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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-11-27

French machine. which has won such.
universal favor Is far more sorvlce-
able-heiug small compact and man
lpulated equally we'll IN highways and
bywaya.
No tracks are needed for the running
OF this machine, which goes into places
thai have probably never felt anything
bu q semi-occasiOnal scrub from the
human street sweoper's broom.
For speed and comfort in the way
Of street carriages nothing can exceed
the automobile bus. which first made
Us appearance IN London streets and
has rapidly made rs way into the pop
ularity q other Bag cities on both sides
of the Atlantic.
This aut0-bus slows up for a passen-
ger and IS of again, all In one-half
the time It took the original bus 10
stop. The remarkable ease and facil-
ity with which the huge vehicle IS
made 10 thread It's way through
crowded traffic Of the city streets
been a great card In Its favor amd
pedestrians, and the fact that 1t Is self
controlled and needs no expert drivers
has found favor I'm the eyes of street
railway companies so the automobile
bus has undoubtedly come to stay.
In the railway world, the latest no
velty Is the motor coach, which is run
ming on the London and Southwestern
Railway, between Havana and Fragtok,
II contains two compartments for pas-(
sengers-frst class and third The.
coach thus carries forty-two passen-
gers. all told which is about the
number you may sometimes see distri-
buted throughout a long train during
slack hours.
The passengers can enter at either
end by means Of little platforms fttea
with sliding gates, like the platforms
of trains.
The passengers can enter at either
end by means Of little platforms fitted
with sliding gates, like the platforms
Of trains.
A little compartment in front of the
main body Of the coach is intended for
luggage
The engine, a part of the first car
riage, looks small, but it is wonderful
ly compact and quite powerful enoughh
for the work required of it,
1t can get up speed of thirty ms
an hour In thirty seconds from start
ing, a feat which is far beyond the
ordinary full grown Chicago
! Tribune.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-11-27
Why It Did Not Work.

when / was young" remarked the
seedy man, Il was an inventor. And
one day when | mad the disease badly,
l invented a machine which l called
Mother dear because It would call
you early. 1t was a clockwork arrange
ment which was meant to stand by
your bedside, and at whatever time in
the morning it was fixed for, 1t would
drag you out of bed and force you into
your clothes. There were a lot Of
other things attached to it as well,
such as a machine which would black
your boots, and an arrangement for
making a cup of coffee and frying
bacon and so on. Well, l got it all
completed at last, and it worked beau
tifully and then got millionaire to
come and look at it, so that he might
find the capital to put 1t on the mar
ket"
We'll" said the litener breaking
in upon the silence; didn't it work?"
Eyes" replied the inventor sadly, lit
worked very well. But that idiot Of a
millionaire insisted on trying it on him,
self; and he laid down on the bed the
wrong way, for the machine, so that
it dragged him out the wrong way up
and the boot brushing apparatus got
to work on the top Of his head, while
ne other end poured hot coffee down
the leg Of his trousers, and when he
finally got free, he broke up my hum
bic little home with the patent. Thai
discouraged me, and haven't invented
anything since. Ah-h. New Yorl
| News.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-11-27
THE FASCINATING WOMAN.

