the bay than their own
home. They skated and skated, but
nothing but blackness surrounded
| them.
I'VE ought to be therew Joel cried
in trouble but l can't see any lights
or anything, and it looks the same all
round. Frye, are you sure we're skat.
ing in the right directionW
"YOu ought to know better'n me-"
cried Frye, fretfully, You belong
here, and l don't"
Joel tried in another direction and
again in another He saw no lights
They were lost on the ice in the middle
Of the Great South Bay, and the moon
still hid its face. Frye began to cry.
Joel kept peering about into the
The suburban citizen., 1902-01-11
Sawed Their House I'm Two,

John and William Arbuckle inherited
house and lot at Elwood jointly from
their parents, but neither was willing
to buy or sell at the price the other
was willing to give; and, after much
dickering they became angry and re-
fused longer to hold the property
Jointly. 1t was then agreed to saw the
house in two from roof to basement,
and the work was begun, and at the di-
rection of the two brothers workmen
began on the roof with large crosscut
saws and each wall was sawn through
until the foundation was reached. A
large crowd witnessed the destruc-
tion Of the house, and commented on
the folly Of the brothers. A fence
will be run through the middle Of the
lot, each brother taking one side.-New
York Sun.
The suburban citizen., 1902-01-11

The annual mortality lists of men
shot by careless hunters in the Maine
woods are getting very tiresome. This
season twelve men were shot and five
of them died. In the Adirondacks the
case is very much the same. One
trouble is that the invading army of
city sportsmen include many persons
who are not fit to be trusted with any
firearm. Another is that the rifles
commonly used carry much too far.
There is a new law in Maine under
which sportsmen who shoot men may
be prosecuted, but it is not enforced.
Why not make every sportsman from
outside the State put up a bond OF
$4,000, to be forfeited if he hits any.
thing human? queries Life.
The suburban citizen., 1902-01-11
do it il you within no
scared"

&c SCI scared" p@ j II you Will !" H''
"rn go you"
The two boys stood on the shore
and bright moonlight shone overhead in
a great star-dotted field of unclouded
blue, Before them was a rare and
marvellous sight, one which they had
never seen before, but which their
fathers had described to them as com
ing very seldom in generations. 1t
had been a very severe winter and the
Great South Bay was frozen over-fro-
zen so hard and so thick that men had
crossed that day with wagons. The
scene was very grand and solemn. Alb
solute silenceruled the waters which in
the spring and autumn winds were so
often boisterous and noisy. No waves
splashed on the beach; no breeze
ruffied the surface. The bay was
dead For full four miles across to
the other shore the ice enshrouded it,
sprinkled with the daintiest lacing of
snow, which glittered in the moon
beams.
"I'll go your said Joel Harris, stur-
dily.
"Then," said Frye Gates, lets hurry
up Sor our skates"
They hurried back from the lonely
beach where they stood to Joel's house
little cottage where dwelt the boys
father and mother and where Frye,
from New York, was stopping for a
holiday. The youngsters approached
the house with the caution Of tress-
passers and rule breakers, for they
knew very well that if their purpose
were discovered their skates would
not be required, although the skate
straps might be unpleaSanrly en-
ployed. Frye Gates, being a compare,
tive stranger, hid in the gloom OF the
The suburban citizen., 1902-01-11
BIRD WIT.
Parent Plovers Save Their Young by a
Clever Strategem.