Agreeable Manners a Commercial As
set-Good Ways Promote Content.
For the lovely woman there has been F
created a new vocation which requires
the superlatiye qualities Of sweetness,
sympathy and tact. To bewiteh mere
man has been the easy pastime of wo
man ever since the world began, and IL
has led to no small amount of trouble;
but her new mission is to fasCinate
persons of her own sex in the interest
Of peace. A leading manufacturer OF
agricultural implements has had fire.
quent small difficulties with the hum
dreds of young women in his establish
ment, always about trivial matters,
yet with the possibility of producing
a considerable strike To escape the
perpetual annoyance and the menace,
he adopted the idea of the Chicago
school board. There had been a meet
ing of the girl pupils of the city nor
NAL school because Of the rigid, glum )
and even sullen aspect of a leaaanr
male teacher. His very appearance
heartened the pupils. The board
ported from Philadelphia a gloom
peller In the person of a fascinatS
woman whose smile alone lured bac
the girls and whose tactful sympathy
inspired them with furious ambition.
The search Of the manufacturer for an
other such charmer was prompts sue
cessful, and she had been ms Sailed
among the reapers, binders, halTows
and the like but a month when her
influence was seen to be dominant.
The young women were cheerful and
energetic. She had studied their needs,
instituted many Improvements, includ-
ing the introduction of mirrors and
rocking chairs for the noon hour, and
had transformed the dusty shops into
bowers of beauty where the girls r.
slider it almost privilege to woT
benefit to the establishment of
cinating peace-producer is man
greater than her cost.
Much the same idea has occurred
an occasional summer resort man. He
has engaged the fascinating, resource
full woman to undertake the entertain
ment of his guests. It is her part to
study the tastes of the important la
dies, to bring together such as are
congenial, devise various pleasures and
] generally to see that there is no dull
ness She insures the Tetur Sh<
guests for the next season;
gloom banishing woman take
Of the social features of railwa
sions across the continent In e.
large department stores she. is a nc
for the fashionable hostess in
decorative department intended to
play completely furnished suite
rooms. Her reception of possible
chasers adds to the pleasant V
sion made by the rooms.-Philf
Record
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-11-27

Don't you think" said the man who
was looking over the wares at the
newsstand, that a great Zeal of poor
literature Is gotten out nov p
I'm not expressing any opinions, .
answered the somewhat naughty at
tendant. Il an here to sell the stuff,
and not to read it,"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-11-27
The oIds City.

Damascus is undoubtedly the Oldest
existing city in the world. Benares
and Constanunople, exclusive Of Chin
csc towns, come next in point Of age.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-11-27
Water as powry.

Water is SO scarce in the japanese
island Of Oshima that it Is the custom
for a bride to take a large tub Of
drinking water with her TO her new
home as a kind Of dowry.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-11-27
THE GAIN.

hecauao J. know you need me. Oh, my friend,
AK 90 mo~all aud hest
What giit could ever equal at tho end
NY Joy from your requss2
Harper's Weekly.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-11-27

eoYered-as she undoubtedly would
some day-that you had more regard
for her wealth than for herself. n
would KIN her ontreat you, con-
slider For myself, I care not; can
bear the revelation But Mary--no.
she shall not be thus deceived. Oh.
conslderl"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07

An Eastern man, who has never been
on terms of familiarity with any great
amount of money, has visited the fash
iona BILE stores where wealth assemblies,
witnessed both buying and paying, and
declares that the country Is going to
the dogs: that the people are spend
thrifts, and that home life in New
York is on such a scale of magnificence
that ruin must come some day. A fur
coat was sold for $4,000. A man paid
$500 for a basket Of roses. A set Of
undergarments for a woman were
eagerly purchased for $500, and
baby's bib was marked $50. Those
are scattered samples. The complete
list of costly things to eat, wear and
admire is almost endless. 1t Is posi-
BILE to stand In more than one Ameri-
can store and spend a million dollars
for things that are on the shelves and
in the cases awaiting purchasers.
Where is the harm or the danger? The
people buy things more expensive than
their means warrant. They did the
same in the ag-carpet and log-cabin
days. 1t is natural to enjoy luxury.
1t is the common lot to enjoy COM
fort. Because all of us cannot have
silk, shall all Of US wear cotton? The
rich goods in the stores are sign
of prosperity. They are there in In
creasing amount, because more and
more people can afford to buy them.
There is hardly man, no matter how
humble his position, who would be sat
isfied with the luxuries that were the
privilege of his ancestors a century
ago. Another thing: Good goods mean
good wages. You may see priceless
diamond in a store window, or a $4,000
lace dress, or cunninglywrought gold
ornaments, worth kings ransom.
Those things were not formed In q
swcatShop. They are the product of
skilled labor, of artists in the various
lines. They are expensive, because
only those who are quick with their
brains and fingers can do the work
that makes up large portion Of the
cost of every article. Don't rage at the
people who are spending their money.
They are only passing it on. 1t isn't
idle. 1t reaches the plain people. 1t
turns over and over. The rich who
spend their money are, unconsciously,
perhaps. public benefactors, and the
more costly things they buy the greater
the prosperity among the high order OF
skilled toilers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07
George Gonld,s start.

Scarcely had George Gould taken
ho4d of the vast interests intrnsted to
his care than he had a serious alterca-
ton with j. Pierpont Morgan over the
proposed purchase Of the New York
& Northern Railroad by the Manhattan
Elevated Railroad Gould left Nor
gan's offices much angered, and is said
never to have entered them from that
day to this, according to writer in
the Cosmopolitan One of Jay GOuld's
intimate friends, hearing Of the circum-
stance, volunteered a bit of advice to
the young man in about these words:
George, as an admirer of your IA
tner and as one interested in your
highest welfare, / seriously hope you
will not commit the blunder at the be-
ginning Of your career Of gonizing
world"
George said nothing, but evidently it
set him to thinking. That remarkable
business ability" for which fond IA
Their gave him credit not long after
ward developed in a way that showed
he was possessed Of an acuteness that
no one dreamed of. If he should not
antagonize. thought he he should make
alliances with the great powers in the
business world. But he had broken
with Morgan. He should, therefore,
Join issues with others equally great,
or greater, If possible.
He turned to the Rockefellers, those
commercial giants whose supremacy
has been unchallenged for more than
a decade. Much has been said during
the last year or two of the financial
backing which the Standard Oil inter-
ests have been giving to Gould. He
who can answer the question accurate
~ will be able to foretell the outcome
Of the battle of railroad giants which
is now in progress at both extremities
of the United States in the effort to
block the efforts of the aggressive sue
cessor of Jay Gould in getting the At
lantic and Pacific terminals for his
transcontinental system.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07

after himself; he becomes emaciated,
unable at last to crawl out into the
sun, and, If he has no one to look after
him, soon dies Of the disease, or of
starvation, or Of exposure.
This disease was first described by
missionaries on the Lower Congo many
years ago. Whole districts and viii
lagos were decimated by it. So fatal
was it that no person once affected
was ever known to recover. The mis-
sionaries themselves were sometimes
said to have died of it, but no case
has yet occurred in Uganda of Euro
pean being attacked by the disease. In
recent years cases have been reported
from Senegambia, from the hinterland
of Sierra Leone, from the Upper Niger
and other places in West Africa.
Uganda, where the sleeping sickness
now prevails, is under the British pro-
tectorate and recently railroad has
been built through it, many thousands
Of the natives having been employed
for years ON the work Of construction.
This contact with civilization on the
part of the natives explains what may
seem singular in one Of our illustra-
tions-the possession Of an umbrella
by one Of the victims Of the sleeping
sickness.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07

road were occasionally to be seen the
remains of bodies dragged thither by
the hyenas. Many empty and I'M
kempt huts told their own silent tale.
and at one place a whole village was
found deserted. When member Of a
family is attacked with the disease he
is usually turned out by the rest, or
put into hut by himself. II several
of a family are affected, the healthy
ones leave the district.
The sleeping sickness Is a slow dis
ease, often taking months before
reaching a fatal termination. In the
early stages, beyond pains in the
joints, swelling in certain glands,
drowsiness and general weakness, the
symptoms are not very pronounced,
but as the disease progresses and the
slumbrous state increases, the patient
becomes less and less able to look
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07

sent from England to investigate this
strange disease. One of them, DR..
Christy, reports that in one Of the dis
tricts visited he found little sign of
life, the people who survived having
fed from the plague-stricken region.
Several times he passed corpses lying
by the roadside. In each case it re-
Quired close inspection to be sure
whether it was person asleep or
dead, SO indicative of sleep were the
attitudes. In one case the body lay
with the eyes closed, the knees drawn
up, while one hand held an open UNI
brella. There was mark on the knee
where many passers-by must have
caught hold Of the corpse and tried to
wake it, under the impression that the
person was merely asleep. In another
case, a woman sat by the side Of
grass shelter apparently fast asleep,
but dead A little distance from the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07