CteNer Strategem.
Down on the beach among the sand
dunes at Cape Lookout there is a GER
tain small stretch Of land where the
sun shines warm and the wind never
strikes, except when it whisks in lit
tie eddies around the dunes and blows
the dry sand rattllng among the brok-
en- sea-shells. Here a pair of VIII
sons plovers, one summer, had their
home, aud, despite the vigil Of many
enemies, successfully guarded their
nest in the sand, until two of the
three spotted eggs it contained hatched
out little down-c covered balls of peep
ing bird life. These baby birds do
not remain long in the nest and their
slender legs were soon carrying them
rapidly about after their parents.
One day some men came to the part
of the beach where the plover family
lived. The little ones We're much
frightened, so they sat very close to
the sand and the men did not see
them. Father and Mother Plover were
quite uneasy, however; they flew
near the men and cried, and tried to
get the intruders to follow them away.
The mother bird even pretended to be
lame, When the men saw this, one
Of them said: Look at that bird /;
she has a nest Of young ones near
here, or she would not act so, have
seen parhidges on the mainland act
Ia hp tul1nn | XATp
their young"
Then they began to search among
the shells. This alarmed the parents
so much that they determined to try
their last and best trick. The little
mother ran up close to the men, fell
on her side, and futteTed and cried as
If she was dying. The father bird
and two other plovers, who had a
nest farther up the shore, ran to her
and rubbed her with their bills as if
they were very anxious and so sorry
about her sickness.
Look here" said the man who had
spoken before, that bird really must
be hurt l have seen many kinds Of
birds pretend to be injured, but have
never seen two play different parts
in the same trick" SO they started
to catch her.
But Mrs. Plover seemed to get bet
ter, and ran on for fifteen or twenty
yards, and then appeared to fall
again. The other plovers gathered
about as before, and put their bills
under her as II to rise and help the
sick one. The men went hurrying on;
but the lady bird again recovered
enough to run for a little distance
The young plovers saw the group pass
off among the dunes, the four birds
in front and the men following after
Twenty minutes later the shrewd old
birds were back with their children,
and the men, entirely outwitted, were
far down the beach toward their boat.
Pretence Of injury or lameness is
common habit with many species Of
birds to attract a supposed enemy
from the vicinity Of their nests,-Our
Dumb Animals,
The suburban citizen., 1902-01-11

The Indianapolis Journal thinks that
the transportation problem, already a
serious one. is likely to become far
more so in the near future. Consider
ing its relation to the prosperity of the
country and the price Of products,
there is no more important problem
for American craftsmanship and en-
terprise to solve.
The suburban citizen., 1902-01-11

Experiments are being made in Eu-
rope with alcohol which have been so
successful that certain enthusiasts de-
clare that it will be the fuel Of the fu-
ture. There is no doubt that means
will be discovered to make a better
use Of the heat-generating properties
of alcohol than hitherto. If so, we shall
have no cause for complaint, as we
have the power to produce an almost
illimitable supply of the fluid.
The suburban citizen., 1902-01-11

A marked increase in pauperism is
reported in London. Last year nearly
4500 more than usual received aid at
the almshouses. No cause is assigned
for it. Perhaps we do not have to look
beyond the South African war for it.,
because war always brings poverty
and destitution in their most aggra-
waited form to the thresholds Of the
poor.
The suburban citizen., 1902-01-11

Even worse than usual must have
been the Emusic" rendered by that
transforming theatrical company's
brass band on the streets of Clinton,
NO., the other day. Scarcely had the
discordant notes of the first tune" be-
gun to be audible, when a country
horse hitched near by reared up in
agony and fell dead on the pavement.
The suburban citizen., 1902-01-11
THE SUBURBAN CITIZEN.
WASHINGTON, D. C.

Petrifed tropical fruit has been re-
Gently found imbedded in coal mined
In Spitzbergen, an island within the
Arctic circle north of Europe. This
furnishes additional proof that at one
time in the earth's history a tropical
climate existed in the neighborbOod Of
the North Pole.
The suburban citizen., 1902-01-11

whole village is astir about 1t and a
rewards offered Didn't you near as
you Game heme? They may-oh Ho-
sea, my grandmother's old china and
tie spoons"
The suburban citizen., 1902-01-11

Portugal is the most illlterate coun.
try in Europe; sixty.seven per cent. Of
its population cannot write.
The suburban citizen., 1902-01-11
FOR SALE.

Several tracts of land near Brightwood
and Takoms, also Building Lots on
Brightwood Ave, and 14th Street road.
Louis P. Shoemaker. 920 + St., N. w.