the children. Commenting on the case
Of the 11-year-old child at Los AM
geles who tried to kill her guardians,
foster parents and five guests by put
ting poison in their food in order that
she might enjoy their agonies, she
says: 1.-The fact that the child was
one Of family Of fifteen children may
have been the explanation Of her state.
The mothers vitality must have been
so exhausted that the girl lacked some
thing in mind or body. When more
than seven children are born in fam
lily, all but the first six are apt to be
stupid or frail." Certain scientists sup
port this view. If there is physical
lack in the latter births there will, of
course, be mental or moral lack. The
moral sense of the family may have
run out" Sometimes, say these sci
entists, the spiritual and mental traits
of a large family are exhausted, and
the result is a degenerate-ani idiot or
criminal Ingenious theory. Only 1t
isn't true. A large percentage of idiots
are first-born. Some of the best and
greatest men of history have been the
youngest sons of large families. 1t all
depends on the breed. If the breed is
bad, the less children the better. If
the breed is good, there cannot be too
many.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07

coating for the glass
window not of
in variable
cooring extent if exposed
with solution gean
anane
tEdue and violet
Old
ducer
Notes
MargnsOne notices portrait among
defect
ignorance What refer to
the finished print
tall
height
II cabinet vgnee
certainly
holds good in that short
would
idea of ness But there something else portrait margins
special interest the
millinery better
ntei
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07
JUSTICE M'cARTY GETS
SUBSTANTIAL RECOGNITION

1t Is announced in London that Pre-
mier Balfour has placed the name Of
Justin Mccarthy on the governments
civil list for $1,000 per annum, in rec
IGNITION of his meritorious services to
history and literature.
Justin Mccarthy is one Of the fore
most living men Of letters. His repu-
tation as statesman, historian, journal
list, novelist and orator IS world wide.
He was born in Cork, Ireland, in 1880.
He early mastered the classics, and at
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07

CANNON TELLS a STORY.
Congressman Has a Great Fund of
Anecdotes-His Tariff Views.

Congressman Has a Great Fund of
Anecdotes-His Tariff Views.
Congressman Taylor of Ohio, while
expressing his admiration for Con
gresham Cannon Of Illinois, who is to
become speaker of the new house of
representatives, said, the New York
Times writes:
Cannon has the greatest fund of
homely anecdotes to illustrate points Of
any man ever knew. At a banquet
in Washington, where the contest for
the speakership@ was referred to in a
humorous way by number Of the
speakers, Mr.. Cannon was called upon
to speak.
Il must confess he said, to have
experienced considerable embar1,:".
ment during the contest for the speak
ership. One of the Democratic papers
Of Chicago, with the idea of stirring
UP trouble, was demanding in it's edi-
torial columns every day to know what
my views on the tariff were. A few
days before the caucuses of several
Of the states young man from the
paper came to me and said his paper
was very anxious to secure an express
sion from me on the subject.
"'"Young man." / said to him, Il
don't know you, and l don't know
whether you would respect my conf
dence If l were to talk to you.'
Having assured ME that he would
not print word that did not want
printed, 1 said: ''All right, sit right
down and / win tell you a story.
"'"When / was boy | attended a
circus In southern town. There was
an old darkey named Ephraim, who
was much interested in the menagerie.
He inspected all the cages and finally
he came to that one in which there
was a gorilla. Old Eph looked at the
gorilla for a moment, and then, TAX
ing off his hat, and bowling low, said:
How is you"
"""After a moments silence Eph
went through the performance again,
but as the gorilla gave no sign that he
understood, old Eph. smiling SO that he
showed all of his teeth, said:
a." That's right, don't you open
your mouf; don't you open your mouf;
cause If you do the white man will
sure make you pick cotton "'"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07

At the last meeting of the Anthropo-
logical Society. Ainsworth B. Spofford
read an interesting paper on 1.-The
Folklore Of Popular Sayings" Among
other things Mr.. Spofford showed how
a large number of wise saws and say
ings attributed to great men OF the
seventeenth. eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries were uttered In somewhat
different form by the great men of
Greece and Rome, and also how a
great many other popular sayings had
been twisted, garbled and misQuoted.
he took as an example the express
sion, In lime of peace prepare for
war" This. he said, was attributed
to George Washington, but what the
Father of His Country really said was:
ITO be prepared for war is the most
effectual means of preserving peace"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07

Is was forced to earn his own bread.
For several years he served as reporter
and stenographer on Liverpool and
Cork papers until 1860, when he be-
came political editor Of the London
Star, then owned by John Bright.
Later he visited America, lecturing and
writing for the magazines. Mr.. Nc
Carthy's greatest speech was made in
defense of Parnell during the great
leaders fight against the London
Times. His greatest literary achieve
ment is 1.-THE History of Our Own
Times
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07

nese social circles, being related to the
royal family and having relatives in
the diplomatic service. His bride is
member of one of the oldest families
in Kentucky and is member of the
Christian Church. The marriage is Of
more than ordinary interest because
of the paucity of such unions between
Americans and Japanese. Miss Buck
ner was the belle of Bourbon County
and was popular in Lexington society.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07

may be felt far dis r. ). bUKDE1TE.
tant. He is most kindly and sympa-
thetic and invariably speaks in low,
musical tones. Mr. Burdette received
a common school education in Peoria.
Ill. After leaving the Forty seventh
Illinois Infantry at the close Of the
war he engaged in mercantile pur-
suits. In 1870 he entered the news
paper field and has been an untiring
writer and lecturer ever since.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07

most familiar char
acters Of the coun-
try on the lecture
platform and is
particularly w e III
known and liked
for his fun n v
sketches. He pos
sesses such strong
personal magpe-
tism that his in
S PR i ng presence
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07

The term "a brilliant man" takes on
q new meaning. Professor Goodspeed
of the University of Pennsylvania has
discovered that the human body gives
off light enough to affect Photographic
plates used in X-ray work. There
seems to be something more than
poetic fiction in the idea Of the lover
that he basks in the light of his lady's
eyes
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07
A Distorted View.

Times amt what they used to be- .
said Farmer Corntossel. In the days
gone by it used to be a disgrace to be
arrested"
Isn't 1t now?"
Il dunno. Pears to me like it's the
only way to get your name In the pa
per along with the millionaires that
own fast horses and big automobiles.
Washington Star.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07

Gently In the mar
riage Of Yutaka
Minakuchi, Of ia
pan, AID Miss Olive
Buckner, of Cave
Ridge, Ky. Mr..
A1inakuchi is a
graduate Of Ken
lucky University,
Lexington, and was
recently ordained q
minister of the Cos
pei. He is highly
- Lawn
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07

A long, red steer with bloodshot eyes
and wide-spreading horns was the
charger on which Wyoming cowboy
exhibited his horsemanship before the
President. If the sport was charac-
terstically American, so was Mr..
Roosevelt's dry comment. "A quiet
and satisfying amusement for gen
tlemen of sedentary habits he re-
marked
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07

1t is reported that the Sultan of Tur-
key has been afraid, since the assas-
sination of King Alexander, TO appear
in the streets Of his capital What
sweet satisfaction it must be to rule
like that
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07
A FATAL AFRICAN DISEASE
A Sleeping Sickness Carries Away
Many Thousands in Uganda.

Many Thousands in Uganda.
The sleeping sickness which broke
out in Uganda, Africa, in 1901, has
made fearful havoc in that country.
Native chiefs, who kept record Of
the cases, state that during the first
year $4,000 persons died Of the disease
and this statement is corroborated by
missionaries stationed in the affected
region.
Recently medical commission was
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07

Moonlight rides in an airship will
never become popular with the Amer
lean girl unless the machine can be
managed with one hand.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07
Loss by Fire.

An annual loss from the burning Of
buildings in the United States Is
about $135. 600, 600, not including cost
of insurance and the appliances for
fire protection.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07
Not such a Fool as He Looks.

did you tell your father that l
loved you for yourself aloneY'
Eyes; and he said you must be
smarter than you looked If you could
lie like that. "-Tit-Bits.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-07

A cable message may be sent around
the world In less than ten minutes.
This beats the messenger boy to a CON
siderable extent.